SQLite 3.6.17, with patch based on commit 7f4810747b0864981f27edbd504bfab2efea1e3c applied, fails to build when TCL isn't installed.
<pre># make
cat ./src/sqlite.h.in | tclsh ./tool/mksqlite3h.tcl `cat ./VERSION` > sqlite3.h
/bin/sh: tclsh: command not found
make: *** [sqlite3.h] Error 127</pre>
<hr><i>drh added on 2009-08-16 18:03:57:</i><br>
Here are some of my thoughts on requiring the use of tclsh in order to build
SQLite from sources:
1. The recommended way of building SQLite is to use the amalgamation products
that are made available with each release. Tcl is not required to build
the amalgamation. Tcl is only required for building from the intermediate
check-ins.
2. TCL has been installed by default on every Mac and on every version of
Linux that I have ever used. And installing TCL o windows is very
simple. Requiring TCL is not especially onerous.
3. SQLite began life as a TCL extension. SQLite is a TCL extension that
escaped into the wild. It is fitting, therefore, for SQLite to pay homage
to its progenitor.
With these things in mind, I really don't have a problem with requiring
TCL in order to build SQLite from canonical sources.
<hr><i>anonymous claiming to be Arfrever@Gentoo.Org added on 2009-08-17 11:55:33:</i><br>
The amalgamation tarball doesn't contain extensions, tests, TCL bindings etc.
If the build-time dependency on TCL has to remain, then please update documentation (e.g. README) to state this.
<hr><i>drh added on 2009-09-09 14:49:13:</i><br>
README file updated by check-in [ba20091ae8146d276414f97527bf63e50fac8691].
<hr><i>anonymous claiming to be Jeff Kowalczyk added on 2010-03-27 16:52:27:</i><br>
I would respectfully ask that you reconsider the decision. For a source-based distribution such as Gentoo Linux, this imposes a unwanted dependency on tcl in order to use the desirable amalgamation build option.
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