On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 08:17:25PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > The issue is that if sqlite changes, then it may break tcl. Using a static > library avoids that. On the other hand, if there is a problem with the > static library, then it is tcl's job to fix it. There are pros and cons for > both methods and indeed we generally like to use external shared libraries. > However in this case, there have been so many problems, I'd prefer to go > with static libraries in this case. >
In this case, I think it is unlikely that sqlite will break tcl. But it was fun removing the earlier change from my own scripts, and I do not particularly want to repeat that fun. And perhaps we are getting a little too free-and-easy with what goes into 7.6 - it is good to know of this dependency, but as you say there are pros and cons. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
