[debian-mysql] libmysqld.a and libmysqld.so in Debian MariaDB and MySQL packages

[Akhil Mohan]

On Saturday 05 July 2014 02:08 AM, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've been thinking about how to optimally include libmysqld.so in the
> MariaDB packages.
>
> Libmysqld is a embedded MySQL/MariaDB *server*, more details at
> https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/libmysqld.html
>
> It seems that the MySQL 5.5 and 5.6 Debian packages only distribute it
> as source (libmysqld.a in package libmysqld-dev), right?
Yes, it is not packaged at this moment but we do it. I think libmysqld
might be the right package to add the shared library for 5.6.