Does not install libmysqlclient-dev

[greneholt]

Cookbook version

8.0.1

Chef-client version

12.13.37

Platform Details

Ubuntu 14.04

Scenario:

Install the mysql gem, which requires the mysql client dev libraries to be installed.

Steps to Reproduce:

In a recipe, insert the following:

mysql_client 'default' do
  version '5.6'
  package_version ''
  action [:create]
end

Expected Result:

I expected the development libraries to be installed.

From the cookbook description: The mysql_client resource manages the MySQL client binaries and development libraries.

Actual Result:

The development libraries were not installed. On Ubuntu 14.04, libmysqlclient-dev was not installed.

As best as I can tell, the development library packages were removed in commit 824e854.

[patcon]

My options when encountered this are either to:

1. pin back mysql coobkook with < 8
2. add a compile-time install of libmysqlclient-dev before the mysql2_chef_gem resource (there's probably some logic based on os and version, which I'm able to skip concerning myself with in my simple cookbook)

[rmyates]

I've just hit this too, looks to be a breaking change that perhaps was missed during refactoring.

I've also noticed following the Readme that passing an array of packages to package_name in mysql_client resource breaks:
Property package_name must be one of: String! You passed ["mysql-client", "libmysqlclient-dev"]

[geleman]

This is a continuing breaking change in Centos as well and needs to be addressed either here or in mysql2_chef_gem.

[javornikolov]

I'm facing that problem on CentOS. I can imagine two options here:

1. fix the documentation - make it clear mysql_client doesn't pull development libraries. In such case it makes sense to add another recipe e.g. mysql_devel which to do that.
2. add back the development libraries to be installed by mysql_client.

Reviewing the release notes - option (2) looks more appropriate at first glimpse, at least for 8.x. If finer granularity is needed - it may be achieved e.g. by adding include_devel_libraries | default=true) option and a separate mysql_devel recipe.

@tas50, any opinion in which direction would we like to evolve?

[tas50]

This was fixed in the last release.

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