Hello all,

I have spent several hours diagnosing this error to no avail. I have found a few previous messages about the same problem, and the suggested fixes either don't work, or the person with the problem didn't report back how they fixed the problem. At this late hour, my frustration level is high. I would SINCERELY appreciate some help on how to approach this problem:

checking for mysql_config... no checking for mysql_connect... (cached) no configure: error: --with-authmysql specified but no mysqlclient.so configure: error: ./configure failed for authlib

I am on RedHat 7.2, MySQL-3.23.49a-1, MySQL-client-3.23.49a-1, courier-imap-1.5.1, my mysql libraries/includes are in /usr/lib/mysql and /usr/include/mysql, there is no mysql_config, nor mysqlclient.so on my system and these are the main things I have tried to (unsuccessfully) rectify this situation:

- changing all occurances of "mysql_connect()" to "mysql_real_connect()" in authlib/configure

- adding the lines (yes, to the right place) to authlib/configure.in else MYSQL_LIBS="-lmysqlclient"

- fussing around endlessly with CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS

I promise to report back how I fixed it if someone can help point me in the right direction! THANKS!