[debian-mysql] Bug#673263: Bug#590905: libmysqld-dev: Missing dependency or wrong flags in mysql_config

[Rene Engelhard]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:10:01PM +0100, Matej Vela wrote:
> # causes multiple packages to FTBFS
> severity 590905 serious
> block 672619 by 590905
> block 672824 by 590905
> block 673262 by 590905 # also a runaway regexp here
> block 673263 by 590905
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 06:29:33PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Miguel A. Colón Vélez <debian.micove at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Adding a build dependency to libssl-dev solves the FTBFS but
> >> libmysqlclient-dev should probably be the one depending on libssl-dev.
> >
> > It should probably just be omitting all that stuff from its library
> > configuration and relying on transitive library dependencies.
> 
> Yes, mysql_config should definitely omit most everything except for
> -lmysqlclient.  There was a long mail about this a while ago...  Ah,
> here it is:

The question is why this (totally nonsensical, as it was never a problem
in mysql-connector-c++ but only in MySQL 5.5 - and that was discussed on
IRC) wasn't closed. And MySQL only got fixed a few days ago.

"Yay" for broken unclosed RC bugs.

Closing.

Samuel, you probably should check all those and clean this up...

Regards,

Rene