Package: libmariadb-dev-compat Version: 2.3.2-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I discovered a mistake in the libmariadb-dev-compat package. The static library (.a) is a symlink to a dynamic library (.so), meaning you get this error when trying to compile against the static library: /usr/bin/ld: attempted static link of dynamic object `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.a' This can be seen in the package file, where the .a file symlinks to a .so file by mistake: ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.a -> libmariadb.so ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so -> libmariadb.so ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.a -> libmariadb.so ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.so -> libmariadb.so Here, the .a file should be a symlink to libmariadb.a instead. -- System Information: Docker image: debian:latest Debian Release: 8.8 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.12.3-1-ARCH (SMP w/16 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: unable to detect Versions of packages libmariadb-dev-compat depends on: ii libmariadb-dev 2.3.2-2 libmariadb-dev-compat recommends no packages. libmariadb-dev-compat suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded