diff --git a/auto.def b/auto.def
index 03af30e47b..dffe733bbc 100644
--- a/auto.def
+++ b/auto.def
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ set DUMP_DEFINES_TXT ./config.defines.txt
 # least one high-profile client to extract build config info for use
 # in compiling a scripting-language binding, so its name should not be
 # arbitrarily changed.
-set DUMP_DEFINES_JSON ./config.defines.json
+#
+# 2024-10-26: generation of this file is disabled (via an empty file
+# name) until/unless someone voices a specific interest in it. The
+# original motivating use case is handled fine by sqlite_cfg.h.
+set DUMP_DEFINES_JSON ""; #./config.defines.json
 
 ########################################################################
 # Regarding flag compatibility with the historical autotool configure
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ set DUMP_DEFINES_JSON ./config.defines.json
 #     - [opt-val FLAG]
 #
 ########################################################################
-options [subst {
+set flags {
   with-debug:=1        => {Enable debug build flags}
   with-tclsh:PATH      => {Full pathname of tclsh to use}
   with-tcl:DIR         => {Directory containing tclConfig.sh}
@@ -182,10 +186,15 @@ options [subst {
   with-wasi-sdk:=/opt/wasi-sdk
                        => {Top-most dir of the wasi-sdk for a WASI build}
   with-emsdk:DIR       => {Top-most dir of the Emscripten SDK installation}
-  defines-json-include-lowercase=0
-                       => {Include lower-case defines (primarily system paths) in $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON}
   dump-defines=0       => {Dump autosetup defines to $DUMP_DEFINES_TXT (for build debugging)}
-}]
+}
+if {"" ne $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON} {
+  lappend flags \
+    defines-json-include-lowercase=0 \
+    => {Include lower-case defines (primarily system paths) in $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON}
+}
+options [subst $flags]
+unset flags
 
 ########################################################################
 # Notes about certain historical flags:
@@ -385,7 +394,10 @@ hwaci-check-wasi-sdk
 
 #
 # Enable large file support (if special flags are necessary)
-cc-check-lfs
+define HAVE_LFS 0
+if {[opt-bool largefile]} {
+  cc-check-lfs
+}
 
 #
 # Check for needed/wanted data types
@@ -741,6 +753,11 @@ if {1} {
   # Figure out what C libraries are required to compile programs
   # that use "readline()" library.
   add-shell-opt -DHAVE_READLINE=[hwaci-check-readline]
+  # TODO: reimplement:
+  #  --enable-editline
+  #  --with-readline-lib     specify readline library
+  #  --with-readline-inc     specify readline include paths
+  #  --with-linenoise=DIR    source directory for linenoise library
 } else {
   # Older impl solely for reference while porting...
   #
@@ -1024,26 +1041,28 @@ if {"" ne $oFF} {
 }
 unset oFF
 
