I think, dev-db/mariadb should install not only /usr/lib*/mariadb.pc pkg-config files, which assumes that caller want to link against mariadb exactly, but also symlink "mysql.pc" on them, as mariadb positioned as drop-in replacement for mysql. Reproducible: Always
(In reply to Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov (mva) from comment #0) > I think, dev-db/mariadb should install not only /usr/lib*/mariadb.pc > pkg-config files, which assumes that caller want to link against mariadb > exactly, but also symlink "mysql.pc" on them, as mariadb positioned as > drop-in replacement for mysql. > > Reproducible: Always I'm not sure if this will gain anything. dev-db/mysql (even the future version of 5.7) does not create mysql.pc; It is unique to MariaDB. If I start to hear of builds actually looking for mysql.pc, then I might reconsider.
