diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index be8dcf7b87..a98ae71f94 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Merge\sthe\slatest\strunk\senhancements\sinto\sthe\sreuse-schema\sbranch.
-D 2024-11-18T15:51:41.232
+C Merge\srecent\strunk\schanges\sinto\sthe\sreuse-schema\sbranch.
+D 2024-11-18T21:15:25.518
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md e108e1e69ae8e8a59e93c455654b8ac9356a11720d3345df2a4743e9590fb20d
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ F src/os_win.c 43861102577a5157c29335d893e1dc6c808d36a3878003bf0e0d4864b8c53c94
 F src/os_win.h 7b073010f1451abe501be30d12f6bc599824944a
 F src/pager.c ab7704b78c764cc89f477a0c10e53eb3fee8acc1d1306807354c626513c71a4a
 F src/pager.h 4b1140d691860de0be1347474c51fee07d5420bd7f802d38cbab8ea4ab9f538a
-F src/parse.y 8ec56598aa0df92428627502267d0d1c9778cc27308f8ffd31dfb2d017a8755f
+F src/parse.y dcf45a81b61223ac93e61fdfe9b22d635dd371c446e8222634d90aa37e25e5f6
 F src/pcache.c 588cc3c5ccaaadde689ed35ce5c5c891a1f7b1f4d1f56f6cf0143b74d8ee6484
 F src/pcache.h 1497ce1b823cf00094bb0cf3bac37b345937e6f910890c626b16512316d3abf5
 F src/pcache1.c 49516ad7718a3626f28f710fa7448ef1fce3c07fd169acbb4817341950264319
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ F src/test_demovfs.c 3efa2adf4f21e10d95521721687d5ca047aea91fa62dd8cc22ac9e5a9c9
 F src/test_devsym.c 649434ed34d0b03fbd5a6b42df80f0f9a7e53f94dd1710aad5dd8831e91c4e86
 F src/test_fs.c c411c40baba679536fc34e2679349f59d8225570aed3488b5b3ef1908525a3d5
 F src/test_func.c 8c0e89192f70fac307822d1ac2911ee51751288780b3db0c5ab5ca75fa0fe851
-F src/test_hexio.c 0f777bf9fbb2684bb4978372bacc90ef7337d5d9e3cebe067a9409941e88bacf
+F src/test_hexio.c 7449504e4bde876ba91b202617a9228c7c8c2e7bd8b957302f3803ac0e9e353c
 F src/test_init.c 17313332d58e90defc527129d5eda4a08bd6b6e8de7207a231523c8d98fb445e
 F src/test_intarray.c e4216aadee9df2de7d1aee7e70f6b22c80ee79ece72a63d57105db74217639e5
 F src/test_intarray.h 6c3534641108cd1bea517a8e117dcba237081310a29a4c35bd2190caa8972293
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ F test/corruptJ.test 4d5ccc4bf959464229a836d60142831ef76a5aa4
 F test/corruptK.test ac13504593d89d69690d45479547616ed12644d42b5cb7eeb2e759a76fc23dcb
 F test/corruptL.test 652fc8ac0763a6fd3eb28b951d481924167b2d9936083bcc68253b2274a0c8fe
 F test/corruptM.test 7d574320e08c1b36caa3e47262061f186367d593a7e305d35f15289cc2c3e067
-F test/corruptN.test 40bc47aee4af9aadff902be43f14d69dc17b3731448dad6c7cc722da913f1455
+F test/corruptN.test a034bb217bebd8d007625dfb078e76ec3d53515052dbceb68bd47b2c27674d5c
 F test/cost.test cc434a026b1e9d0d98137a147e24e5daf1b1ad09e9ff7da63b34c83ddd136d92
 F test/count.test cd4bd531066e8d77ef8fe1e3fc8253d042072e117ccab214b290cf83f1602249
 F test/countofview.test 4088e461a10ee33e69803c177a69aa1d7bba81a9ffc2df66d76465a22ca7fdfc
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ F test/savepoint.test 6e9804a17767f08432c7a5e738b9a8f4b891d243110b63d3a41d270d3d
 F test/savepoint2.test 9b8543940572a2f01a18298c3135ad0c9f4f67d7
 F test/savepoint4.test c8f8159ade6d2acd9128be61e1230f1c1edc6cc0
 F test/savepoint5.test 0735db177e0ebbaedc39812c8d065075d563c4fd
-F test/savepoint6.test f41279c5e137139fa5c21485773332c7adb98cd7
+F test/savepoint6.test 48a645a7bb3a59a6fcf06a7364cfe5b655c336760de39068f7c241b0fc80d963
 F test/savepoint7.test cde525ea3075283eb950cdcdefe23ead4f700daa
 F test/savepointfault.test f044eac64b59f09746c7020ee261734de82bf9b2
 F test/scanstatus.test b249328caf4d317e71058006872b8012598a5fa045b30bf24a81eeff650ab49e
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ F test/vtabdistinct.test 7688f0889358f849fd60bbfde1ded38b014b18066076d4bfbb75395
