From: debian@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   Package: mariadb-client   
   Version: 1:11.8.3-0+deb13u1   
   Severity: minor   
   Tags: patch   
   X-Debbugs-Cc: debian@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   Dear Maintainer,   
      
   When running `mariadb-secure-installation` a Debian-specific message is   
   printed directing the user to read a file that does not exist, viz:   
      
   ```   
   NOTE: MariaDB is secure by default in Debian. Running this script is   
         useless at best, and misleading at worst. This script will be   
         removed in a future MariaDB release in Debian. Please read   
         mariadb-server.README.Debian for details.   
   ```   
      
   But:   
      
   ```   
   find / -name mariadb-server.README.Debian   
   ```   
      
   and   
      
   ```   
   apt-file search mariadb-server.README.Debian   
   ```   
      
   return no results.   
      
   The actual file to consult is `/usr/share/doc/mariadb-server/README.Debian.gz`   
      
   Suggested fix:   
      
   --- mariadb-secure-installation.orig    2026-02-13 18:47:49.635573484 -0800   
   +++ mariadb-secure-installation 2026-02-13 18:48:28.459366862 -0800   
   @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@   
    echo "NOTE: MariaDB is secure by default in Debian. Running this script is"   
    echo "      useless at best, and misleading at worst. This script will be"   
    echo "      removed in a future MariaDB release in Debian. Please read"   
   -echo "      mariadb-server.README.Debian for details."   
   +echo "      /usr/share/doc/mariadb-server/README.Debian.gz for details."   
    echo   
    echo "Enter root user password or leave blank:"   
    echo   
      
      
   -- System Information:   
   Debian Release: 13.3   
     APT prefers stable-updates   
     APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,   
   'stable')   
   Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)   
      
   Kernel: Linux 6.12.69+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)   
   Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not   
   set   
   Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash   
   Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)   
   LSM: AppArmor: enabled   
      
   Versions of packages mariadb-client depends on:   
   ii  debianutils              5.23.2   
   ii  libc6                    2.41-12+deb13u1   
   ii  libconfig-inifiles-perl  3.000003-3   
   ii  libgcc-s1                14.2.0-19   
   ii  libpcre2-posix3          10.46-1~deb13u1   
   ii  libssl3t64               3.5.4-1~deb13u2   
   ii  libstdc++6               14.2.0-19   
   ii  liburing2                2.9-1   
   ii  mariadb-client-core      1:11.8.3-0+deb13u1   
   ii  perl                     5.40.1-6   
   ii  zlib1g                   1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1   
      
   Versions of packages mariadb-client recommends:   
   ii  libdbd-mariadb-perl   1.22-1+b4   
   ii  libdbi-perl           1.647-1   
   ii  libterm-readkey-perl  2.38-2+b4   
      
   mariadb-client suggests no packages.   
      
   -- no debconf information   
      
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