Hi. On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 07:15:59PM +0200, Lucio wrote: > I'm trying to backport php7.2 to Debian stretch. > > $ apt-get build-dep php7.2 > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > [...] default-mysql-server galera-3 mariadb-server-10.1 > mariadb-server-core-10.1 [...] > > Why does BUILDING php7.2 require a mariadb server running?
Every building process worthy of its title requires freshly built software to pass certain tests. In the case of php7.2 such tests include communicating with MySQL/MariaDB database. Debian PHP Maintainers cheated it BTW, enabling tests only for i386/amd64. Speaks volumes about quality of those tests IMO. Reco
