Depends: libmariadbclient-dev rather than default-libmysqlclient-dev

mariaDB has sufficiently evolved from mySQL to stop claiming
compatibility.

Note that VTK9 nevertheless still treats mariaDB as a substitute for
mySQL.

Closes: #1137152

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 62bc51d041ccf7f17c1de8e37d7a94ed4dad72a8..49742705ccd1e89b737a9372b78e01b6d415ef6f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ vtk9 (9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release
   * provide debian/python3-vtk9.pydist to declare python3-vtk9 as
     python package vtk. Closes: #1096135
+  * Depends: libmariadbclient-dev rather than default-libmysqlclient-dev
+    mariaDB has sufficiently evolved from mySQL to stop claiming
+    compatibility. Note that VTK9 nevertheless still treats mariaDB as
+    a substitute for mySQL. Closes: #1137152
 
  -- Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>  Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:42:24 +0200
 

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0969e38c3c918b691a7aac4081144a6ab75a40b7..ce82535f4a63c6f23c89f73d1431b3c51580e723 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5),
                cmake,
                debhelper-compat (= 13),
                default-jdk [!hppa !hurd-any],
-               default-libmysqlclient-dev,
+               libmariadbclient-dev,
                dh-sequence-python3,
                hdf5-tools,
                dh-sequence-javahelper,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Section: libdevel
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          default-jdk [!hppa !hurd-any],
-         default-libmysqlclient-dev,
+         libmariadbclient-dev,
          ${boost:Depends},
          libavcodec-dev,
          libavformat-dev,