Makefile.am:

  Moved "../regex/libregex.a" before "../libmysql/libmysqlclient.la"
  when linking. For -all-static linking libtool put -lc after the .la
  file and this put the libc regex functions before our regex functions
  when linking on Linux.

client/Makefile.am

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ INCLUDES =			-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/regex \
 				$(openssl_includes)
 LIBS =				@CLIENT_LIBS@
 DEPLIB=				../libmysql/libmysqlclient.la
+REGEXLIB=			../regex/libregex.a
 LDADD =				@CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ $(DEPLIB)
 bin_PROGRAMS =			mysql mysqladmin mysqlcheck mysqlshow \
  mysqldump mysqlimport mysqltest mysqlbinlog mysqlmanagerc mysqlmanager-pwgen
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ mysqlshow_DEPENDENCIES=		$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(DEPLIB)
 mysqldump_DEPENDENCIES=		$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(DEPLIB)
 mysqlimport_DEPENDENCIES=	$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(DEPLIB)
 mysqltest_SOURCES=		mysqltest.c ../mysys/my_getsystime.c
-mysqltest_DEPENDENCIES=   	$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(DEPLIB)
-mysqltest_LDADD =		$(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/regex/libregex.a
+mysqltest_DEPENDENCIES=   	$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(REGEXLIB) $(DEPLIB)
+mysqltest_LDADD =		$(REGEXLIB) $(LDADD)
 mysqlbinlog_SOURCES =   mysqlbinlog.cc ../mysys/mf_tempdir.c
 mysqlbinlog_DEPENDENCIES=   	$(LIBRARIES) $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES) $(DEPLIB)
 mysqlmanagerc_SOURCES =   mysqlmanagerc.c