[Bug 1243076] Re: libapache2-mod-auth-mysql is missing in 13.10 amd64

[Robie Basak]

I have confirmed what Shane described above. It seems that upstream are
inactive. I haven't been able to find any sign that upstream have ported
this module to the Apache 2.4 API, which is a requirement for making
this work with Apache 2.4. The package has been removed from Debian
testing for this reason already. I presume that all other distributions
will follow suit as they upgrade to Apache 2.4.

Thus, I will file a bug to have this package permanently removed from
Ubuntu.

If someone ports the upstream code to Apache 2.4, then this situation
could change. However, feature freeze is coming up, so it seems unlikely
to me that this will make Trusty.

I get the impression that many people have ended up here because they
want to install a LAMP stack, since some instructions somewhere state
that this package should be installed to get a LAMP stack. This is
incorrect. This package is only required for Apache authentication
against MySQL (as opposed to doing it at the web app end, which is far
more common). It appears to me that there are cargo culted instructions
floating around the Internet.

Since there is nothing that can be done about this situation in Ubuntu,
I'm marking this bug Won't Fix.

** Changed in: mod-auth-mysql (Ubuntu Saucy)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: mod-auth-mysql (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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  libapache2-mod-auth-mysql is missing in 13.10 amd64

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