Update default datadir config to /var/lib/mariadb.
authorLena Voytek <lena@voytek.dev>
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:26:38 +0000 (09:26 -0400)
committerLena Voytek <lena@voytek.dev>
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:26:38 +0000 (09:26 -0400)
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

cmake/install_layout.cmake

index d52836a4f4a1875b77286d53233da50bf46b8578..c46bac34e2c8130ff7a47be17d16dcf70cac04cb 100644 (file)
@@ -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")