From: Shalev NessAiver <shalev@...>
Date: 2005-02-18T06:57:15+09:00
Subject: mysql/ruby bindings (GEM Issue)

If this isn't the right place for this... please let me know.  I'm 
trying to get Rails working on OS X using DarwinPorts.
So I set up mysql (sudo port install mysql) and then tried to run the 
gem to install the mysql/ruby bindings...

$sudo gem install mysq
Attempting remote installation of 'mysql'
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in 
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.5.1 for inspection.
   ruby extconf.rb install mysql\nchecking for mysql_query() in 
-lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lm... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lz... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lsocket... no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lnsl... no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

I have not clue what this means.
What's funny is that I can't remember ever having to install these 
bindings before.
Last time I tried Rails all I needed was "gem install rails", however 
the "TODO list"
tutorial says to install the ruby-mysql bindings too ?

Thanks
-Shalev