X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:00:23 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Using mysql 5.1.16 beta client libraries on cygwin Message-ID: <20070328210023.GB8132@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:54:05PM +0200, Eric Lilja wrote: >As many of you may know, the binary distribution of MySQL for Windows >only ships with MSVC++ libraries. They have no binary distribution for >Cygwin. So what do you do if you want to develop c or c++ programs >talking to a native Windows MySQL server using the cygwin tools? > >Well, you can compile the client libraries yourself. Here's how I did it: >$ tar xvzf mysql-5.1.16-beta.tar.gz >$ cd mysql-5.1.16-beta >$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.16-beta >--exec-prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.16-beta --without-server >--without-docs --without-man >$ make >$ make install > >Keep the source directory so you can uninstall with: >$ make uninstall If only there was some mechanism for sending precompiled cygwin-aware mysql clients to a wider audience... Nah. That's a crazy dream. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/