configure: error: Could not find working MySQL client library!

I get the following error when I run configure on Fedora Core 5 (kernel 2174):

...
checking for MySQL library directory... /usr/lib/mysql
checking for MySQL include directory... /usr/include/mysql
checking for mysql_store_result in -lmysqlclient... no
configure: error: Could not find working MySQL client library!

I don't understand why I get the error. According to the configure log output, 
the library and include directories are configured properly (/usr/lib/mysql and 
/usr/include/mysql). The MySQL client library is present in /usr/lib/mysql.

If I comment out the error log in the configure script and add the following 
statement in the else clause that contains the error log:
  LIBS="-l$MYSQL_C_LIB $LIBS"
then, configure succeeds.

But then, there is a problem with connection.cpp. I get the following error:
/usr/include/mysql/mysql.h: In member function ?bool 
mysqlpp::Connection::shutdown()?:
/usr/include/mysql/mysql.h:497: error: too few arguments to function ?int 
mysql_shutdown(MYSQL*, mysql_enum_shutdown_level)?
./connection.cpp:271: error: at this point in file

The problem is that SHUTDOWN_ARG is not defined because 
HAVE_MYSQL_SHUTDOWN_LEVEL_ARG is not defined. Not sure why configure does not 
set this properly.

Finally, when I perform make install, things are not installed where expected. 
All files are installed in /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include instead of 
/usr/bin and /usr/include.

I have no problem getting mysql++ built on Fedora Core 4.

Not sure if there are ways to troubleshoot these issues.

Martin

                        
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