installing qt 4.3.3 -- "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm]"

[themolecule]

I am trying to compile qt 4.3.3 (or 4.3.1) on RH9 with mysql.

I keep getting an error:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm]

from the command

g++ -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.3/lib -o mysql mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lm] -lmysql -lmysqlclient

which to me says that some autotool is failing and is writing -lm] when it should be -lm

I cannot find anyone else who has had the same problem (nor can I effectively search because google strips the ']' from the query).

I've tried modifying the config.tests scripts, which contain the bug, but they are always overwritten by configure.

How do I bypass or fix this? If I could stop the autotools from overwriting the make files then I could circumvent the bug...

-chris

[themolecule]

Turns out my mysql was too old... needs 4.0+ to work.