From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-102480-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1N2SKO-00052Q-LD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C3EEE07B7; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com (mail-yx0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 805D5E07B7 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe4 with SMTP id 4so9258424yxe.32 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:21:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=UfO/cYJjpo6/GjIB+QXcQnYgbvRSVds4SvqyhIGNaHo=; b=abw4QPMwkSAMvKE1G7Wu4hnYKGTv4glGrgI/QmRZMhnA1OGbI2Pmhq/40x1wgQhpOv YeKlWpRic9Pdj+2fECEvBV/PBf3+yOgR7USnFSNq1Z2+CPvnhQZ7MAnLrLoVY3rbLK/A 92O0tEtzXEwC84mEA7H+3SglzuIfQdKjTUpak= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=jHkQav0YEYf0BDmB7SN3zgvM6szXQI0yINspth1eC2kvxBUGt/x6I1uoQDFOKdyYav y0mFf4LOcFTxpicfZf5wi5vg7MZc8lYtfsZxlDU+tje1Hr/jL/QBM51TryZF+H+wYZ34 67gQsDgcGnCWRREFkidVj8r0mc+uuUdWlonQk= Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.151.33.1 with SMTP id l1mr24381705ybj.10.1256574111234; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:21:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <hc4g4k$tvl$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <hc4g4k$tvl$1@ger.gmane.org> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:21:51 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 141388603adf05c5 Message-ID: <58965d8a0910260921t29305c81v8305f9154c64279e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does the "sqlite" USE flag do in Firefox? From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: b3ee0ce3-0373-402b-9e18-ef361ba792d3 X-Archives-Hash: bdc957929f3b6b22cd9862cbefcb0673 On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote: > Can someone enlighten me as to what exactly the "sqlite" USE flag does for > xulrunner and firefox? AFAIK, it seems to make use of the system's sqlite > instead of bundled sqlite. Which seems saner. But recently, the default in > the ebuild seems to be -sqlite (preferring the bundled lib). > > Why? >From looking at the Changelog it appears there have been issues in the past when using external sqlite (there are some bug numbers mentioned). It appears the sqlite USE flag was just added in the 3.5.3-r1 ebuild.