-########################################################################
-# Dump config-defines.json...
-# Demonstrate (mis?)handling of spaces in JSON-export array values:
-# define-append OPT_FOO.list {"-DFOO=bar baz" -DBAR="baz barre"}
-define OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS.list [get-define OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS]
-define OPT_SHELL.list [get-define OPT_SHELL]
-set dumpDefsOpt {
-  -bare {SIZEOF_* HAVE_DECL_*}
-  -none {HAVE_CFLAG_* LDFLAGS_* SH_* SQLITE_AUTOREMAKE TARGET_* USE_GCOV TCL_*}
-  -array {*.list}
-  -auto {OPT_* PACKAGE_* HAVE_*}
+if {"" ne $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON} {
+  ########################################################################
+  # Dump config-defines.json...
+  # Demonstrate (mis?)handling of spaces in JSON-export array values:
+  # define-append OPT_FOO.list {"-DFOO=bar baz" -DBAR="baz barre"}
+  define OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS.list [get-define OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS]
+  define OPT_SHELL.list [get-define OPT_SHELL]
+  set dumpDefsOpt {
+    -bare {SIZEOF_* HAVE_DECL_*}
+    -none {HAVE_CFLAG_* LDFLAGS_* SH_* SQLITE_AUTOREMAKE TARGET_* USE_GCOV TCL_*}
+    -array {*.list}
+    -auto {OPT_* PACKAGE_* HAVE_*}
+  }
+  if {[opt-bool defines-json-include-lowercase]} {
+    lappend dumpDefsOpt -none {lib_*} ; # remnants from hwaci-check-function-in-lib and friends
+    lappend dumpDefsOpt -auto {[a-z]*}
+  }
+  lappend dumpDefsOpt -none *
+  hwaci-dump-defs-json $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON {*}$dumpDefsOpt
+  undefine OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS.list
+  undefine OPT_SHELL.list
 }
-if {[opt-bool defines-json-include-lowercase]} {
-  lappend dumpDefsOpt -none {lib_*} ; # remnants from hwaci-check-function-in-lib and friends
-  lappend dumpDefsOpt -auto {[a-z]*}
-}
-lappend dumpDefsOpt -none *
-hwaci-dump-defs-json $DUMP_DEFINES_JSON {*}$dumpDefsOpt
-undefine OPT_FEATURE_FLAGS.list
-undefine OPT_SHELL.list
 
 ########################################################################
 # Some build-dev/debug-only output
diff --git a/main.mk b/main.mk
index f60abb18ce..f2ebad4754 100644
--- a/main.mk
+++ b/main.mk
@@ -1297,7 +1297,19 @@ all: so
 #
 # The historical SQLite build always used a version number of 0.8.6
 # for reasons lost to history but having something to do with libtool
-# (which is not longer used in this tree).
+# (which is not longer used in this tree). In order to retain filename
+# compatibility for systems which have libraries installed using those
+# conventions, if libsqlite3.so.0.8.6 is found on then it is re-linked
+# to point to the new names. libsqlite3.so.0 historically symlinks to
+# libsqlite3.so.0.8.6, and that link is left in place. We cannot
+# retain both the old and new installation because they both share the
+# high-level name $(libsqlite3.SO). The down-side of this is that it
+# may well upset packaging tools when we replace libsqlite3.so (from a
+# legacy package) with a new symlink. In this case we also delete
+# libsqlite3.la because it cannot work with the non-libtool library
+# this installation replaces. Since two versions of such a package
+# cannot coexist anyway (they share identical file names), that
+# conflict is believed to be an imaginary problem.
 #
 install-so-1: $(install-dir.lib) $(libsqlite3.SO)
 	$(INSTALL) $(libsqlite3.SO) $(install-dir.lib)
@@ -1307,9 +1319,16 @@ install-so-1: $(install-dir.lib) $(libsqlite3.SO)
 		mv $(libsqlite3.SO) $(libsqlite3.SO).$(PACKAGE_VERSION) || exit $$?; \
 		ln -s $(libsqlite3.SO).$(PACKAGE_VERSION) $(libsqlite3.SO).3 || exit $$?; \
 		ln -s $(libsqlite3.SO).3 $(libsqlite3.SO) || exit $$?; \
-		ls -la $(libsqlite3.SO) $(libsqlite3.SO).3 $(libsqlite3.SO).$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
+		ls -la $(libsqlite3.SO) $(libsqlite3.SO).3*; \
+		if [ -e $(libsqlite3.SO).0.8.6 ]; then \
+			echo "ACHTUNG: older libtool-compatible install found. Re-linking it..."; \
+			rm -f $(libsqlite3.SO).0.8.6 libsqlite3.la; \
+			ln -s $(libsqlite3.SO).$(PACKAGE_VERSION) $(libsqlite3.SO).0.8.6 || exit $$?; \
+			ls -la $(libsqlite3.SO).0*; \
+		fi
 install-so-0 install-so-:
-install: install-so-$(ENABLE_SHARED)
+install-so: install-so-$(ENABLE_SHARED)
+install: install-so
 
