> I just took a quick look into it. Seems that your problem is not compiler > version (btw, you'd also need compat-gcc-32-c++ if you want to compile the > thing with the old version of compiler). Looks more like version of mysql > header files. Your best bet would be to either contact author(s) of > aspseek or > ask on mysql (devel?) list what to do with program that expects old header > files > if you attempt to build it against new(er) mysql. well in the end it did work using aspseek1.2.10 gcc3.2.3 mysql-4.1.14 and the exact same combination of aspseek and mysql did not compile using gcc3.4.4 - So not sure what the exact issue was but i got there in the end!! thanks