 F test/vtabdrop.test 65d4cf6722972e5499bdaf0c0d70ee3b8133944a4e4bc31862563f32a7edca12
 F test/vtabrhs1.test 9b5ecbc74a689500c33a4b2b36761f9bcc22fcc4e3f9d21066ee0c9c74cf5f6c
 F test/wal.test 519c550255c78f55959e9159b93ebbfad2b4e9f36f5b76284da41f572f9d27da
-F test/wal2.test 44fe1cb4935dbbddfa0a34c2c4fd90f0ba8654d59b83c4136eb90fb327fd264f
+F test/wal2.test e89ca97593b5e92849039f6b68ce1719a853ef20fa22c669ec1ac452fbc31cab
 F test/wal3.test 5de023bb862fd1eb9d2ad26fa8d9c43abb5370582e5b08b2ae0d6f93661bc310
 F test/wal4.test 4744e155cd6299c6bd99d3eab1c82f77db9cdb3c
 F test/wal5.test 9c11da7aeccd83a46d79a556ad11a18d3cb15aa9
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ F test/wal64k.test 2a525c0f45d709bae3765c71045ccec5df7d100ccbd3a7860fdba46c9addb
 F test/wal7.test 2ae8f427d240099cc4b2dfef63cff44e2a68a1bd
 F test/wal8.test d9df3fba4caad5854ed69ed673c68482514203c8
 F test/wal9.test 378e76a9ad09cd9bee06c172ad3547b0129a6750
-F test/wal_common.tcl 4589f701d5527ace2eba43823c96c2177e1f9dd2a6098256ee2203a0a313c13a
+F test/wal_common.tcl 204d1721ac13c5e0c7fae6380315b5ab7f4e8423f580d826c5e9df1995cb018d
 F test/walbak.test 018d4e5a3d45c6298d11b99f09a8ef6876527946
 F test/walbig.test f437473a16cfb314867c6b5d1dbcd519e73e3434
 F test/walblock.test be48f3a75eff0b4456209f26b3ce186c2015497d
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ F tool/stack_usage.tcl f8e71b92cdb099a147dad572375595eae55eca43
 F tool/stripccomments.c 20b8aabc4694d0d4af5566e42da1f1a03aff057689370326e9269a9ddcffdc37
 F tool/symbols-mingw.sh 4dbcea7e74768305384c9fd2ed2b41bbf9f0414d
 F tool/symbols.sh 1612bd947750e21e7b47befad5f6b3825b06cce0705441f903bf35ced65ae9b9
-F tool/tclConfigShToAutoDef.sh 44ec55046d86a3febb2cb3e099399b41794e80e9cd138eee7b9b016f819e882b x tool/tclConfigShToTcl.sh
+F tool/tclConfigShToAutoDef.sh 44ec55046d86a3febb2cb3e099399b41794e80e9cd138eee7b9b016f819e882b x
 F tool/tclConfigShToMake.sh 7c065d81c2d178e15e45a77372c6e5a38b5a1b08755301cd6f20a3a862db7312 x
 F tool/varint.c 5d94cb5003db9dbbcbcc5df08d66f16071aee003
 F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl fa2f37ab39b2a0087fafb6a7f3ce19503e25e624ffa8ed9951717ab72920c088
@@ -2210,8 +2210,8 @@ F tool/version-info.c 3b36468a90faf1bbd59c65fd0eb66522d9f941eedd364fabccd7227350
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee87c1b31a7
 F tool/warnings.sh 49a486c5069de041aedcbde4de178293e0463ae9918ecad7539eedf0ec77a139
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
-P 4e4885a067523d1d7ae67af00414e1beb430b16e150b6d07025645528b2d0da6 e1330ecf170436678c5c235557fb95b8acbf4fad62583edba4af03aff49afbc5
-R 0582fbd00eaa697cd9a64d93ce8f79ed
+P 00d021eda4694ba5149fcec1f6563317f87b59c70a779ea6325b2620dd7bf51c 84d41e9d04c62601e84621e8edb3b81abbacc366a6b5e7059f8b6796fade7ffa
+R db64a4908590c9408eb5376a72332c80
 U drh
-Z 4267576d75d7e3187d45433bba2545de
+Z 8f74c3bfe397b4f1c886b48bee418746
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index c59f293f5c..1e5561560f 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-00d021eda4694ba5149fcec1f6563317f87b59c70a779ea6325b2620dd7bf51c
+63bac8dd71f729045c0d5c57d084e948c6adf2db4af5ab84d88df156227d58d4
diff --git a/src/parse.y b/src/parse.y
index 8fdea9bfa3..b8d904d12c 100644
--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 %syntax_error {
   UNUSED_PARAMETER(yymajor);  /* Silence some compiler warnings */
   if( TOKEN.z[0] ){
-    sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "near \"%T\": syntax error", &TOKEN);
+    parserSyntaxError(pParse, &TOKEN);
   }else{
     sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "incomplete input");
   }
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ struct TrigEvent { int a; IdList * b; };
 
