[debian-mysql] Bug#979606: mariadb-10.5: reduce Build-Depends

[Helmut Grohne]

Source: mariadb-10.5
Version: 1:10.5.8-3
Tags: patch
User: helmutg at debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

Hi,

mariadb-10.5 is involved in a number of dependency cycles relevant to
architecture bootstrap. Instead of looking into particular cycles, I
looked into easily droppable dependencies to reduce the size of the
problem. Here we go:

 * chrpath seems entirely unused.
 * cracklib-runtime is referenced in a number of tests, but not
   elsewhere. I think it can be annotated <!nocheck>.
 * apparmor is disabled. I think that means dh-apparmor can be dropped.
 * gdb is referenced from tests only. I also propose <!nocheck> here.
 * libarchive-dev is only used in ds_archive.cc, which is not built.

I've compared the resulting .debs of a build with these dependencies and
a nocheck build that turned these into Build-Conflicts. Given that
mariadb-10.5 is normally reproducible, these matched exactly. As such it
seems relatively safe to just apply my patch.

Helmut
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--- mariadb-10.5-10.5.8/debian/changelog
+++ mariadb-10.5-10.5.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+mariadb-10.5 (1:10.5.8-3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Reduce Build-Depends: (Closes: #-1)
+    + chrpath is not used at all.
+    + cracklib-runtime is only used for testing.
+    + apparmor is disabled. dh-apparmor is unused.
+    + gdb is only used for testing.
+    + libarchive-dev is only used in ds_archive.cc, which is not built.
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <helmut at subdivi.de>  Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:29:19 +0100
+
 mariadb-10.5 (1:10.5.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Re-introduce deprecated transitional libmariadbclient-dev package
--- mariadb-10.5-10.5.8/debian/control
+++ mariadb-10.5-10.5.8/debian/control
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
 Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers <pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Otto Kekäläinen <otto at debian.org>
 Build-Depends: bison,
-               chrpath,
                cmake,
-               cracklib-runtime,
+               cracklib-runtime <!nocheck>,
                debhelper (>= 10),
-               dh-apparmor,
                dh-exec,
-               gdb,
+               gdb <!nocheck>,
                libaio-dev [linux-any],
-               libarchive-dev,
                libboost-dev,
                libcrack2-dev (>= 2.9.0),
                libcurl4-openssl-dev | libcurl4-dev,