[debian-mysql] Bug#1127863: mariadb-client: mariadb-secure-installation usage doc gives wrong file

[Eli the Bearded]

Package: mariadb-client
Version: 1:11.8.3-0+deb13u1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian at eli.users.panix.com

Dear Maintainer,

When running `mariadb-secure-installation` a Debian-specific message is
printed directing the user to read a file that does not exist, viz:

```
NOTE: MariaDB is secure by default in Debian. Running this script is
      useless at best, and misleading at worst. This script will be
      removed in a future MariaDB release in Debian. Please read
      mariadb-server.README.Debian for details.
```

But:

```
find / -name mariadb-server.README.Debian
```

and

```
apt-file search mariadb-server.README.Debian
```

return no results.

The actual file to consult is `/usr/share/doc/mariadb-server/README.Debian.gz`

Suggested fix:

--- mariadb-secure-installation.orig    2026-02-13 18:47:49.635573484 -0800
+++ mariadb-secure-installation 2026-02-13 18:48:28.459366862 -0800
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 echo "NOTE: MariaDB is secure by default in Debian. Running this script is"
 echo "      useless at best, and misleading at worst. This script will be"
 echo "      removed in a future MariaDB release in Debian. Please read"
-echo "      mariadb-server.README.Debian for details."
+echo "      /usr/share/doc/mariadb-server/README.Debian.gz for details."
 echo
 echo "Enter root user password or leave blank:"
 echo


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.69+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages mariadb-client depends on:
ii  debianutils              5.23.2
ii  libc6                    2.41-12+deb13u1
ii  libconfig-inifiles-perl  3.000003-3
ii  libgcc-s1                14.2.0-19
ii  libpcre2-posix3          10.46-1~deb13u1
ii  libssl3t64               3.5.4-1~deb13u2
ii  libstdc++6               14.2.0-19
ii  liburing2                2.9-1
ii  mariadb-client-core      1:11.8.3-0+deb13u1
ii  perl                     5.40.1-6
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1

Versions of packages mariadb-client recommends:
ii  libdbd-mariadb-perl   1.22-1+b4
ii  libdbi-perl           1.647-1
ii  libterm-readkey-perl  2.38-2+b4

mariadb-client suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information