 #
 # Install $(libsqlite3.LIB)
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index dc1fe7a4d3..115acf38b9 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Correct\sunresolved\s@LIBS@\splaceholder\sin\ssqlite3.pc.in.
-D 2024-10-25T23:45:05.569
+C Disable\sgeneration\sof\sconfig.defines.json\suntil/unless\sit\sproves\sinteresting.\sHonor\sthe\s--disable-largefile\sflag.\sWhen\sinstalling\slibsqlite3.so\sand\san\solder-style\slibtool\sinstallation\sis\sfound,\sre-link\sthe\slibtool-generated\sfiles\sto\sthe\snewly-installed\sones\sto\sretain\stheir\shistorical\snames.
+D 2024-10-26T03:05:20.205
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md b6e6c1baf38e4339bd3f1e0e5e5bfd0a9a93d133360691b2785c2d4b2f2dcec2
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ F art/icon-80x90.gif 65509ce3e5f86a9cd64fe7fca2d23954199f31fe44c1e09e208c80fb83d
 F art/sqlite370.eps aa97a671332b432a54e1d74ff5e8775be34200c2
 F art/sqlite370.ico af56c1d00fee7cd4753e8631ed60703ed0fc6e90
 F art/sqlite370.jpg d512473dae7e378a67e28ff96a34da7cb331def2
-F auto.def d7401a7cec04aa6a71c3a7c1faa89494f091917307a4b1b7a6d423e81a348010
+F auto.def f3c94971e3559636a89276adaa9cfe949b1d83f72c300a21226f28377c56ec74
 F autoconf/INSTALL 83e4a25da9fd053c7b3665eaaaf7919707915903
 F autoconf/Makefile.am adedc1324b6a87fdd1265ddd336d2fb7d4f36a0e77b86ea553ae7cc4ea239347
 F autoconf/Makefile.fallback 22fe523eb36dfce31e0f6349f782eb084e86a5620b2b0b4f84a2d6133f53f5ac
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ F ext/wasm/wasmfs.make bc8bb227f35d5bd3863a7bd2233437c37472a0d81585979f058f9b9b5
 F install-sh 9d4de14ab9fb0facae2f48780b874848cbf2f895 x
 F ltmain.sh 3ff0879076df340d2e23ae905484d8c15d5fdea8
 F magic.txt 5ade0bc977aa135e79e3faaea894d5671b26107cc91e70783aa7dc83f22f3ba0
-F main.mk ad39030eeac4f0b775ed458c484211c7519ddbe29375a88eea88c0c719af3bf5
+F main.mk 2a1e41234197e59df10160408ca221815f6fecb7de6ad60231b03944c5cd8a8f
 F mptest/config01.test 3c6adcbc50b991866855f1977ff172eb6d901271
 F mptest/config02.test 4415dfe36c48785f751e16e32c20b077c28ae504
 F mptest/crash01.test 61e61469e257df0850df4293d7d4d6c2af301421
@@ -2237,8 +2237,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6195aba1f12a5e10efc2b8c0009532167be5e301abe5b31385638080
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 51a9278134b5b9093c92c7036cc91b823f30dd36f677f2335927854744225024
-R a314c5e68fb037432cac9fe3ae63e4a5
+P 63218898ed0a6d466a282f10819d51a7f480d8f12316b74ee8a3f402fcc4e927
+R 7933f107530fbfe42f5cc26d7f7899b9
 U stephan
-Z 16d047a5bb3a50c8e6fef3840bc7d061
+Z fb78edb2f2fc1c6af37f2783aae577ac
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 69b3352667..069bd27f12 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-63218898ed0a6d466a282f10819d51a7f480d8f12316b74ee8a3f402fcc4e927
+0a50e33051fbdd5b7b7f0ab7eb2b2561d259098075fa8847868017041d789484