Error installing php 5 with mysql support on rhel 5

Server settings - Problem installing php 5.2.4 on rhel 5
i have mysql 5 installed on: /usr/local/mysql

to install php 5.2.4, i ran configure as follows:
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysqli=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

that goes through fine. but when i run make, i get this error message:

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/mysql/lib//mysql/libmysqlclient.a(my_init.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

I recompiled mysql with --with-pic flag, but that did not fix the problem.

i've verified that the /usr/local/mysql/lib//mysql/libmysqlclient.a file is present. also ran:

file /usr/local/mysql/lib//mysql/libmysqlclient.a

which generates this output:
/usr/local/mysql/lib//mysql/libmysqlclient.a: current ar archive

also ran:
objdump -a /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a
which generates this output:
In archive /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a:

libmysql.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 61544 Oct 25 03:43 2007 libmysql.o


password.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 7440 Oct 25 03:43 2007 password.o


manager.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5936 Oct 25 03:43 2007 manager.o


get_password.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1752 Oct 25 03:43 2007 get_password.o


errmsg.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 6608 Oct 25 03:43 2007 errmsg.o


my_init.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4512 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_init.o


my_static.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3192 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_static.o

my_malloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2928 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_malloc.o


my_realloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1840 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_realloc.o


my_create.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1552 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_create.o


my_delete.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1648 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_delete.o


mf_tempfile.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2528 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_tempfile.o


my_open.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3240 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_open.o

my_file.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2880 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_file.o

my_read.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2304 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_read.o
my_write.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2064 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_write.o


errors.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3920 Oct 25 00:22 2007 errors.o


my_error.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3744 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_error.o


my_getwd.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3152 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_getwd.o


my_div.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1640 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_div.o


mf_pack.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5704 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_pack.o


my_messnc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2168 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_messnc.o


mf_dirname.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1832 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_dirname.o
mf_fn_ext.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1544 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_fn_ext.o

mf_wcomp.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2056 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_wcomp.o

typelib.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4304 Oct 25 00:22 2007 typelib.o

safemalloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 9608 Oct 25 00:22 2007 safemalloc.o


my_alloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5496 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_alloc.o

mf_format.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3336 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_format.o

mf_path.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3056 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_path.o

mf_unixpath.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1232 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_unixpath.o
my_fopen.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3840 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_fopen.o

my_symlink.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2696 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_symlink.o

my_fstream.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3152 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_fstream.o

mf_loadpath.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2136 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_loadpath.o

my_pthread.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 942 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_pthread.o

my_thr_init.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 943 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_thr_init.o

thr_mutex.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 941 Oct 25 00:22 2007 thr_mutex.o

mulalloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1704 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mulalloc.o

string.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4640 Oct 25 00:22 2007 string.o

default.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 15864 Oct 25 00:22 2007 default.o

default_modify.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3952 Oct 25 00:22 2007 default_modify.o

my_compress.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4024 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_compress.o

array.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4080 Oct 25 00:22 2007 array.o

my_once.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2776 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_once.o

list.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2384 Oct 25 00:22 2007 list.o
my_net.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1416 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_net.o

charset.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 12064 Oct 25 00:22 2007 charset.o

charset-def.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4376 Oct 25 00:22 2007 charset-def.o

hash.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 7408 Oct 25 00:22 2007 hash.o

mf_iocache.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 8384 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_iocache.o

mf_iocache2.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5864 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_iocache2.o

my_seek.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1712 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_seek.o

my_sleep.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1400 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_sleep.o
my_pread.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2640 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_pread.o

mf_cache.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2424 Oct 25 00:22 2007 mf_cache.o

md5.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4600 Oct 25 00:22 2007 md5.o

sha1.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5456 Oct 25 00:22 2007 sha1.o

my_getopt.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 20200 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_getopt.o

my_gethostbyname.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1400 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_gethostbyname.o

my_port.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 939 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_port.o

my_rename.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1648 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_rename.o
my_chsize.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2080 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_chsize.o

my_getsystime.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2464 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_getsystime.o

my_lib.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4800 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_lib.o

strmov.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 938 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strmov.o

strxmov.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1360 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strxmov.o

strxnmov.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1400 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strxnmov.o

strnmov.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1256 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strnmov.o

strmake.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1264 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strmake.o

strend.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1232 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strend.o

