Re: Overhaul mysql.buildlink3.mk

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:54:45AM +0100, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
>   - Switch to proper pkg_info checks for if a package is installed,
> rather than hardcoding a bunch of library names to look for.

Yes, please! I hated adding more horrible hacks for MariaDB.

>   - Abstract away the differences between each version, making adding
> new ones trivial.

>   - Simplify the version selection.

> Once this is in I can look at merging in some of the newer Percona packages.
> We'll leave the multi package support to later, as that's a bit more
> invasive.

Very interested in the multi-package support for database versions
in general.