Ok. Fucked by libtool AGAIN. NetBSD/alpha 1.5.2, MySQL 3.23.46, clean default build. $ /local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin Cannot open "../libmysql/.libs/libmysqlclient.so" $ Not denying that it's a good idea, but I respectfully submit that it probably shouldn't be put into widespread use until it...well, WORKS. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL