From: Lena Voytek <lena@voytek.dev>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:26:38 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Update default datadir config to /var/lib/mariadb.
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Update default datadir config to /var/lib/mariadb.

Last-Update: 2026-03-24

Use /var/lib/mariadb as the default datadir for Debian/Ubuntu to improve
co-installability between MySQL and MariaDB servers.
Last-Update: 2026-03-24
Gbp-Pq: Name set-default-datadir-to-var-lib-mariadb.patch
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diff --git a/cmake/install_layout.cmake b/cmake/install_layout.cmake
index d52836a4f..c46bac34e 100644
--- a/cmake/install_layout.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install_layout.cmake
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ SET(INSTALL_MYSQLTESTDIR_DEB            "share/mariadb/mariadb-test")
 SET(INSTALL_SQLBENCHDIR_DEB             ".")
 SET(INSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIR_DEB         "share/mariadb")
 #
-SET(INSTALL_MYSQLDATADIR_DEB            "/var/lib/mysql")
+SET(INSTALL_MYSQLDATADIR_DEB            "/var/lib/mariadb")
 
 SET(INSTALL_RUNDATADIR_DEB              "/run/mysqld")
 SET(INSTALL_UNIX_ADDRDIR_DEB            "${INSTALL_RUNDATADIR_DEB}/mysqld.sock")