strtod.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 5824 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strtod.o

strnlen.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 939 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strnlen.o

strfill.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1256 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strfill.o

is_prefix.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1256 Oct 25 00:22 2007 is_prefix.o

int2str.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1976 Oct 25 00:22 2007 int2str.o

str2int.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2032 Oct 25 00:22 2007 str2int.o
strinstr.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1288 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strinstr.o

strcont.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1272 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strcont.o

strcend.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1248 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strcend.o

bcmp.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 936 Oct 25 00:22 2007 bcmp.o

ctype-latin1.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 13696 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-latin1.o

bchange.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1560 Oct 25 00:22 2007 bchange.o

bmove.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 937 Oct 25 00:22 2007 bmove.o

bmove_upp.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1256 Oct 25 00:22 2007 bmove_upp.o
longlong2str.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 944 Oct 25 00:22 2007 longlong2str.o

strtoull.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 940 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strtoull.o

strtoll.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 939 Oct 25 00:22 2007 strtoll.o

llstr.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1360 Oct 25 00:22 2007 llstr.o

my_vsnprintf.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3488 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_vsnprintf.o

ctype.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 9568 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype.o

ctype-simple.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 14400 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-simple.o

ctype-bin.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 8608 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-bin.o
ctype-mb.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 17616 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-mb.o

ctype-big5.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 942 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-big5.o

ctype-czech.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 943 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-czech.o

ctype-cp932.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 943 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-cp932.o

ctype-eucjpms.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 945 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-eucjpms.o

ctype-euc_kr.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 944 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-euc_kr.o

ctype-win1250ch.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 947 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-win1250ch.o

ctype-utf8.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 79552 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-utf8.o

ctype-extra.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 12944 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-extra.o

ctype-ucs2.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 942 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-ucs2.o

ctype-gb2312.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 944 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-gb2312.o

ctype-gbk.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 941 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-gbk.o

ctype-sjis.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 942 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-sjis.o

ctype-tis620.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 944 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-tis620.o

ctype-ujis.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 942 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-ujis.o
ctype-uca.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 129760 Oct 25 00:22 2007 ctype-uca.o

xml.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 18312 Oct 25 00:22 2007 xml.o

my_strtoll10.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2480 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_strtoll10.o

str_alloc.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1808 Oct 25 00:22 2007 str_alloc.o

dbug.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1232 Oct 25 00:22 2007 dbug.o

pack.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1904 Oct 25 00:22 2007 pack.o

client.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 41096 Oct 25 00:22 2007 client.o

my_time.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 12848 Oct 25 00:22 2007 my_time.o
vio.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4312 Oct 25 00:22 2007 vio.o

viosocket.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4920 Oct 25 00:22 2007 viosocket.o

viossl.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 938 Oct 25 00:22 2007 viossl.o

viosslfactories.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 947 Oct 25 00:22 2007 viosslfactories.o

net.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 7288 Oct 25 00:22 2007 net.o

inffast.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 3048 Oct 25 03:43 2007 inffast.o

zutil.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2696 Oct 25 03:43 2007 zutil.o

inflate.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 17632 Oct 25 03:43 2007 inflate.o
infback.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 10864 Oct 25 03:43 2007 infback.o

deflate.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 17456 Oct 25 03:43 2007 deflate.o

adler32.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2776 Oct 25 03:43 2007 adler32.o

gzio.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 16968 Oct 25 03:43 2007 gzio.o

uncompr.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1936 Oct 25 03:43 2007 uncompr.o

trees.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 15728 Oct 25 03:43 2007 trees.o

inftrees.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4312 Oct 25 03:43 2007 inftrees.o

compress.o: file format elf64-x86-64
deflate.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 17456 Oct 25 03:43 2007 deflate.o

adler32.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2776 Oct 25 03:43 2007 adler32.o

gzio.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 16968 Oct 25 03:43 2007 gzio.o

uncompr.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 1936 Oct 25 03:43 2007 uncompr.o

trees.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 15728 Oct 25 03:43 2007 trees.o

inftrees.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 4312 Oct 25 03:43 2007 inftrees.o

compress.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 2160 Oct 25 03:43 2007 compress.o

crc32.o: file format elf64-x86-64
rw-r--r-- 0/0 20008 Oct 25 03:43 2007 crc32.o

I've been at this since 10 hours now; please help !