Before mysql support can be added to apr-util, either 1) php must link against libmysqlclient_r.so instead of libmysqlclient.so or 2) libmysqlclient_r.so and libmysqlclient.so must be changed so that they use differently versioned symbols After talking with seanius on #debian-devel, it is possible that 2) will happen with the move to mysql5.1/libmysqlclient16