mariadb: add the client (WITHOUT_SERVER), 12.3.3 LTS - #723
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Closes #722. Part of the agentbox Fedora-image gap list: `dnf install mariadb` on Fedora gives you the CLIENT package, and that is what the image actually wants — a CLI to talk to a database hosted elsewhere. Building the server would add hundreds of MB of storage engines nothing in the image runs. Built from the SERVER tarball because that is where the client lives; mariadb-connector-c ships libmariadb but no CLI. `-DWITHOUT_SERVER=ON` is upstream's own switch for exactly this. Three things upstream's client-only path gets wrong, each fixed with a comment saying why: 1. HAVE_CURSES_H is referenced by exactly one file and defined by none. client/mysql.cc guards its curses include on #if defined(HAVE_CURSES_H) && defined(HAVE_TERM_H) but cmake/readline.cmake only ever defines HAVE_TERM_H and CURSES_HAVE_CURSES_H — the latter being cmake's own FindCurses output variable, a different name that never reaches config.h. So curses.h is never included and every curses name in the file is undeclared: mysql.cc:201: error: 'chtype' was not declared in this scope mysql.cc:5334: error: 'A_BOLD' was not declared in this scope mysql.cc:5505: error: 'setupterm' was not declared in this scope Meanwhile HAVE_VIDATTR *is* defined, because CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS finds vidattr in libncursesw. Two halves of one feature test disagreeing, and the half that compiles the code is the one that loses. Both headers are present, so we define HAVE_CURSES_H via CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS. 2. ref10 compiles even when its plugin is off. auth_ed25519 is a server-side plugin, but plugin/auth_ed25519/CMakeLists.txt calls ADD_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARY(ref10 ...) UNCONDITIONALLY, outside the MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN guard — so -DPLUGIN_AUTH_ED25519=NO disables the plugin and ref10 still builds, pulling in mysql/service_sha2.h, which a client-only configure does not put on the include path. An include-path gap, not a plugin to disable. 3. Our ncurses ships only the wide build (libncursesw.so, no plain libncurses.so) and cmake's FindCurses will not look for it unless CURSES_NEED_WIDE is set — otherwise "Could NOT find Curses (missing: CURSES_LIBRARY)". WITHOUT_SERVER also still installs ~16 server-ADMINISTRATION Perl scripts. Every one of them operates on a local server: its data directory (hotcopy), its grant tables (access, setpermission), its slow-query log (dumpslow), its initial setup (secure-installation). Keeping them would mean adding perl to runtime_deps — a language runtime in the closure of a client package, purely to carry scripts that cannot run. They are removed, with a fail-closed assert so they cannot creep back in if upstream renames them. mysql_config / mariadb_config are deliberately KEPT: they report link flags for libmariadb, which this package does ship. pcre2 is a real runtime dep, not a guess — mariadb-import and mariadb-test link libpcre2-posix.so.3. The missing-runtime_deps checker caught it. Verified in the Linux sandbox (never a local macOS build): build finished, and all 15 checkers pass, including missing-runtime_deps, standalone-tests and fmt. The build.sh also fails closed if the client binary it exists to produce was not created. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change adds a MariaDB 12.3.3 client-only package. It verifies the source archive, configures and builds the client with required dependencies, removes server-only files, and runs CLI smoke tests. ChangesMariaDB client package
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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SourceArchive->>build.sh: Provide MariaDB 12.3.3 source
build.sh->>CMakeMake: Configure client-only build
CMakeMake->>OUTPUT_DIR: Install client outputs
build.sh->>OUTPUT_DIR: Remove server-only files
build.sh->>OUTPUT_DIR: Validate executable and scripts
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The MariaDB CLI remains usable, but consumers cannot reliably compile against the packaged client library using the provided helpers. Fix the output map before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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- Around line 74-76: Add output mappings for the MariaDB development artifacts
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CodeRabbit on #723: the package keeps mysql_config / mariadb_config but the output map claimed only usr/bin, usr/lib/**/*.so* and usr/share/**. So the helpers shipped and the headers they name did not — mysql_config --cflags answered -I/usr/include/mysql for a directory that was not in the package. That is the incoherent half-state: this package already ships libmariadb, so either the development files go with it or the helpers should not be kept. They are worth having, so they ship. Exports, with the real install paths confirmed from the install tree rather than assumed: usr/include/** -> usr/include/mysql/{mysql.h,my_global.h,...} usr/lib/pkgconfig/** -> libmariadb.pc, so pkg-config answers the same questions mysql_config does; shipping only one mechanism leaves consumers depending on which they happen to use usr/man/** -> NOT a CodeRabbit finding. This build installs man pages to usr/man/man{1,3}, not usr/share/man, so the usr/share/** glob never claimed them and they were being silently dropped. Adds `dev_files_are_usable`, which walks the -I flags mysql_config actually prints and requires one of them to contain mysql.h, plus a check that the advertised libmariadb.so exists. That is precisely the condition that was false before this commit while every other test passed — a package can ship a helper that lies and look completely healthy. All 15 checkers pass. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #722. Part of the agentbox Fedora-image gap list.
