From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-12-06T11:00:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Mkmf to Verify Libraries

Steven Hansen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use the 'mkmf' library to determine if a given library is 
> installed.
> 
> I have two identical machines.
> 
> On machine 1:
> find_library('mysqlclient', 'mysql_query', '/path/to/lib')  =>  true
> 
> 
> On machine 2:
> find_library('mysqlclient', 'mysql_query', '/path/to/lib')  =>  false
> 
> 
> I'm stumped.  Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
> 
> libmysqlclient.a is installed in the exact same location on both machines.

The last time I hit a similar situation it turned out I didn't have read 
permissions on the library I was looking for.  That may be it.

Regards,

Dan