[Mageia-dev] Replacing mysql with mariadb

[Maarten Vanraes]

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