dnf install mariadbon Fedora gives you the client package, and that is what the image wants — a CLI to talk to a database hosted elsewhere. A server build would add hundreds of MB of storage engines nothing in the image runs. Built from the server tarball because that is where the client lives (mariadb-connector-c ships libmariadb but no CLI);-DWITHOUT_SERVER=ONis upstream's own switch for this.Three things upstream's client-only path gets wrong
1.
HAVE_CURSES_His referenced by exactly one file and defined by none.client/mysql.cc:64guards its curses include onbut
cmake/readline.cmakeonly ever definesHAVE_TERM_HandCURSES_HAVE_CURSES_H— the latter being cmake's ownFindCursesoutput variable, a different name that never reachesconfig.h. Socurses.his never included and every curses name in the file is undeclared:Meanwhile
HAVE_VIDATTRis defined, becauseCHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTSfindsvidattrin libncursesw. Two halves of one feature test disagreeing — and the half that compiles the code is the one that loses. Both headers are present in our sandbox, so we defineHAVE_CURSES_HviaCFLAGS/CXXFLAGS(not via-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS, which would override rather than extend the reproducibility flags set at the top of build.sh).2.
ref10compiles even when its plugin is off.auth_ed25519is server-side, butplugin/auth_ed25519/CMakeLists.txtcallsADD_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARY(ref10 ...)unconditionally, outside theMYSQL_ADD_PLUGINguard — so-DPLUGIN_AUTH_ED25519=NOdisables the plugin andref10still builds, pulling inmysql/service_sha2.hthat a client-only configure does not put on the include path. An include-path gap, not a plugin to disable.3. Our ncurses ships only the wide build. No plain
libncurses.so, andFindCurseswill not look for the wide one unlessCURSES_NEED_WIDEis set — otherwise "Could NOT find Curses (missing: CURSES_LIBRARY)".Server-admin scripts removed
WITHOUT_SERVERstill installs ~16 server-administration Perl scripts. Every one operates on a local server: its data directory (hotcopy), its grant tables (access,setpermission), its slow-query log (dumpslow), its initial setup (secure-installation). Keeping them would mean addingperltoruntime_deps— a language runtime in the closure of a client package, purely to carry scripts that cannot run. They are removed, with a fail-closed assert so they cannot creep back if upstream renames them.Deliberately kept:
mysql_config/mariadb_config, which report link flags for libmariadb — and this package does ship libmariadb, so they are client tools, not server tools.bashis inruntime_depsfor their#!/bin/sh.pcre2is a real runtime dep, not a guess:mariadb-importandmariadb-testlinklibpcre2-posix.so.3. Themissing-runtime_depschecker caught it.Verification
Built in the Linux sandbox (never a local macOS build):
build finishedmissing runtime_deps,standalone testsandfmtSmoke tests exercise
--versionand--help;--helpis the better of the two because it parses the full option table without needing a server.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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