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and subject line Bug#1146585: fixed in mariadb 1:11.8.9+ds-2
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regarding libmariadb-dev: mariadb_config shim dropped --cc_version, breaking
Connector/Python builds
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Package: libmariadb-dev
Version: 1:11.8.9+ds-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Since 1:11.8.9+ds-1, /usr/bin/mariadb_config no longer implements the
--cc_version option:
$ mariadb_config --cc_version
/usr/bin/mariadb_config: unrecognized option '--cc_version'
The predecessor, 1:11.8.8-1, shipped upstream MariaDB Connector/C's compiled
mariadb_config, which does implement it (extracted from the cached .deb):
$ ./usr/bin/mariadb_config --help
Copyright 2011-2020 MariaDB Corporation AB
Get compiler flags for using the MariaDB Connector/C.
[...]
--version [11.8.8]
--cc_version [3.4.9]
In 1:11.8.9+ds-1 that binary was replaced by an architecture-independent shell
script, as part of making libmariadb-dev Multi-Arch: same co-installable
(#1140296). The replacement implements ten of upstream's options but not
--cc_version, which looks like an oversight rather than an intended removal.
/usr/bin/mariadb-config is a symlink to the same script, so there is no
unaffected alternative on the system.
Impact: MariaDB Connector/Python (the "mariadb" distribution on PyPI, MariaDB's
officially supported Python driver, not packaged in Debian) calls exactly this
option during its build to verify Connector/C >= 3.3.1. It now dies on the
empty answer:
File ".../mariadb_posix.py", line 63, in get_config
if version.Version(cc_version[0]) < version.Version(required_version):
IndexError: list index out of range
So `pip install mariadb` fails on a sid system with libmariadb-dev installed,
where it succeeded under 1:11.8.8-1. Any other consumer that asks for the
Connector/C version through this documented interface is affected the same way.
Nothing is actually missing from the package. The value the option should
report is already in the shipped headers, and it is the very macro upstream's
binary compiles its own answer from:
$ grep MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION /usr/include/mariadb/mariadb_version.h
#define MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION "3.4.10"
#define MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION_ID 30410
The script already reads that same header for --version, so restoring the
option is a two-line change:
--- a/usr/bin/mariadb_config
+++ b/usr/bin/mariadb_config
@@
version=$(sed -n 's/.*MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION_STR[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p'
"$vhdr" 2>/dev/null)
[ -n "$version" ] || version=unknown
+cc_version=$(sed -n 's/.*MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p'
"$vhdr" 2>/dev/null)
+[ -n "$cc_version" ] || cc_version=unknown
@@ usage()
- --version --variable=VAR (pkglibdir|plugindir)
+ --version --cc_version --variable=VAR (pkglibdir|plugindir)
@@ case "$arg" in
--version) printf '%s\n' "$version" ;;
+ --cc_version) printf '%s\n' "$cc_version" ;;
I verified locally that supplying --cc_version from that macro, and delegating
every other option to /usr/bin/mariadb_config unchanged, lets mariadb 1.1.14
build and import against the installed Connector/C 3.4.10.
Thanks for maintaining this package.
manul
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.18.15+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libmariadb-dev depends on:
ii libmariadb3 1:11.8.9+ds-1
ii libssl-dev 3.6.4-1
ii zlib1g-dev 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3
libmariadb-dev recommends no packages.
libmariadb-dev suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: mariadb
Source-Version: 1:11.8.9+ds-2
Done: Otto Kekäläinen <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mariadb, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Otto Kekäläinen <[email protected]> (supplier of updated mariadb package)
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:19:19 +0000
Source: mariadb
Architecture: source
Version: 1:11.8.9+ds-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Otto Kekäläinen <[email protected]>
Closes: 1139473 1141671 1144671 1146585
Changes:
mariadb (1:11.8.9+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Add missing --version_cc to the custom `mariadb_config` (Closes: #1146585)
*
* Backport upstream patch to fix upstream CONC-821 about
mysql_stmt_bind_result zeroes *length for temporal result columns which
broke among others Perl, Python, MythTV and more
(Closes: #1139473, #1141671, #1144671)
* Extend test skip lists after witnessing frequent sporadic failures on armhf
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