Bug#1139473: Bug#1140853: mariadb 11.8.8-1 causes libdbd-mariadb-perl FTBFS

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 08:55:47PM +0300, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Forward: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-821
> 
> Seems this is tracked upstream as https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-821
> 
> Seems that current state of this issue is that the PR by Daniel Black
> at https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-c/pull/317
> got initial review from Georg Richter, and is now pending Daniel to
> respond. I will wait 24h and then take latest version of that PR and
> add as emergency patch on top of 11.8.8 in Debian.

Hi, any news here?

libdbd-mariadb-perl is currently uninstallable in sid, because it needs
a rebuild for Perl 5.42. AIUI that rebuild can't be done before this
bug is fixed (or worked around somehow.)