I have installed mysql-devel 6.0.3-0.glibc23.i386 on my Fedora 6 box.

gptr seems to be a problem when I compile my C client code with mysql-
devel 6.0.3-0.

I have taken the template code from book MySQL by Paul BuBois, Chapter
6 Section: Processing Command-Line Arguments, Accessing Option File
Contents.

Here is the html format of Chapter6 pdf code:
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&cd=3&

static struct my_option my_opts[] = /* option information
structures */
{
{"", '?', "Display this and exit",
NULL, NULL, NULL,
GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"host", 'h', "Host to connect to",
(gptr *) &opt_host_name, NULL, NULL,
GET_STR_ALLOC, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"password", 'p', "Password",
(gptr *) &opt_password, NULL, NULL,
GET_STR_ALLOC, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"port", 'P', "Port number",
(gptr *) &opt_port_num, NULL, NULL,
GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"socket", 'S', "Socket path",
(gptr *) &opt_socket_name, NULL, NULL,
GET_STR_ALLOC, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"user", 'u', "User name",
(gptr *) &opt_user_name, NULL, NULL,
GET_STR_ALLOC, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{ NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0 }
};


make
gcc -c -I/usr/include/mysql connect2.c
connect2.c:37: error: 'gptr' undeclared here (not in a function)
connect2.c:37: error: expected expression before ')' token
connect2.c:39: warning: braces around scalar initializer
connect2.c:39: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:39: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
connect2.c:39: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:39: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:39: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:39: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:40: error: expected expression before ')' token
connect2.c:40: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:40: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:41: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:41: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:42: warning: braces around scalar initializer
connect2.c:42: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:42: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
connect2.c:42: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:42: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:42: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:42: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:43: error: expected expression before ')' token
connect2.c:43: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:43: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:44: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:44: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:45: warning: braces around scalar initializer
connect2.c:45: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:45: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
connect2.c:45: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:45: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:45: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:45: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:46: error: expected expression before ')' token
connect2.c:46: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:46: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:47: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:47: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:48: warning: braces around scalar initializer
connect2.c:48: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:48: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
connect2.c:48: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:48: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:48: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:48: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:49: error: expected expression before ')' token
connect2.c:49: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:49: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:50: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:50: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: braces around scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:51: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
connect2.c:51: warning: (near initialization for 'my_opts[1].typelib')
connect2.c:52: error: invalid initializer

any is appreciated. thanks.
Joe