The --enable-debug configure option for the SQLite package does two things:
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# --enable-debug
#
AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, [AS_HELP_STRING(
[--enable-debug], [build with debugging features enabled [default=no]])],
[], [])
AC_MSG_CHECKING([Build type])
if test x"$enable_debug" = "xyes"; then
BUILD_CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS -DSQLITE_DEBUG -DSQLITE_ENABLE_SELECTTRACE -DSQLITE_ENABLE_WHERETRACE"
CFLAGS="-g -O0"
AC_MSG_RESULT([debug])
else
AC_MSG_RESULT([release])
fi
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
It adds three preprocessor definitions and overrides CFLAGS with "-g -O0". The latter breaks the user's ability to provide sanitizer and LTO flags.
This PR might be especially useful for OSS-Fuzz where DEBUG=1 has been used since https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/pull/10503.
Also it makes a workaround for building SQLite for 32-bit unneeded. For details, please refer to https://github.com/hebasto/oss-fuzz/tree/240120-sqlite.
Changes in #29282 might not be strictly required now. However, I consider them an improvement.