"Autoconfiscate" SQLite detection. Plan:

• Detect header/library using AC_CHECK_HEADERS/AC_CHECK_LIB
• Check required version using AC_COMPILE_IFELSE
• Use AC_CHECK_LIB to check if sqlite3_load_extension is present, and if the result harmonises with --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions; bail if not

Nice side effect: configure will bail if --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions is used and the target SQLite library was compiled with SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION, even if we are not on macOS.

Your solution looks very similar to my WIP patch:

AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sqlite3.h],
[AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sqlite3_version], [sqlite3])]
)

AS_VAR_IF([ac_cv_search_sqlite3_version], [no], [], [
  # found a working sqlite3.h and sqlite3 library
  # ac_cv_search_sqlite3_version != no
  LIBS="$LIBS $ac_cv_search_sqlite3_version"
  
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for sqlite3 version >= 3.7.15], [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_supported], [
    AC_LINK_IFELSE([
      AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
        #include <sqlite3.h>
        #if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3007015
          #error "sqlite version is too old"
        #endif], []
      )
    ], [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_supported=yes], [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_supported=no])
  ])
  
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for sqlite3_enable_load_extension], [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_sqlite3_enable_load_extension], [
    AC_LINK_IFELSE(
      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <sqlite3.h>], [void *x = sqlite3_enable_load_extension])],
      [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_sqlite3_enable_load_extension=yes],
      [ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_sqlite3_enable_load_extension=no])
  ])
])

LIBS=$LIBS_SAVE

AS_VAR_IF([ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_supported], [yes],
[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBSQLITE3], [1], [Define to 1 if you have the `sqlite3' library (-lsqlite3).])]
)

AS_VAR_IF([ac_cv_lib_sqlite3_sqlite3_enable_load_extension], [yes],
[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SQLITE3_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION], [1],
[Define to 1 if `sqlite3' library supports sqlite3_enable_load_extension.])]
)

Nice. I think I'll steal some of your ideas tomorrow :)

I saw your message concerning sqlite3 on the FreeBSD buildbot. It's hard to tell why configure on FreeBSD doesn't find sqlite3.h without access to config.log or a shell. Maybe sqlite3 is installed in /usr/local ? configure does not use /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib by default. setup.py extends the search paths for headers and libraries by non-standard locations.

A "config.site" file should do the trick:

$ mkdir -p /usr/local/etc
$ cat > /usr/local/etc/config.site << EOF
test -z "$CPPFLAGS" && CPPFLAGS="-I$/usr/local/include"
test -z "$LDFLAGS" && LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"
EOF

New changeset 29e5874 by Erlend Egeberg Aasland in branch 'main':
bpo-45774: Autoconfiscate SQLite detection (GH-29507)
29e5874

Awesome work! Thanks to your tireless effort we know have a blue print how to use pkg-config for other librariess.

Needs amendment before closing. See #73845.

Awesome work! Thanks to your tireless effort we know have a blue print how to use pkg-config for other librariess.

Thank you for reviewing, and thank you for paving the way with all these build system improvements :)

New changeset 6d430ef by Erlend Egeberg Aasland in branch 'main':
bpo-45774: Fix SQLite load extension autodetection (GH-29659)
6d430ef

Reopening: the current detection is a little bit weak; many SQLite API's may be disabled at SQLite compile time using SQLITE_OMIT_* defines. We must make sure we've got all vital functions in place before marking the sqlite3 module as present and usable.

The following API's can be omitted using compile time defines:

• sqlite3_column_decltype (SQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE)
• sqlite3_complete (SQLITE_OMIT_COMPLETE)
• sqlite3_enable_shared_cache (SQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE)
• sqlite3_progress_handler (SQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK)
• sqlite3_set_authorizer (SQLITE_OMIT_AUTHORIZATION)
• sqlite3_trace_v2 (SQLITE_OMIT_TRACE)
• sqlite3_trace (SQLITE_OMIT_TRACE, SQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED)

The following API's _may_ be disabled in the future using SQLITE_OMIT_FLOATING_POINT:

• sqlite3_bind_double
• sqlite3_column_double
• sqlite3_result_double
• sqlite3_value_double

New changeset f1606a5 by Erlend Egeberg Aasland in branch 'main':
bpo-45774: Harden SQLite detection (GH-30016)
f1606a5