I have servers running both 5.1 and 5.5 libraries.
I'm still seeing this issue with Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0.
The /usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 from Percona-Server-shared-51-5.1.65-rel14.0.482 works though.
I have not tried the 51-shared-compat version as I don't use that package.
I have servers running both 5.1 and 5.5 libraries.
I'm still seeing this issue with Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0.
The /usr/lib64/ libmysqlclient. so.16.0. 0 from Percona- Server- shared- 51-5.1. 65-rel14. 0.482 works though.
I have not tried the 51-shared-compat version as I don't use that package.