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

[Otto Kekäläinen]

> I've started looking into it. I noticed a few embedded code copies. I've
> filed #971005 about readline. Bundling an ssl library seems like a very
> bad idea to me. The outcome of these will have significant impact on how
> cross compilation can be implemented.

I've filed issues upstream that they should build against the system
gnutls and system wolfssl. I believe the server now builds against the
system gnutls but there are still bundled codes in the sources.

> While looking into it anyway, I was wondering why you are running cmake
> directly instead of running it through dh_auto_configure. Can you shed
> light on that question? Using dh_auto_configure would automatically pass
> -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=..., which is required for cross compiling mariadb.

The cmake line has been manually defined in the debian/rules files
since the beginning of time and mysql-5.0 packaging or something.
There are so many customizations – I don't know if we can dismantle
it.