mysql 5.5's new cmake-based build scripts forgot about defining DEFAULT_HOME_ENV. Upstream at http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=59280 diff -Naur mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysys/CMakeLists.txt mysql-5.5.8/mysys/CMakeLists.txt --- mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysys/CMakeLists.txt 2010-12-03 12:58:26.000000000 -0500 +++ mysql-5.5.8/mysys/CMakeLists.txt 2011-01-13 11:58:42.583471734 -0500 @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ SET(MYSYS_SOURCES ${MYSYS_SOURCES} my_port.c) ENDIF() +ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DDEFAULT_HOME_ENV=MYSQL_HOME) + ADD_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARY(mysys ${MYSYS_SOURCES}) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mysys dbug strings ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${LIBNSL} ${LIBM} ${LIBRT})