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diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README index 8a304eb349..8f272b0097 100644 --- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README +++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README @@ -53,3 +53,34 @@ Once you've got the right hardware and software: # Build Win32 release: ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=HEAD ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml + +--------------------- + +gitian-builder now also supports building using LXC. See + https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html +... for how to get LXC up and running under Ubuntu. + +If your main machine is a 64-bit Mac or PC with a few gigabytes of memory +and at least 10 gigabytes of free disk space, you can gitian-build using +LXC running inside a virtual machine. + +Here's a description of Gavin's setup on OSX 10.6: + +1. Download and install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/ + +2. Download the 64-bit Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS .iso CD image from + http://www.ubuntu.com/ + +3. Run VirtualBox and create a new virtual machine, using the + Ubuntu .iso (see the VirtualBox documentation for details). + Create it with at least 2 gigabytes of memory and a disk + that is at least 20 gigabytes big. + +4. Inside the running Ubuntu desktop, install: + sudo apt-get install debootstrap lxc ruby apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder + +5. Still inside Ubuntu, tell gitian-builder to use LXC, then follow the "Once you've got the right + hardware and software" instructions above: + export USE_LXC=1 + git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git + ... etc |