[debian-mysql] Bug#1135143: mariadb-client-core: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck to /usr/bin/maridb-check symlink does not exist

[jim.barber.73 at gmail.com]

Package: mariadb-client-core
Version: 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: jim.barber.73 at gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

The mariadb* packages provide /usr/bin/mysql* symlinks to the
appropriate /usr/bin/mariadb-* binaries, however it seems to be missing
the mysqlcheck -> mariadb-check one.

I only noticed it because I'm using a package from an external apt
repository that has a package that depends on virtual-mysql-server that
installs mariadb-server and its dependencies.

It installed a job in /etc/cron.weekly/ that invokes the
/usr/bin/mysqlcheck command which fails at the moment.

Since mariadb-check is in the mariadb-client-core, I figured the bug
report belongs here.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable-security'), (990, 'stable'), (500, 'proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mariadb-client-core depends on:
ii  libc6           2.41-12+deb13u2
ii  libedit2        3.1-20250104-1
ii  libgcc-s1       14.2.0-19
ii  libmariadb3     1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
ii  libncurses6     6.5+20250216-2
ii  libssl3t64      3.5.5-1~deb13u2
ii  libstdc++6      14.2.0-19
ii  libtinfo6       6.5+20250216-2
ii  mariadb-common  1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
ii  zlib1g          1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1

mariadb-client-core recommends no packages.

mariadb-client-core suggests no packages.

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