On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 00:36 +0200, Alexander Prinsier wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to access a mysql database in a plugin.
-What special compiler flags do I need? I discovered that when I don't explicitly link lib-sql/libsql.a in, then I get an undefind symbol error about sql_init when loading the plugin.
Right. Also you need the mysql libraries linked with it.
Shouldn't the imap process itself have sql support linked in, rather than each plugin?
It could, but since IMAP normally doesn't need SQL it would just be extra bloat and slower startup time for >99% of users. That's one of the main reasons why dict-proxy exists, so that SQL support can be linked only to dict process and used by IMAP plugins via the proxy.
I think it would be possible to create a SQL plugin though, which contains lib-sql.a and the sql libraries linked to it as well. Although that would require changes to lib-sql also so that it would build a .la library out of it.