> MariaDB still supports it, and there's a separate package called libmariadbd > containing it. However, mariadb_config doesn't support getting the > corresponding build flags.
A little update on that one. The manpage for mysql_config clearly states that --libmysqld-libs is a supported option: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.3/man/mysql_config.1 (yes, Debian has the very same man page) However, the /usr/bin/mysql_config executable in libmariadb-dev-compat differs from the upstream mysql_config.sh script: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.3/scripts/mysql_config.sh Looking further, the mysql_config binary is actually a symlink to mariadb_config: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.3/debian/libmariadb-dev-compat.links And mariadb_config does not support the requested option: https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-c/blob/10.3/mariadb_config/mariadb_config.c.in I think it would make sense to report this upstream and replace the symlink with the shell script.
