diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 1467ccfdfe..87a6044a2e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ topsrcdir	= @top_srcdir@
 srcdir	= @srcdir@
 VPATH	= @srcdir@
 
+#
+#	The ../$(srcdir)/client/configure
+#	only works when the original configure is relative path
+#	it doesn't work when it is an absolute path
+#	This needs to be fixed
+#
 all:
 	cd db; make; cd ..; \
 	cd lib; make; cd ..; \
 	cd api; make; cd ..; \
 	cd apps; make; cd ..; \
-	cd client; $(srcdir)/client/configure make; cd ..; \
+	cd client; ../$(srcdir)/client/configure make; cd ..; \
 	cd sched; make; cd ..; \
 	cd tools; make; cd ..;
 
diff --git a/sched/Makefile.in b/sched/Makefile.in
index 640e95a6b3..91edef85df 100644
--- a/sched/Makefile.in
+++ b/sched/Makefile.in
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ FEEDER_OBJS = \
 
 MYSQL_DIR = /usr/local/mysql/lib
 MYSQL_LIBS = \
--L$(MYSQL_DIR) \
--lmysqlclient -L /usr/local/lib -lz \
+-L$(MYSQL_DIR) -L/sw/lib/mysql \
+-lmysqlclient -L/usr/local/lib -lz \
 -lm $(NETLIBS)
 
 .C.o:
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 1cd26fec7d..b99d423589 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ all: $(PROGS) $(OBJS)
 
 MYSQL_DIR = /usr/local/mysql/lib
 MYSQL_LIBS = \
--L $(MYSQL_DIR) -L /usr/local/lib/mysql \
--lmysqlclient -L /usr/local/lib -lz \
+-L$(MYSQL_DIR) -L/usr/local/lib/mysql \
+-L/sw/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -L/usr/local/lib -lz \
 -lm $(NETLIBS)
 
 LIBS = \