This is what I see with recent PS .tar.gz binaries: [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.6.10-alpha60.2-324.Linux.x86_64]$ find / -name 'beach*' 2>/dev/null [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.6.10-alpha60.2-324.Linux.x86_64]$ ldd bin/mysqld linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff435ff000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x0000003ffac00000) libaio.so.1 => /lib64/libaio.so.1 (0x00000035b9000000) librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x0000003ffb400000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x0000003007000000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003ffb000000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x0000003006000000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003ffb800000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x0000003ffc000000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003ffa800000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003ffa400000) libfreebl3.so => /lib64/libfreebl3.so (0x0000003006400000) [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.6.10-alpha60.2-324.Linux.x86_64]$ cd ../Percona-Server-5.5.30-rel30.2-500.Linux.x86_64 [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.5.30-rel30.2-500.Linux.x86_64]$ ldd bin/mysqld linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff7f7ff000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x0000003ffac00000) libaio.so.1 => /lib64/libaio.so.1 (0x00000035b9000000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003ffb800000) librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x0000003ffb400000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x0000003007000000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003ffb000000) libssl.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libssl.so.6 (0x00000037ba000000) libcrypto.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.6 (0x00000037be400000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003ffa800000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003ffa400000) libfreebl3.so => /lib64/libfreebl3.so (0x0000003006400000) libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00000037b9000000) libkrb5.so.3 => /lib64/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00000037b9400000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x0000003006800000) libk5crypto.so.3 => /lib64/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00000037b9c00000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x0000003ffbc00000) libkrb5support.so.0 => /lib64/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00000037b9800000) libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x0000003008000000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x0000003ffcc00000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x0000003ffc400000) [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.5.30-rel30.2-500.Linux.x86_64]$ cd ../Percona-Server-5.1.68-rel14.6-551.Linux.x86_64 [openxs@chief Percona-Server-5.1.68-rel14.6-551.Linux.x86_64]$ ldd libexec/mysqld linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffff6d74000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x0000003ffac00000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x0000003ffbc00000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003ffb000000) librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x0000003ffb400000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x0000003007000000) libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x000000300b800000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003ffb800000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003ffa800000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003ffa400000) libfreebl3.so => /lib64/libfreebl3.so (0x0000003006400000) So, readline request applies to all 3 versions, zlib one applies to 5.5 and 5.6, while openssl one applies to 5.1 and 5.6.