Bug#672824: Bug#590905: libmysqld-dev: Missing dependency or wrong flags in mysql_config

[Matej Vela]

# 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:

    <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00016.html>

Cheers,

Matej