Debian neither provide MySQL 8.0 nor even ships any MySQL server in stable releases.
Default provider “MySQL server” in Debian is MariaDB. This is not a grave bug. O. -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> > On 6 Oct 2018, at 08:53, Piotr Jurkiewicz <piotr.jerzy.jurkiew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, the purpose of php-mysql package is to interact with MySQL server. And > in order to do that, it has to connect to the server. > > caching_sha2_password is the default authentication method in MySQL 8.0. > MySQL 8.0 is the current GA version. So this package is COMPLETELY unusable, > unless someone downgrade MySQL server or change its default security > settings. I think this perfectly fits the definition of a grave bug. And a > regression. > > grave > makes the package in question unusable or mostly so > > Are packages not working out-of-the-box after installation the experience > Debian wants to provide? > >> On 2018-10-06 06:34, OndÅej Surý wrote: >> Control: severity -1 important >> That’s not a grave bug. Please do not abuse severities. >> Ondřej >> -- >> Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> >>> On 6 Oct 2018, at 01:23, Piotr Jurkiewicz >>> <piotr.jerzy.jurkiew...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Package: php7.3-mysql >>> Version: 7.3.0~rc2-2 >>> Severity: grave >>> >>> After update to 7.3.0~rc2-2 (sid), mysqli extension stopped working. It >>> can't connect to MySQL server, giving the following error message: >>> >>> PHP message: PHP Warning: mysqli::__construct(): The server requested >>> authentication method unknown to the client [caching_sha2_password] >>> >>> It worked before the update (version 7.3.0~alpha3-1, I think). >>> >>> caching_sha2_password is the default authentication method in MySQL 8.0. >>> >
