create a new MariaDB-common.rpm that contains files needed both by the client and the server.

use my.cnf includes to split one big my.cnf file in server and client parts.

remove "Provides: mysql-libs" (doesn't help on CentOS 6)

cmake/cpack_rpm.cmake

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_CLIENT_GROUP "client")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_MANPAGESCLIENT_GROUP "client")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_README_GROUP "server")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_SHAREDLIBRARIES_GROUP "shared")
+SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_COMMON_GROUP "common")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL Server ManPagesServer IniFiles Server_Scripts
                                 SupportFiles Development ManPagesDevelopment
-                                Test ManPagesTest Readme ManPagesClient
-                                Client SharedLibraries)
+                                ManPagesTest Readme ManPagesClient Test 
+                                Common Client SharedLibraries)
 
 SET(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME "MariaDB")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME}-${VERSION}-${RPM}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
@@ -59,24 +60,33 @@ SET(CPACK_RPM_SPEC_MORE_DEFINE "
 SET(CPACK_RPM_SPEC_MORE_DEFINE "${CPACK_RPM_SPEC_MORE_DEFINE}
 %define ignore \#
 ")
-set(CPACK_RPM_server_USER_FILELIST "%ignore /etc" "%ignore /etc/init.d")
+
+SET(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "MariaDB-common")
+
+SET(CPACK_RPM_server_USER_FILELIST "%ignore /etc" "%ignore /etc/init.d")
 
 SET(CPACK_RPM_client_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "mysql-client MariaDB-client MySQL-client MySQL-OurDelta-client")
 SET(CPACK_RPM_client_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-client MySQL-client mysql-client")
 
+# this is a workaround for CPackRPM.cmake (as of 2.8.8) bug.
+# If a package group does not specify OBSOLETES/REQUIRES the values of the
+# previous (alphabetically) group will apply. 
+SET(CPACK_RPM_common_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "MySQL-common")
+SET(CPACK_RPM_common_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-common")
+
 SET(CPACK_RPM_devel_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "mysql-devel MariaDB-devel MySQL-devel MySQL-OurDelta-devel")
 SET(CPACK_RPM_devel_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-devel MySQL-devel mysql-devel")
 
 SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "MariaDB mysql mysql-server MariaDB-server MySQL-server MySQL-OurDelta-server")
 SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB MariaDB-server MySQL-server config(MariaDB-server) msqlormysql mysql mysql-server")
-SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm-prein.sh)
-SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm-preun.sh)
-SET(CPACK_RPM_server_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm-postin.sh)
+SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm/server-prein.sh)
+SET(CPACK_RPM_server_PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm/server-preun.sh)
+SET(CPACK_RPM_server_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm/server-postin.sh)
 
 SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "mysql-shared MySQL-shared-standard MySQL-shared-pro MySQL-shared-pro-cert MySQL-shared-pro-gpl MySQL-shared-pro-gpl-cert MariaDB-shared MySQL-shared MySQL-OurDelta-shared")
-SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-shared MySQL-shared mysql-shared mysql-libs libmysqlclient.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION} libmysqlclient.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}(libmysqlclient_${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}) libmysqlclient_r.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION} libmysqlclient_r.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}(libmysqlclient_${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION})")
-SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm-ldconfig.sh)
-SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_POST_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm-ldconfig.sh)
+SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-shared MySQL-shared mysql-shared libmysqlclient.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION} libmysqlclient.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}(libmysqlclient_${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}) libmysqlclient_r.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION} libmysqlclient_r.so.${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}(libmysqlclient_${SHARED_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION})")
+SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm/shared-post.sh)
+SET(CPACK_RPM_shared_POST_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/support-files/rpm/shared-post.sh)
 
 SET(CPACK_RPM_test_PACKAGE_OBSOLETES "mysql-test MariaDB-test MySQL-test MySQL-OurDelta-test")
 SET(CPACK_RPM_test_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "MariaDB-test MySQL-test mysql-test")

sql/share/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ FOREACH (dir ${dirs})
  INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dir} 
   DESTINATION  ${INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR} COMPONENT Server)
 ENDFOREACH()
-INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/charsets DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR} COMPONENT Server
-  PATTERN "languages.html" EXCLUDE
+INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/charsets DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR}
+  COMPONENT Common PATTERN "languages.html" EXCLUDE
 )
 
 INSTALL(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR} COMPONENT Server)

support-files/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ IF(UNIX)
             RENAME mysql COMPONENT SupportFiles
             PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ 
             GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+
+    INSTALL(FILES rpm/my.cnf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}
+            COMPONENT Common)
+    INSTALL(FILES rpm/client.cnf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/my.cnf.d
+            COMPONENT SharedLibraries)
+    INSTALL(FILES rpm/mysql-clients.cnf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/my.cnf.d
+            COMPONENT Client)
+    INSTALL(FILES rpm/server.cnf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/my.cnf.d
+            COMPONENT IniFiles)
+
     # This is for SuSE:
     INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
                    ${INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/init.d/mysql

support-files/rpm/client.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# These two groups are read by the client library
+# Use it for options that affect all clients, but not the server
+#
+
+
+[client]
+
+# This group is not read by mysql client library,
+# If you use the same .cnf file for MySQL and MariaDB,
+# use it for MariaDB-only client options
+[client-mariadb]
+

support-files/rpm/my.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# This group is read both both by the client and the server
+# use it for options that affect everything
+#
+[client-server]
+
+#
+# include all files from the config directory
+#
+!includedir /etc/my.cnf.d
+

support-files/rpm/mysql-clients.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# These groups are read by MariaDB command-line tools
+# Use it for options that affect only one utility
+#
+
+[mysql]
+
+[mysql_upgrade]
+
+[mysqladmin]
+
+[mysqlbinlog]
+
+[mysqlcheck]
+
+[mysqldump]
+
+[mysqlimport]
+
+[mysqlshow]
+
+[mysqlslap]
+

support-files/rpm/server.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# These groups are read by MariaDB server
+# Use it for options that only the server (but not clients) should see
+#
+# See the examples of server my.cnf files in /usr/share/mysql/
+#
+
+[mysqld]
+
+[server]
+
+[embedded]
+
+# This group is only read by MariaDB-5.5 servers.
+# If you use the same .cnf file for MariaDB of different versions,
+# use this group for options that older servers don't understand
+[mysqld-5.5]
+
+# These two groups are only read by MariaDB servers, not by MySQL.
+# If you use the same .cnf file for MySQL and MariaDB,
+# you can put MariaDB-only options here
+[mariadb]
+
+[mariadb-5.5]
+