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diff --git a/doc/build-openbsd.md b/doc/build-openbsd.md index 613aea438f..89fd506f13 100644 --- a/doc/build-openbsd.md +++ b/doc/build-openbsd.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ OpenBSD build guide ====================== -(updated for OpenBSD 6.7) +(updated for OpenBSD 6.9) This guide describes how to build bitcoind, bitcoin-qt, and command-line utilities on OpenBSD. @@ -67,9 +67,16 @@ export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.16 ``` Make sure `BDB_PREFIX` is set to the appropriate path from the above steps. +Note that building with external signer support currently fails on OpenBSD, +hence you have to explicitely disable it by passing the parameter +`--disable-external-signer` to the configure script. +(Background: the feature requires the header-only library boost::process, which +is available on OpenBSD 6.9 via Boost 1.72.0, but contains certain system calls +and preprocessor defines like `waitid()` and `WEXITED` that are not available.) + To configure with wallet: ```bash -./configure --with-gui=no CC=cc CXX=c++ \ +./configure --with-gui=no --disable-external-signer CC=cc CXX=c++ \ BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" \ BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" \ MAKE=gmake @@ -77,12 +84,12 @@ To configure with wallet: To configure without wallet: ```bash -./configure --disable-wallet --with-gui=no CC=cc CC_FOR_BUILD=cc CXX=c++ MAKE=gmake +./configure --disable-wallet --with-gui=no --disable-external-signer CC=cc CC_FOR_BUILD=cc CXX=c++ MAKE=gmake ``` To configure with GUI: ```bash -./configure --with-gui=yes CC=cc CXX=c++ \ +./configure --with-gui=yes --disable-external-signer CC=cc CXX=c++ \ BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" \ BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" \ MAKE=gmake |