perl cannot compile with error of lazy symbol binding not found for _mysql_init

Question

I'm running mac OS X Snow Leopard and I recognize that this is a common problem.

I have installed and reinstalled both the 32- and 64-bit binary installations of MySQL.

That didn't work, so I went ahead and (against my common sense) installed perl5 through macports to have an entirely different perl than the version that ships with Snow Leopard.

I re-installed DBI and DBD::mysql modules into the new perl, both with success.

And yet still:

me$ perl5 processmail
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _mysql_init
  Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/darwin-      2level/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.bundle
  Expected in: dynamic lookup

dyld: Symbol not found: _mysql_init
  Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/darwin-2level/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.bundle
  Expected in: dynamic lookup

I have also tried perl5 processmail --mysql_config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config .

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I just finally solved this on our box by getting rid of the default setting

defaults delete com.apple.versioner.perl

Suddenly it just works! Whatever

Answer 2

Do you get the same error running your perl script as root?

Does your shell environment possibly have VERSIONER_PERL_PREFER_32_BIT=no set?

there's more info about both of these at http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=793727