bug#62485: closed (Improve build system and make "real" defaults)

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> Improve build system and make "real" defaults
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> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:44:19 +0000
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> Hello,
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> I was told that sqlite3 support is enabled by default when building 
> Emacs29. Is it or is it not?
> If not then I'm wrong with this issue report. Maybe I did something 
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> Based on my own experience it seems to me that it depends on the fact if 
> lib-sqlite3-dev is installed or not.
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> When the lib is not installed and I don't set an explicite sqlite3 
> switch in the make-configure-build-system it build runs successfully 
> without any warning or error. You see?! Sqlite is not default.
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> If you want to make it default then inform the user about missing 
> sqlite-lib in all cases and not only if the --with-sqlite switch is set 
> by the user.
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> The same stands for all other switches.
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> Re: bug#62485: Improve build system and make "real" defaults
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> > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:44:19 +0000
> > From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
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> > Hello,
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> > I was told that sqlite3 support is enabled by default when building 
> > Emacs29. Is it or is it not?
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> Emacs builds with sqlite support if you have the sqlite3 library
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> > Based on my own experience it seems to me that it depends on the fact if 
> > lib-sqlite3-dev is installed or not.
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> Yes.
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> > When the lib is not installed and I don't set an explicite sqlite3 
> > switch in the make-configure-build-system it build runs successfully 
> > without any warning or error. You see?! Sqlite is not default.
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> Who told you it was the default?  The file NEWS says:
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>   ** Emacs can be built with built-in support for accessing SQLite databases.
>   This uses the popular sqlite3 library, and can be disabled by using
>   the '--without-sqlite3' option to the 'configure' script.
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> > If you want to make it default then inform the user about missing 
> > sqlite-lib in all cases and not only if the --with-sqlite switch is set 
> > by the user.
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> That is not how we define the optional dependencies.  We only do that
> for dependencies without which Emacs will be much less powerful or
> performant.  Most optional dependencies are not of this kind: Emacs
> can be entirely functional without SQLite support.
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> This is not a bug.
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> Closing.
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