Followup-For: Bug #847750 Control: found -1 2.3.2-1 looks like the rmysql ftbfs is still reproducible:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=rmysql&arch=mips64el&ver=0.10.9-3&stamp=1484967330&raw=0 ... Setting up libmariadb-dev (2.3.2-1) ... ... ** package 'RMySQL' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked ./configure: line 21: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input ./configure: line 22: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input Found mysql_config cflags and libs! Using PKG_CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/mariadb -I/usr/include/mariadb/mysql -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/mariadb-connector-c-aMVwTe/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wunused -Wno-uninitialized -I/usr/include/mariadb -I/usr/include/mariadb/mysql -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/mariadb-connector-c-aMVwTe/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wunused -Wno-uninitialized Using PKG_LIBS=-L/usr/lib/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 -lmariadb -L/usr/lib/mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 -lmariadb ------------------------- ANTICONF ERROR --------------------------- Configuration failed because libmysqlclient was not found. Try installing: ... I didn't check on the porterbox, yet, but the "ignored null byte in input" seems to indicate that the maridb-config script still prints trailing junk. Andreas