[debian-mysql] Bug#877845: Bug#877845: libmariadb-dev-compat: Cannot install static libmysqlclient with libmysql++-dev

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Control: tags -1 wontfix

Hello!

The whole point of a -compat package is that it replaces the other
with files with the same names in the same paths.
You cannot co-install them and there should be no need or use case for
anybody to want to do so. Use either one.


$ sudo apt install libmysql++-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  default-libmysqlclient-dev libmysql++3v5 libmysqlclient-dev
Suggested packages:
  libmysql++-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED: libmariadb-dev-compat
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  default-libmysqlclient-dev libmysql++-dev libmysql++3v5 libmysqlclient-dev



$ dpkg -L libmariadb-dev-compat
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/include
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat
/usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat/copyright
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/bin/mysql_config
/usr/include/mysql
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.so
/usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_config.1.gz