reported and accepted upstream: http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/private/sqlite-dev/2011-July/001281.html
(archives are private ... :( )

diff -ru sqlite-autoconf-3070701.orig/sqlite3.c sqlite-autoconf-3070701/sqlite3.c
--- sqlite-autoconf-3070701.orig/sqlite3.c	2011-07-07 07:49:38 +0200
+++ sqlite-autoconf-3070701/sqlite3.c	2011-07-07 07:50:46 +0200
@@ -25143,7 +25143,9 @@
   case ENODEV:
   case ENXIO:
   case ENOENT:
+#ifdef ESTALE
   case ESTALE:
+#endif
   case ENOSYS:
     /* these should force the client to close the file and reconnect */