[debian-mysql] final decision about MySQL r-deps needed / cleaning up the MySQL mess

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2016-10-18 11:38 GMT+03:00 Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org>:
> Simple: Because LO uses the C++ bindings and not the C bindings? If you
> mean why I don't build mysql-connector-c++ against mariadb, see my initial
> mail. Newer versions of it do not build with it. (the version in sid is
> ooold.)

MariaDB Connector C is for C++ also. I am not an expert on the topic,
but I assume you could just try it directly and see if it builds or if
it complains about some missinng API call or not....?

See
* https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-connector-c/
* https://packages.debian.org/sid/libmariadb-dev
* https://packages.debian.org/sid/libmariadb-dev-compat
* https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libmariadbclient-dev
* https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libmariadbclient-dev-compat