Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 08:12:00 -1000 From: "parv/freebsd" <parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com> To: Iasen Kostov <iasen.kostov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: databases/p5-DBD-MariaDB Message-ID: <CABObuOqFVoOPJucGCtr75o-TZ%2BK_Lf5Mi5jEht9ghidVhVS2XA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f49b94dd-cedf-8b28-ab40-1ef645abe2f1@gmail.com> References: <61be7557-81de-d087-bc6a-79592b0da76d@gmail.com> <CABObuOrY4w8Nzy-DVi18H06%2BU-xyx5hxLA10qgd6sCxqkDDOjQ@mail.gmail.com> <f49b94dd-cedf-8b28-ab40-1ef645abe2f1@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:23 AM Iasen Kostov <iasen.kostov@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Iasen, Please keep the mailing lists as recipients. I do not want to engage in unsolicited private conversation. I basically needed it for 'mytop' from MariaDB, but it turned out mytop > doesn't even work with p5-DBD-MariaDB. > I have not interacted with MariaDB or mytop with either driver. So I cannot help with usage of DBD::MariaDB. So I had to install p5-DBD-mysql from ports with mariadb client installed > beforehand. But then when I do 'pkg upgrade' of course a mess ensues. I > had to remove the packcage from the database by hand which is ugly soluti= on > to say the least :) > What does actually happen when "mess" happens? So my actual question is how to make 'mytop' (and other similar things) > from MariaDB work ? > One way is to just have "p5-DBD-mysql-mysql" and "p5-DBD-mysql-mariadb" - > but that looks a 'bit' ugly too. > I have no idea what are you referring to with "p5-DBD-mysql-mysql" & "p5-DBD-mysql-mariadb". Forcing people to use the ports > You are more than free to install Perl software via cpan or cpanm. Who is forcing you? and only the ports is not feasible with small systems like RaspberyPI or > older / low power systems and will lead to "but in Linux ..." so it is n= ot > a solution either. > What would be the best and least ugliest way to make it work ? > On 3.4.2021 =D0=B3. 12:19, parv/freebsd wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 9:58 PM Iasen Kostov wrote: > >> I wonder why does the package depends on mysqlclient and not on >> mariadb ? > > > Yes, should have switched to depend on MariaDB. > > That package seems to be useless because it is the same as >> databases/p5-DBD-mysql. Am I missing something ? >> > > How much do you care for Unicode support & security bug fixes? > > See ... > > https://github.com/gooddata/DBD-MariaDB#readme > >
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