Bug 595970 – virtual/mysql needs USE="ssl"

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE

[Description Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) 2016-10-02 18:13:46 UTC]

We have a package ( dev-perl/DBD-mysql ) which supports SSL for client connections, but depends on virtual/mysql because it also supports being built with embedding.

https://metacpan.org/source/MICHIELB/DBD-mysql-4.036/dbdimp.c#L1886-1935

The short of it though is that we need a toggle on it that turns on/off SSL support, and having SSL support on our package needs SSL support on whatever the underlying mechanic is.

All current backends of virtual/mysql have SSL as an option in some regards, so it makes sense to expose that via a USE flag.

---
=dev-db/mariadb-10.2*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/mariadb-10.1*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/mariadb-10.0*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/mysql-${PV}*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/percona-server-${PV}*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/mariadb-galera-10.0*[embedded?,server,static?]
=dev-db/mysql-cluster-7.3*[embedded?,server,static?]
----
mariadb: ssl ( openssl, libressl, yassl )
mysql: ssl   ( openssl, libressl, yassl )
percona-server: openssl, libressl, yassl
mariadb-galera: openssl, libressl, yassl
mysql-cluster: ssl ( openssl, libressl, yassl )

I'd imagine percona and mariadb-galera are the more annoying of the two for not having a simpler USE=ssl to rely on.

[Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) 2016-10-03 13:31:05 UTC]

I think there is a misunderstanding here.

For all stable virtual/mysql providers, some form of ssl is required.  The USE flags simply allow choosing the flavor.

Only the versions <5.6 have the old ssl USE which allows disabling it. If you really need the use change here on ~virtual/mysql-5.5, I can see your point.  However these only exists as unstable portability builds for those migrating or unable to upgrade.

[Comment 2 Brian Evans (RETIRED) 2016-10-03 16:36:51 UTC]

FWIW, the deps on dev-perl/DBD-mysql are incorrect.. it should be 
RDEPEND="... virtual/libmysqlclient:= embedded? ( virtual/mysql[embedded] )"

I may need to add an ssl USE on virtual/libmysqlclient to ensure all providers have it enabled

[Comment 3 Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) 2016-10-03 18:46:22 UTC]

(In reply to Brian Evans from comment #1)
> I think there is a misunderstanding here.
> 
> For all stable virtual/mysql providers, some form of ssl is required.  The
> USE flags simply allow choosing the flavor.

Ah, I made the mistake of relying on eix's output, which shows flag sets for older mysql versions, and in the cases I saw.

> I may need to add an ssl USE on virtual/libmysqlclient to ensure all providers have it enabled

I'm guessing this is because it *is* optional for mysql-connector-c?

[Comment 4 Andreas K. Hüttel 2019-10-02 21:21:07 UTC]

Given the reorganization of mysql stuff this is probably obsolete now.