Greetings

I am trying to install DBD::mysql on a quad dual-core Xeon system running RedHat
Enterprise v4. I just installed mysql 5.0.21 from source and it passes all the
self tests. I have installed DBI-1.5 and it passes all the tests. I can compile
DBD::mysql (v 3.0002) but the test fails:

t/mysql2.............Mysql connect('database=test;host=','',...) failed: Can't
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) at
t/mysql2.t line 29

This is a puzzler, because the output from mysql_config is:

[root@HSV-PROBE DBD-mysql-3.0002]# mysql_config Usage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS] Options: --cflags [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql] --include [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql] --libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt
-lnsl -lm] --libs_r [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r -lz
-lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread] --socket [/tmp/mysql.sock] --port [3306] --version [5.0.21] --libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqld -lz -lpthread
-lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -lrt]

/etc/my.cnf also points to /tmp/mysql.sock.

I tried hardwiring the socket in the make with perl Makefile.PL
--testsocket=/tmp/mysql.sock and the tests _still_ try to use
/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.

Does anybody have any ideas why DBD::mysql is so fixated on the wrong socket
path?

Thanks

Mike