[debian-mysql] Bug#920365: Bug#920365: mariadb_config: improve cross compilation support

[Helmut Grohne]

Hi Otto,

On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 02:54:05PM +0200, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> OK, now I get it. I could have the script in debian/additions etc and
> run the above step in the rules file.

Thank you.

> > Of course, doing so breaks cross building mariadb itself. However that's
> > known to be broken due to #707750, which hasn't shown any progress in 6
> > years and likely won't show any progress in the next 6 years.
> 
> OK, but for MariaDB the
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707750 does not
> apply anymore thanks to
> https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-10.4/-/commit/b50ee2eb0bdca49583cf447ded46f799198cd4bf

Great news. As far a s I can see, it still applies to mariadb-10.3, but
not to mariadb-10.4. The metadata of the bug correctly reflects that.
Once mariadb-10.4 hits unstable, I'll likely look into it. If you
backport this change to mariadb-10.3, please tell me explicitly.

Helmut