[debian-mysql] Bug#918367: nmu: pam-mysql_0.8.0-1

[Otto Kekäläinen]

ma 7. tammik. 2019 klo 14.56 wferi at niif.hu kirjoitti:
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> > Will this need a breaks on mariadb-10.3 against older versions of
> > pam-mysql?
>
> That's worth consideration: pam-mysql << 0.8.1 (for example 0.8.0-1 in
> stable) fails to build (link) against mariadb-10.3 missing the export of
> the my_make_scrambled_password symbol.  At the same time it links
> against mysql-5.7 (altered Build-Depends), but the behavior of the above
> symbol changed in mysql-5.6, so the resulting module is buggy (sports a
> buffer overrun).  Thus there are several pitfalls here, and a
>
> Breaks: libpam-mysql (<< 0.8.1-1+b1)
>
> from libmariadbclient18 could fend off the most sneaky one, which
> necessitated this binNMU.  Most importantly, it would help with
> dist-upgrades, I think.

Contributing to mariadb-10.3 is nowadays super easy with merge
requests on Salsa, with Gitlab-CI integration and all. If you want
this change, feel free to open a MR against mariadb-10.3.
Easy instructions on how to use Salsa and it's built-in Gitlab-CI
feature can be found at https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MySQL/patches