[Serusers] Compiling

Every once in a while there is a post about problems compiling. I can give a couple of pointers based on my experience. I am using RedHat 9. I downloaded mysql binaries and unzipped them to /usr/local. I created a link as /usr/local/mysql. In order to compile, I need the following: cd /usr/local/mysql/include; ln -s . mysql Add a line to modules/mysql/Makefile: -L/usr/local/mysql/lib \ so that the whole file is: # $Id: Makefile,v 1.21 2003/05/23 15:43:43 andrei Exp $ # # WARNING: do not run this directly, it should be run by the master Makefile include ../../Makefile.defs auto_gen= NAME=mysql.so # mysql.h locations (freebsd,openbsd solaris) DEFS +=-I$(LOCALBASE)/include -I$(LOCALBASE)/include/mysql \ -I$(LOCALBASE)/mysql/include -I/usr/pkg/include # libmysqlclient locations on RH/Suse, Solaris /OpenBSD, FreeBSD # (Debian does the right thing and puts it in /usr/lib) LIBS=-L/usr/lib/mysql -L$(LOCALBASE)/lib -L$(LOCALBASE)/lib/mysql \ -L$(LOCALBASE)/mysql/lib/mysql/ -L/usr/pkg/lib/mysql \ -L/usr/local/mysql/lib \ -lmysqlclient -lz include ../../Makefile.modules You might be able to modify the Makefile rather than create the link. May I request that this be incorporated in a future version, as this is a standard install as per mysql's instructions? On another note, when I compile I get many errors similar to: Makefile.rules:81: action.d: No such file or directory Makefile.rules:81: crc.d: No such file or directory and also: cfg.y contains 1 shift/reduce conflict and 38 reduce/reduce conflicts. (Is this an error?) Everything seems OK though. Any comments? Dovid