[Pkg-pdns-maintainers] Bug#828019: pdns-backend-mysql from jessie-backports depends on mysql-client

[Alex Kerkhove]

Package: pdns-backend-mysql
Version: 3.4.1-4+deb8u5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The package for pdns-backend-mysql from jessie-backports (Version: 3.4.7-1~bpo8+1) depends on the mysql-client package.
This causes this package te be incompatible with mariadb (server) setups. From the package:

Package: pdns-backend-mysql
Source: pdns
Version: 3.4.7-1~bpo8+1
Architecture: amd64
Provides: pdns-backend
Depends: dbconfig-common, mysql-client, pdns-server (>= 3.4.7-1~bpo8+1), ucf (>= 0.28), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libmysqlclient18 (>= 5.5.24+dfsg-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: mysql-server
...


The current stable version in jessie just recommends mysal-client and works fine with mariadb client/server packages:

Package: pdns-backend-mysql
Source: pdns
Version: 3.4.1-4+deb8u5
Architecture: amd64
Provides: pdns-backend
Depends: pdns-server (>= 3.4.1-4+deb8u5), ucf (>= 0.28), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libmysqlclient18 (>= 5.5.24+dfsg-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dbconfig-common
Recommends: mysql-client
Suggests: mysql-server
...


I'd expect the jessie-backports version to be usable with mariadb packages as well.
If you really need to depend on mysql-client, the link below may have some info:
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MySQL/virtual-mysql-server

Thanks,
Alex.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages pdns-backend-mysql depends on:
ii  dbconfig-common        1.8.47+nmu3+deb8u1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  libc6                  2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  libgcc1                1:4.9.2-10
ii  libmysqlclient18       5.5.49-0+deb8u1
ii  libstdc++6             4.9.2-10
ii  pdns-server            3.4.7-1~bpo8+1
ii  ucf                    3.0030
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages pdns-backend-mysql recommends:
pn  mysql-client  <none>

Versions of packages pdns-backend-mysql suggests:
pn  mysql-server  <none>

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