sqlite3 update?

[Jim Garrison]

On 2/26/2025 23:25, Jan Nijtmans via Cygwin wrote:
> Op wo 26 feb 2025 om 22:08 schreef Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps <
> cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>:
> 
>> On 2025-02-26 12:30, Jim Garrison via Cygwin wrote:
>>> The current sqlite3 package is from 2020 and is seriously out of date,
>> missing
>>> many core functions that have been added since then.
>>>
>>> I have never built/contributed an updated package, but would be willing
>> to try
>>> if the current maintainer, Jan Nijtmans (according to the source page)
>> is no
>>> longer available or doesn't have the time. I have a development
>> background,
>>> mostly Linux.
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'll try to find time to update this, in the coming weeks. The problem is
> that
> sqlite for cygwin has some cygwin-specific changes, which were never
> accepted upstream. So it's not trivial to do that. An additional problem
> is that sqlite upstream doesn't use autoconf any more. I'll see what's
> the best way to handle that.
> 
> Regards,
>            Jan Nijtmans
> 

There seems to have been some discussion on the sqlite forum on making 
cygwin/msys/mingw builds easier.  In case you're not aware of it, the 
thread is at

https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/4f41f3bc3aa507b2bb154e1ee609eef10114c9e10db6f1e17aac9223efd772ee



-- 
Jim Garrison
jhg@acm.org