[Lazarus] Lazarus & MySQL 5.1

[Terry A. Haimann]

How do I do this in Lazarus?

Marco van de Voort wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 02:59:12PM +0000, Henry Vermaak wrote:
>   
>>> seems to have fallen from the air, connecting to nothing ?
>>>       
>> I presume it comes from here (in mysql.inc):
>>
>>   const
>>     mysqllib = 'libmysqlclient.'+sharedsuffix;
>>   {$IF DEFINED(mysql50)}
>>     mysqlvlib = mysqllib+'.15';
>>   {$ELSEIF DEFINED(mysql41)}
>>     mysqlvlib = mysqllib+'.14';
>>   {$ELSE}
>>     mysqlvlib = mysqllib+'.12';
>>   {$ENDIF}
>>
>> This probably doesn't cover all the cases.  Assuming that a specific
>> client library can only talk to a specific server may also be wrong.
>> Debian testing also has libmysqlclient 16 and mysql-server 5.1.
>>     
>
> mysql version is a disaster (and one of the reasons why I avoid mysql when I
> can). IMHO FPC should never hardcode the number in the first place, but
> should link to mysqlclient.so (using the symlink, the unix way).
>
> Anyway, long story short, FPC has a provision for such mistakes, -XLA
>
> Try passing -XLAlibmysqlclient.so.15=libsqlclient.so.16 and pray.
>
>
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