On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:19:36AM +0700, Dan scratched on the wall: > > On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Jay A. Kreibich wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 09:46:24AM -0400, Wilson, Ron P scratched on > > the wall: > > > > The amalgimation works well enough if what you want is mostly > > defaults. The issue is that, while you can change a few of the > > #defines for numric defaults, most of the more interesting build > > options won't work with the amalgimation. Only that's it. As the > > website clearly states, there is no other supported option. > > no suppored "by the file" > > I think it's just the SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT feature and > some of the SQLITE_OMIT_XXX symbols that won't work with the > amalgamation > version. I haven't tried though, so could be wrong there.
These days, that's true. When the amalgamation first came out, it seemed like you needed to rebuild the amalgamation from the distribution sources for nearly any #define that wasn't a simple numeric default. This is no longer true and the vast majority of the available build options do appear to work directly on the amalgamation. That's great. > The problem with the configure script in the full source tree > distribution is that it is complex and nobody really seems to understand > it. Hence "unsupported". As an experienced user of SQLite, I guess I'd rather have the developers working on great new database features, rather than build scripts. Still, I think the lack of a simple build system for the working sources presents a signification barrier of entry to anyone that can't use the amalgamation-- including those that need/want to make changes or patches to the development sources, as well as those that prefer a working debugger (many debuggers, including Visual Studio, can't deal with a source file as big as sqlite3.c). -j -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor." "I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string." --from Anathem by Neal Stephenson _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
