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diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md index 21f6ba2eb3..a685aac1c0 100644 --- a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md +++ b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Our current macOS SDK (`Xcode-12.1-12A7403-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz`) can be extracted from [Xcode_12.1.xip](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.1/Xcode_12.1.xip). -An Apple ID is needed to download this. +Alternatively, after logging in to your account go to 'Downloads', then 'More' +and look for [`Xcode_12.1`](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.1/Xcode_12.1.xip). +An Apple ID and cookies enabled for the hostname are needed to download this. +The `sha256sum` of the archive should be `612443b1894b39368a596ea1607f30cbb0481ad44d5e29c75edb71a6d2cf050f`. After Xcode version 7.x, Apple started shipping the `Xcode.app` in a `.xip` archive. This makes the SDK less-trivial to extract on non-macOS machines. One @@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ and its `libLTO.so` rather than those from `llvmgcc`, as it was originally done To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to download, but not redistributable. To obtain it, register for an Apple Developer Account, -then download [Xcode_11.3.1](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.3.1/Xcode_11.3.1.xip). +then download [Xcode_12.1](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.1/Xcode_12.1.xip). This file is many gigabytes in size, but most (but not all) of what we need is contained only in a single directory: @@ -87,9 +90,9 @@ Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk See the SDK Extraction notes above for how to obtain it. -The Gitian descriptors build 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are +The Guix process build 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid including the -SDK's files in Gitian's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely +SDK's files in Guix's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely redistributed. [`xorrisofs`](https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/) is used to create the DMG. @@ -110,11 +113,11 @@ order to satisfy the new Gatekeeper requirements. Because this private key canno shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order for the build process to remain somewhat deterministic. Here's how it works: -- Builders use Gitian to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned DMG which +- Builders use Guix to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned DMG which users may choose to bless and run. It also outputs an unsigned app structure in the form of a tarball, which also contains all of the tools that have been previously (deterministically) built in order to create a final DMG. - The Apple keyholder uses this unsigned app to create a detached signature, using the script that is also included there. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-detached-sigs). -- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Gitian. It uses the +- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Guix. It uses the pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic DMG. |