of course, sorry about that: CFLAGS="-O2" CXX="gcc" CXXFLAGS="-fno-exceptions" ./configure --enable-assembler --with-innodb --with-unix-socket-path=/tmp/my sql.sock --enable-thread-safe-client --datadir=/home/mysql/share thanx in advance, Helmut Ebelt ----- Original Message ----- Can you post what ./configure line you used? Nathan.