[wplug] mysql compile failure

[Duncan Hutty]

I encountered during a compilation that I don't understand. As it 
happens, it was mysql-4.1.7 on SuSE9.0, but my question is what does 
this error mean. The wording it uses is bizarre:

../cmd-line-utils/libedit/libedit.a(readline.o)(.text+0x1a34): In 
function `username_completion_function':
: Using 'getpwent' in statically linked applications requires at runtime 
the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking

There were several similar errors.

1. Does it actually mean: If you use 'getpwent' in statically linked 
applications, then the shared libraries from the glibc version used for 
linking are required at runtime. And presumably it is throwing an error 
because they are not? But then why is the error not thrown at runtime 
but at compilation time?

2. Can anyone throw a little light on this for me? As in, should I 
expect the shared libraries to be available and how should I go about 
investigating why they are not available?

Thanks,
Duncan Hutty