From: Warren Young Date: May 8 2008 9:23pm Subject: Re: libmysqlpp.la List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/plusplus/7637 Message-Id: <3B08B980-12D8-4F37-9EEB-33D1C168649D@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On May 8, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Keary O'Dell wrote: > It's missing from later versions, where did it go? We don't use libtool any more. You always could, and still can, link to the shared module. (libmysqlpp.so) Libtool just adds a layer of abstraction through the .la file. If you just use -lmysqlpp in your link command, it should find the correct .so file without any help. > Or can I generate it myself somehow? Perhaps, but I wouldn't bother.