Get rid of useless and pernicious -L/usr/lib diff -Naur mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.5r1144.orig/configure.in mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.5r1144/configure.in --- mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.5r1144.orig/configure.in 2008-04-16 14:01:58.000000000 -0400 +++ mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.5r1144/configure.in 2009-01-14 15:37:18.000000000 -0500 @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ else LTDL_LIB="-L$withval/lib -lltdl" fi -], [LTDL_LIB="-L/usr/lib -lltdl"]) +], [LTDL_LIB="-lltdl"]) AC_SUBST(LTDL_LIB) dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(ltdl, lt_dlinit, [],