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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2019-11-05 19:25:06 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2019-11-05 19:25:10 +0100
commitd35b12107e9ef16343b2ded542bbf345a753d780 (patch)
tree7482d18f0fef1b1dc235ab97a4eb656fc8d85c61 /doc
parent22e7eea629e27947fdd37f14b63f8349499ce4af (diff)
parent104f7de5934f13b837fcf21f6d6b2559799eabe2 (diff)
Merge #17044: init: Remove auto-import of `bootstrap.dat` and associated code
104f7de5934f13b837fcf21f6d6b2559799eabe2 remove old bootstrap relevant code (tryphe) Pull request description: This picks up #15954 I fixed the code and added at a functional test utilizing the scripts in `contrib/linearize` as suggested by @MarcoFalke . ACKs for top commit: laanwj: ACK 104f7de5934f13b837fcf21f6d6b2559799eabe2 Tree-SHA512: acac9f285f9785fcbc3afc78118461e45bec2962f90ab90e9f82f3ad28adc90a44f0443b712458ccf486e46d891eb8a67f53e7bee5fa6d89e4387814fe03f117
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-rw-r--r--doc/developer-notes.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/release-notes-15954.md4
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diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
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@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Threads
- ThreadScriptCheck : Verifies block scripts.
-- ThreadImport : Loads blocks from blk*.dat files or bootstrap.dat.
+- ThreadImport : Loads blocks from `blk*.dat` files or `-loadblock=<file>`.
- StartNode : Starts other threads.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15954.md b/doc/release-notes-15954.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Configuration option changes
+-----------------------------
+
+Importing blocks upon startup via the `bootstrap.dat` file no longer occurs by default. The file must now be specified with `-loadblock=<file>`.