Summary: | dev-db/mariadb - should provide mysql.pc pkg-config file for compatibility | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov (mva) <mva> |
Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux MySQL bugs team <mysql-bugs> |
Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov (mva)
![]() (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. |