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and subject line Re: [debian-mysql] Bug#1020518: Bug#1020518: libmariadb3 is a
client library that include marriadb-common that will mess with
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
has caused the Debian Bug report #1020518,
regarding libmariadb3 is a client library that include marriadb-common that
will mess with /etc/mysql/my.cnf
to be marked as done.
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1020518: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1020518
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: libmariadb3
Version: 1:10.3.36-0+deb10u1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The libmariadb3 package requires mariadb-common, but this last one will
modify the /etc/mysql/my.cnf.
The library is not only use on a host having mariadb as a server, this is
used on clients or on server with other flavor of mysql , in mytop for exemple.
Installing this on a server using mysql.com packages or perconna packages
will alter the server configuration of /etc/mysql/my.cnf
* What led up to the situation?
install of mytop that requires libdbd-mysql-perl => libmariadb3 =>
mariadb-common
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
As this machine is not a mariadb server but a mysql server installing this
caused problems with the my.cnf file, i am locked by this requirement of
libmariadb
* What was the outcome of this action?
each apt action return now an error as the package fail :
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf doesn't
exist
* What outcome did you expect instead?
installing a client library should not require anything on the server side
and should not modify server configuration of mariadb or other mysql flavors
(imho ;p)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.13
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (100, 'oldoldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.254-vs2.3.9.12aq (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages libmariadb3 depends on:
ii libc6 2.28-10+deb10u1
ii libgnutls30 3.6.7-4+deb10u9
ih mariadb-common 1:10.3.36-0+deb10u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1+deb10u2
libmariadb3 recommends no packages.
libmariadb3 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi!
Latest version of MariaDB in Debian unstable/testing/Bookworm is
10.11.2. You might want to consider testing it.
If you want to contribute in the open source way to fix this or any
other issue, see
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/wikis/Contributing-to-MariaDB-packaging-in-Debian
on how to submit a Merge Request!
If you have time to help, please consider these (in order of importance):
1. Review current open MRs at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests
2. Review items highlighted by Debian QA systems (Lintian, builds etc)
and submit a fix to improve the quality:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mariadb
3. Review what testing we have at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/pipelines and
think about potential gaps - CI is very important as it is the only
way we can prevent regressions in a scalable way
4. Review/follow-up on existing bugs that currently need more
information:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=mariadb&src=mariadb-10.6&src=mariadb-10.5&src=mariadb-10.3&src=mariadb-10.1
MariaDB and C++ skills are useful, but not required. For example
reviewing the NEWS for 10.11 requires no coding skills:
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/37
My request for help from debian-devel in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/02/msg00272.html did not
get many responses, so the future of this package depends on how
active the users and people who previously reported bugs are in
participating in the maintenance of the package.
- Otto
--- End Message ---
