Working with MariaDB on Gentoo

[hazimimdnazri]

Hi, I stumbled upon this framework and trying to create a project with it. But I'm unable to connect to my MariaDB server. This is the output of the drogon_ctl -v

  __| |_ __ ___   __ _  ___  _ __
 / _` | '__/ _ \ / _` |/ _ \| '_ \
| (_| | | | (_) | (_| | (_) | | | |
 \__,_|_|  \___/ \__, |\___/|_| |_|
                 |___/

A utility for drogon
Version: 1.9.1
Git commit: d745cfe765a017369ddfd44888979c8633a596f7
Compilation:
  Compiler: c++
  Compiler ID: GNU
  Compilation flags: -std=c++17 -I/usr/include/jsoncpp -I/usr/local/include
Libraries:
  postgresql: no  (pipeline mode: no)
  mariadb: no
  sqlite3: yes
  ssl/tls backend: OpenSSL
  brotli: yes
  hiredis: no
  c-ares: yes
  yaml-cpp: no

Has anyone managed to make it work with MariaDB on Gentoo? What package do I need to have?

[an-tao]

Please install the mariadb client dev library to your OS first, and then re-cmake and recompile drogon again.

[hazimimdnazri]

I've looked into the FindMySQL.cmake, and turns out it was looking for libmariadbclient. There was an existing libmysqlclient in my system. The package mariadb-connector-c installed libmariadb into the system. I've modified the FindMySQL.cmake, added mariadb and mysqlclient in the find_library section. Cmake detected the library, but when I tried to make the build, this error occured.

I've modified the cmake to point to the libmysqlclient and libmariadb, both resulting in the same error.

[an-tao]

please remove the mysql client library from your OS and try again.

[hazimimdnazri]

I only have mariadb in the system. The libmysqlclient (mysql-connector-c) came with the mariadb itself. I'll try to compile mariadb from source.

[hazimimdnazri]

I found the solution. The FindMySQL.cmake focusing on the mysql include folder, on this case, gentoo contains both. I've edited cmake to check for both and prioritize on mariadb if it exist and now it works. I've submitted a PR if it helps other gentoo users.