[debian-mysql] Bug#985320: Bug#985320: mariadb-common: Spurious messages when installing package

[Robie Basak]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:23:53AM +0100, jpp wrote:
> When upgrading python3-mysqldb apt also update mariadb-common and I get some
> spurious messages :
> Setting up mariadb-common (1:10.5.9-1) ...
> update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf
> (my.cnf) in auto mode
> update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /etc/mysql/my.cnf with a link

I don't see how these messages are spurious. They're accurate and the
warnings seem appropriate and helpful to me.

> I didn't have MariaDB installed (i am running mysql 5.7.33).

bullseye doesn't ship MySQL 5.7.33, and most MySQL protocol -speaking
packages are linked with MariaDB. On Debian, the release team have
chosen to exclude MySQL in stable releases, so you have no choice but to
use MariaDB to fulfill those dependencies if you want to use packages
like python3-mysqldb.

I suggest this bug should be wontfixed, but I'll leave that decision to
others.

Robie
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