 struct FrameBound     { int eType; Expr *pExpr; };
 
+/*
+** Generate a syntax error
+*/
+static void parserSyntaxError(Parse *pParse, Token *p){
+  sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "near \"%T\": syntax error", p);
+}
+
 /*
 ** Disable lookaside memory allocation for objects that might be
 ** shared across database connections.
@@ -1156,7 +1163,7 @@ expr(A) ::= VARIABLE(X).     {
     Token t = X; /*A-overwrites-X*/
     assert( t.n>=2 );
     if( pParse->nested==0 ){
-      sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "near \"%T\": syntax error", &t);
+      parserSyntaxError(pParse, &t);
       A = 0;
     }else{
       A = sqlite3PExpr(pParse, TK_REGISTER, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/test_hexio.c b/src/test_hexio.c
index 3c856b3306..1a21e89aa0 100644
--- a/src/test_hexio.c
+++ b/src/test_hexio.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int SQLITE_TCLAPI hexio_write(
 }
 
 /*
-** USAGE:   hexio_get_int   HEXDATA
+** USAGE:   hexio_get_int [-littleendian] HEXDATA
 **
 ** Interpret the HEXDATA argument as a big-endian integer.  Return
 ** the value of that integer.  HEXDATA can contain between 2 and 8
@@ -205,12 +205,20 @@ static int SQLITE_TCLAPI hexio_get_int(
   const unsigned char *zIn;
   unsigned char *aOut;
   unsigned char aNum[4];
+  int bLittle = 0;
 
