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> the OS happened to upgrade the SQLite3 library I don't think this actually detracts from your point, but, are there cases where that can actually happen? Isn

• panzi 12y ago
  E.g. on iOS and Android you get access to the system's SQLite library and apparently can't even opt-out (because it is used by system APIs that you will use, if I understand correctly). See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7756332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7756332
• dragonwriter 12y ago
  > Isn't SQLite always statically linked with the applicaton? SQLite can be dynamically linked, though static linking is probably more common.
• rat87 12y ago
  according to `apt-cache rdepends slite3` on ubuntu 14.04 packages including the following link to sqlite dynamic packages(this may be partially due to debian heavily discouraging statistically linked packages. zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 yokadi uwsgi usermetricsservice trove-common sympa sqliteman sisu-sqlite rt4-db-sqlite roundcube-sqlite3 redmine-sqlite ratbox-services-sqlite postfix-cluebringer-sqlite3 pdns-backend-sqlite3 pbnj opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 lire krecipes kamailio-sqlite-modules inspircd imms-common hud-tools gbrowse eurephia dotclear beancounter adminer bacula-director-sqlite3
  • emillon 12y ago
    sqlite3 is the package that provides the command-line tool. A lot more packages depend on the dynamic library: "apt-cache rdepends libsqlite3-0 | wc -l" returns 407 results.