OK, I have found the cause. In the Fedora MySQL .spec file:
* Thu Dec 23 2010 Tom Lane <email address hidden> 5.5.8-1
- Update to MySQL 5.5.8 (major version bump). Note this includes removal
of libmysqlclient_r.so.
- Add a linker version script to hide libmysqlclient functions that aren't
part of the documented API.
That last entry trimmed out the required part of the API required by mydumper. I assume Mandriva uses this .spec too. I will file a feature request with RedHat to add it back in.
OK, I have found the cause. In the Fedora MySQL .spec file:
* Thu Dec 23 2010 Tom Lane <email address hidden> 5.5.8-1 r.so.
- Update to MySQL 5.5.8 (major version bump). Note this includes removal
of libmysqlclient_
- Add a linker version script to hide libmysqlclient functions that aren't
part of the documented API.
That last entry trimmed out the required part of the API required by mydumper. I assume Mandriva uses this .spec too. I will file a feature request with RedHat to add it back in.