-  if( objc!=2 ){
-    Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "HEXDATA");
+  if( objc==3 ){
+    Tcl_Size n;
+    char *z = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[1], &n);
+    if( n>=2 && n<=13 && memcmp(z, "-littleendian", n)==0 ){
+      bLittle = 1;
+    }
+  }
+  if( (objc-bLittle)!=2 ){
+    Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "[-littleendian] HEXDATA");
     return TCL_ERROR;
   }
-  zIn = (const unsigned char *)Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[1], &nIn);
+  zIn = (const unsigned char *)Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[1+bLittle], &nIn);
   aOut = sqlite3_malloc64( 1 + nIn/2 );
   if( aOut==0 ){
     return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -223,7 +231,11 @@ static int SQLITE_TCLAPI hexio_get_int(
     memcpy(&aNum[4-nOut], aOut, nOut);
   }
   sqlite3_free(aOut);
-  val = (aNum[0]<<24) | (aNum[1]<<16) | (aNum[2]<<8) | aNum[3];
+  if( bLittle ){
+    val = (int)((u32)aNum[3]<<24) | (aNum[2]<<16) | (aNum[1]<<8) | aNum[0];
+  }else{
+    val = (int)((u32)aNum[0]<<24) | (aNum[1]<<16) | (aNum[2]<<8) | aNum[3];
+  }
   Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(val));
   return TCL_OK;
 }
diff --git a/test/corruptN.test b/test/corruptN.test
index 8108609c09..2297991aba 100644
--- a/test/corruptN.test
+++ b/test/corruptN.test
@@ -141,15 +141,6 @@ do_test 2.0 {
 | end c-b92b.txt.db
 }]} {}
 
-# This test only works with the legacy RC4 PRNG
-if 0 {
-  prng_seed 0 db
-  do_catchsql_test 2.1 {
-  SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_schema;
-  WITH RECURSIVE c(x) AS (VALUES(1) UNION ALL SELECT x+1 FROM c WHERE x<1000)
-  INSERT INTO t1(a) SELECT randomblob(null) FROM c;
-  } {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
-}
 
 reset_db
 if {![info exists ::G(perm:presql)]} {
diff --git a/test/savepoint6.test b/test/savepoint6.test
index b1d0d46f5c..6b41ef2da9 100644
--- a/test/savepoint6.test
+++ b/test/savepoint6.test
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
 
 proc sql {zSql} {
+  if {0 && $::debug_op} {
+    puts stderr "$zSql ;"
+    flush stderr
+  }
   uplevel db eval [list $zSql]
   #puts stderr "$zSql ;"
 }
@@ -67,11 +71,13 @@ proc x_to_y {x} {
 #   delete_rows XVALUES
 #
 proc savepoint {zName} {
+  if {$::debug_op} { puts stderr "savepoint $zName" ; flush stderr }
   catch { sql "SAVEPOINT $zName" }
   lappend ::lSavepoint [list $zName [array get ::aEntry]]
 }
 
 proc rollback {zName} {
+  if {$::debug_op} { puts stderr "rollback $zName" ; flush stderr }
   catch { sql "ROLLBACK TO $zName" }
   for {set i [expr {[llength $::lSavepoint]-1}]} {$i>=0} {incr i -1} {
     set zSavepoint [lindex $::lSavepoint $i 0]
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ proc rollback {zName} {
 }
 
 proc release {zName} {
+  if {$::debug_op} { puts stderr "release $zName" ; flush stderr }
   catch { sql "RELEASE $zName" }
   for {set i [expr {[llength $::lSavepoint]-1}]} {$i>=0} {incr i -1} {
     set zSavepoint [lindex $::lSavepoint $i 0]
@@ -104,6 +111,7 @@ proc release {zName} {
 }
 
 proc insert_rows {lX} {
+  if {$::debug_op} { puts stderr "insert_rows $lX" ; flush stderr }
   foreach x $lX {
     set y [x_to_y $x]
 
