Re: mysql-client for kodi -- 5.5 or 5.7 or ?

["Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 12:37:52AM -0400, Michael L. Riechers wrote:
> So, I changed the kodi Makefile line 70 like this:
> 
> #.include "../../databases/mysql55-client/buildlink3.mk"
> .include "../../mk/mysql.buildlink3.mk"
> 
> and the compile ended successfully.
> 
> The buildlink3.mk appears to have been that way forever, so my
> question is: is there some actual need for mysql 5.5, and is there
> some hope that my modification will work?

Looking at the API changes between libmysqlclient.so versions[1],
I don't see anything other than two removed symbols between the
5.5 and 5.6 series that would have required the Kodi package to
require using the MySQL 5.5.x client library.  Since it compiles
and links correctly using the MySQL 5.7 client library, your
change is probably safe.

[1] http://upstream.rosalinux.ru/versions/mysql.html
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Johnny C. Lam
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