[Mageia-dev] Replacing mysql with mariadb

Fri Dec 2 01:20:01 CET 2011

Op vrijdag 02 december 2011 00:13:28 schreef Barry Jackson:
+> On 01/12/11 22:47, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> > if you have a cauldron, you can enable updates_testing and then:
+> > * rpm -e --nodeps all the mysql packages you have
+> > * urpmi all the identical mariadb packages
+> 
+> OK - I guess the names are similar - not looked yet ;)
+> 
+> > * then you can build against it, by rebuilding your src.rpm
+> 
+> I have BuildRequire on perl-DBD-mysql and Requires on perl-DBD-mysql,
+> mysql and php-mysql, I assume these will need to change?
+
+no, mariadb provides the mysql names, thus, no need to change anything
+
+actually, if you really want to test, you could rebuild also perl-DBD-mysql & 
+php-mysql ;but not required
+
+> > * then install that
+> > * test if everything works, perhaps reboot or logout or whatever restarts
+> > akonadi
+> > * then test your package
+> > 
+> > i've already tested with phpmyadmin (thus php-mysql), drupal (thus
+> > php-pdo- mysqli), amarok and akonadi...
+> > 
+> > no bug/tracker for it
+> 
+> I only noticed the thread in ML tonight, as I did not know what MariaDB
+> was it hadn't caught my attention!
+> I will start on it tomorrow.
+> Thanks,
+> Barry
+