python-mysqldb has gone away in Debian Bullseye

[cjsoftuk]

Debian Bullseye removes many Python 2 libraries, leading to a failure to install python-mysqldb on a Bullseye box. I'll try and build a suitable patch for this.

[cjsoftuk]

Hmm, so basically this involves removing the installation of python-mysqldb on Bullseye and newer.

What I don't see, though, yet, is a way to do this sensibly for just Bullseye and newer.

[Absynth723]

You can just remove the package from the Debian-specific code without issues. I just tried that and it works without problems on a freshly installed Debian 11 VM.

[sms-astanley]

I wanted to comment here before opening a new issue. This also impacts Ubuntu 22.04. Plays fail when enabling the MySQL backend due to python-mysqldb missing.

TASK [powerdns.pdns : Install the MySQL dependencies] **************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No package matching 'python-mysqldb' is available"}

Installations that don't use MySQL as a backend seem to work fine.

[Bodenhaltung]

Right, but we need also to be "backward compatible". This requires a little bit more effort (at least for testing).

[sms-astanley]

Right, but we need also to be "backward compatible". This requires a little bit more effort (at least for testing).

Understood, I forked and removed the package just to verify. Everything else works as expected.