SSL ERRORS DURING "make" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If "make" fails with a bunch of SSL-related looking errors, you probably have a MySQL client library that requires OpenSSL support. Rerun the "configure" script as "./configure --with-openssl" and try to "make" again. "ZLIB" LINKER ERRORS DURING "make" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If compilation fails with an error like "libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/mysql/libz.la'", this is a bug in MySQL. If you are running MySQL 4.1, version 4.1.16 (and possibly later) is known to have this bug. I haven't tried version 4.1.15. Version 4.1.14 is known to work fine. Downgrading to 4.1.14 will work. If you are running MySQL 5.x, I can't help you much since I don't run those versions myself and haven't heard any other reports of the error. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-17.html says: "The original Linux RPM packages (5.0.17-0) had an issue with a zlib dependency that would result in an error during an install or upgrade. They were replaced by new binaries, 5.0.17-1". I do not know if that means the bug is limited to 5.0.17, or all prior versions, or what. Please email bboy@bboy.net if you can give me a definitive answer to put in here. - 18-Jan-2006 Don Moore <bboy@bboy.net>