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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-09-30 20:50:37 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-09-30 20:50:44 +0200
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parent940748b4b08700ca2a4e790bd22bcc64ee80b6fe (diff)
parent203e2ddad8e544803491d1e9e9ca2b6e26a15f8e (diff)
downloadbitcoin-7b784cc2bbcdc90361add2adb657c58162aca4ef.tar.xz
Merge #8852: Mention Gitian building script in doc (Laudaa)
203e2dd Mention Gitian building script in doc. (Lauda)
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-rw-r--r--doc/release-process.md4
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diff --git a/doc/gitian-building.md b/doc/gitian-building.md
index 4914d90df4..442d2d605f 100644
--- a/doc/gitian-building.md
+++ b/doc/gitian-building.md
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ There will be a lot of warnings printed during the build of the image. These can
Getting and building the inputs
--------------------------------
+At this point you have two options, you can either use the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contrib/gitian-build.sh)) or you could manually do everything by following this guide. If you're using the automated script, then run it with the "--setup" command. Afterwards, run it with the "--build" command (example: "contrib/gitian-building.sh -b signer 0.13.0"). Otherwise ignore this.
+
Follow the instructions in [doc/release-process.md](release-process.md#fetch-and-create-inputs-first-time-or-when-dependency-versions-change)
in the bitcoin repository under 'Fetch and create inputs' to install sources which require
manual intervention. Also optionally follow the next step: 'Seed the Gitian sources cache
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 04d9473c20..d07f9a89ad 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Before every major release:
### First time / New builders
+If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contrib/gitian-build.sh)), then at this point you should run it with the "--setup" command. Otherwise ignore this.
+
Check out the source code in the following directory hierarchy.
cd /path/to/your/toplevel/build
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ Tag version (or release candidate) in git
### Setup and perform Gitian builds
+If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contrib/gitian-build.sh)), then at this point you should run it with the "--build" command. Otherwise ignore this.
+
Setup Gitian descriptors:
pushd ./bitcoin