- Do not build the RPMs statically on i386 by default, only when adding either

   "--with static" or "--define '_with_static 1'" to the RPM build options. 
   Static linking really only makes sense when linking against the specially patched
   glibc 2.2.5.

support-files/mysql.spec.sh

 %define mysql_version		@VERSION@
-%ifarch i386
+# use "rpmbuild --with static" or "rpm --define '_with_static 1'" (for RPM 3.x)
+# to enable static linking (off by default)
+%{?_with_static:%define STATIC_BUILD 1}
+%{!?_with_static:%define STATIC_BUILD 0}
+%if %{STATIC_BUILD}
 %define release 0
 %else
 %define release 0.glibc23
@@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ make clean
 # so don't link statically there
 #
 BuildMySQL "--disable-shared \
-%ifarch i386
+%if %{STATIC_BUILD}
 		--with-mysqld-ldflags='-all-static' \
 		--with-client-ldflags='-all-static' \
 		$USE_OTHER_LIBC_DIR \
@@ -663,6 +667,13 @@ fi
 # itself - note that they must be ordered by date (important when
 # merging BK trees)
 %changelog 
+* Tue Jun 14 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
+
+- Do not build statically on i386 by default, only when adding either "--with
+  static" or "--define '_with_static 1'" to the RPM build options. Static
+  linking really only makes sense when linking against the specially patched
+  glibc 2.2.5.
+
 * Mon Jun 06 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
 
 - added mysql_client_test to the "bench" subpackage (BUG 10676)