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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-02-16 10:23:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-02-16 10:26:12 +0100 |
| commit | 6c0db81c09b7602bd9d5bb6ccda20366b768f8bf (patch) | |
| tree | 0281468619c4e89c80412a3e1baf118979f558ae /doc | |
| parent | 25d816110ba28c5014b23c9a363c472fc28a3891 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-6c0db81c09b7602bd9d5bb6ccda20366b768f8bf.tar.xz | |
Document new `walletpassphrase` behavior in 0.9
Also add a note to the release notes.
Fixes #3672.
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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 ======================= |