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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree https://www.bitcoin.org -Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bitcoin Core Developers - What is Bitcoin? ---------------- @@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ submitter will be asked to start a discussion (if they haven't already) on the The patch will be accepted if there is broad consensus that it is a good thing. Developers should expect to rework and resubmit patches if the code doesn't -match the project's coding conventions (see [doc/coding.md](doc/coding.md)) or are +match the project's coding conventions (see [doc/developer-notes.md](doc/developer-notes.md)) or are controversial. The `master` branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be @@ -85,38 +83,3 @@ Translations are periodically pulled from Transifex and merged into the git repo pull from Transifex would automatically overwrite them again. Translators should also subscribe to the [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bitcoin-translators). - -Development tips and tricks ---------------------------- - -**compiling for debugging** - -Run configure with the --enable-debug option, then make. Or run configure with -CXXFLAGS="-g -ggdb -O0" or whatever debug flags you need. - -**debug.log** - -If the code is behaving strangely, take a look in the debug.log file in the data directory; -error and debugging messages are written there. - -The -debug=... command-line option controls debugging; running with just -debug will turn -on all categories (and give you a very large debug.log file). - -The Qt code routes qDebug() output to debug.log under category "qt": run with -debug=qt -to see it. - -**testnet and regtest modes** - -Run with the -testnet option to run with "play bitcoins" on the test network, if you -are testing multi-machine code that needs to operate across the internet. - -If you are testing something that can run on one machine, run with the -regtest option. -In regression test mode, blocks can be created on-demand; see qa/rpc-tests/ for tests -that run in -regtest mode. - -**DEBUG_LOCKORDER** - -Bitcoin Core is a multithreaded application, and deadlocks or other multithreading bugs -can be very difficult to track down. Compiling with -DDEBUG_LOCKORDER (configure -CXXFLAGS="-DDEBUG_LOCKORDER -g") inserts run-time checks to keep track of which locks -are held, and adds warnings to the debug.log file if inconsistencies are detected. |