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Add compile-time options warning to SQLite spatial docs #5320

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Add note about SQLite compile-time options differences to spatial docs
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Merge compile-time options note into the IMPORTANT block
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Unfortunately, newer versions of PROJ (a dependency of SpatiaLite) are incompati

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Don't use `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite` or `Microsoft.Data.Sqlite` with SpatiaLite on macOS and Linux. Both packages pull in `SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3` by default—a bundled version of SQLite that is incompatible with system-installed Sqlite. Using it may result in a silent crash at run time. Use `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core` or `Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core` instead, together with the system SQLite provider as shown below.
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> Also note that the system-installed SQLite library may have different [compile-time options](https://sqlite.org/compile.html) than the bundled version. This can affect the availability of features such as math functions and full-text search. Verify that the features your application relies on work as expected with the system SQLite.
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Replace `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite` with `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core` and reference the `SQLitePCLRaw.provider.sqlite3` package to use the system SQLite library:

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