From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2010-03-04T06:33:06+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby gem install mysql compile error

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Aj Mccauley <ajmccauley@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having an issue installing the mysql gem on my fedora 11 ruby
> 1.9.1p376 installation.
>
> mysql is installed and working. When I try to run sudo gem install mysql
> I get the following message:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libssl.a(t1_srvr.o): relocation R_X86_64_32
> against `.data' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile
> with -fPIC
> /usr/local/lib/libssl.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [mysql_api.so] Error 1

/usr/local/lib/libssl.a
You built your own openssl rather than using the Fedora packages?