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ proc insert_rows {lX} {
 }
 
 proc delete_rows {lX} {
+  if {$::debug_op} { puts stderr "delete_rows $lX" ; flush stderr }
   foreach x $lX {
     # Update database [db]
     sql "DELETE FROM t1 WHERE x = $x"
@@ -164,6 +173,11 @@ proc random_integers {nRes nRange} {
 } 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+set ::debug_op 0
+proc debug_ops {} {
+  set ::debug_op 1
+}
+
 proc database_op {} {
   set i [expr int(rand()*2)] 
   if {$i==0} {
@@ -185,9 +199,6 @@ proc savepoint_op {} {
   set C [lindex $cmds [expr int(rand()*6)]]
   set N [lindex $names [expr int(rand()*5)]]
 
-  #puts stderr "   $C $N ;  "
-  #flush stderr
-
   $C $N
   return ok
 }
diff --git a/test/wal2.test b/test/wal2.test
index 5e4c4ebc27..5ef303edc6 100644
--- a/test/wal2.test
+++ b/test/wal2.test
@@ -35,43 +35,6 @@ proc cond_incr_sync_count {adj} {
   }
 }
 
-proc set_tvfs_hdr {file args} {
-
-  # Set $nHdr to the number of bytes in the wal-index header:
-  set nHdr 48
-  set nInt [expr {$nHdr/4}]
-
-  if {[llength $args]>2} {
-    error {wrong # args: should be "set_tvfs_hdr fileName ?val1? ?val2?"}
-  }
-
-  set blob [tvfs shm $file]
-  if {$::tcl_platform(byteOrder)=="bigEndian"} {set fmt I} {set fmt i}
-
-  if {[llength $args]} {
-    set ia [lindex $args 0]
-    set ib $ia
-    if {[llength $args]==2} {
-      set ib [lindex $args 1]
-    }
-    binary scan $blob a[expr $nHdr*2]a* dummy tail
-    set blob [binary format ${fmt}${nInt}${fmt}${nInt}a* $ia $ib $tail]
-    tvfs shm $file $blob
-  }
-
-  binary scan $blob ${fmt}${nInt} ints
-  return $ints
-}
-
-proc incr_tvfs_hdr {file idx incrval} {
-  set ints [set_tvfs_hdr $file]
-  set v [lindex $ints $idx]
-  incr v $incrval
-  lset ints $idx $v
-  set_tvfs_hdr $file $ints
-}
-
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test case wal2-1.*:
 #
diff --git a/test/wal_common.tcl b/test/wal_common.tcl
index cdba53b5b2..d31131aa02 100644
--- a/test/wal_common.tcl
+++ b/test/wal_common.tcl
@@ -87,3 +87,43 @@ proc wal_fix_walindex_cksum {hdrvar} {
   lset hdr 10 $c1
   lset hdr 11 $c2
 }
+
+# This command assumes that $file is the name of a database file opened
+# in wal mode using a [testvfs] VFS. It returns a list of the 12 32-bit
+# integers that make up the wal-index-header for the named file.
+#
+proc set_tvfs_hdr {file args} {
+
+  # Set $nHdr to the number of bytes in the wal-index header:
+  set nHdr 48
+  set nInt [expr {$nHdr/4}]
+
+  if {[llength $args]>2} {
+    error {wrong # args: should be "set_tvfs_hdr fileName ?val1? ?val2?"}
+  }
+
+  set blob [tvfs shm $file]
+  if {$::tcl_platform(byteOrder)=="bigEndian"} {set fmt I} {set fmt i}
+
+  if {[llength $args]} {
+    set ia [lindex $args 0]
+    set ib $ia
+    if {[llength $args]==2} {
+      set ib [lindex $args 1]
+    }
+    binary scan $blob a[expr $nHdr*2]a* dummy tail
+    set blob [binary format ${fmt}${nInt}${fmt}${nInt}a* $ia $ib $tail]
+    tvfs shm $file $blob
+  }
+
+  binary scan $blob ${fmt}${nInt} ints
+  return $ints
+}
+
+proc incr_tvfs_hdr {file idx incrval} {
+  set ints [set_tvfs_hdr $file]
+  set v [lindex $ints $idx]
+  incr v $incrval
+  lset ints $idx $v
+  set_tvfs_hdr $file $ints
+}