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| author | Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> | 2014-02-17 12:11:13 -0500 |
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| committer | Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> | 2014-02-17 12:11:13 -0500 |
| commit | b25d1c05095f51ba9bcfe5fc61f619fe5d95a866 (patch) | |
| tree | 06ca2f8a9d954c6249d112107d3ac1b2c6d31557 /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | e7d854c8ba0065f788e3089a7a5d56277a06313c (diff) | |
| parent | 6c0db81c09b7602bd9d5bb6ccda20366b768f8bf (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-b25d1c05095f51ba9bcfe5fc61f619fe5d95a866.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #3679 from laanwj/2014_02_walletpassphrase_behavior
Document new `walletpassphrase` behavior in 0.9
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 40bb26e28e..8bf0b50bc0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -59,6 +59,27 @@ functioning both as a server and as a RPC client. The RPC client functionality executable, 'bitcoin-cli'. The RPC client code will eventually be removed from bitcoind, but will be kept for backwards compatibility for a release or two. +`walletpassphrase` RPC +----------------------- + +The behavior of the `walletpassphrase` RPC when the wallet is already unlocked +has changed between 0.8 and 0.9. + +The 0.8 behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to fail when the wallet is already unlocked: + + > walletpassphrase 1000 + walletunlocktime = now + 1000 + > walletpassphrase 10 + Error: Wallet is already unlocked (old unlock time stays) + +The new behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to set a new unlock time overriding +the old one: + + > walletpassphrase 1000 + walletunlocktime = now + 1000 + > walletpassphrase 10 + walletunlocktime = now + 10 (overriding the old unlock time) + 0.9.0rc1 Release notes ======================= |