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diff --git a/doc/gitian-building.md b/doc/gitian-building.md index 1312979cac..efa5ef17dc 100644 --- a/doc/gitian-building.md +++ b/doc/gitian-building.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Table of Contents - [Connecting to the VM](#connecting-to-the-vm) - [Setting up Debian for gitian building](#setting-up-debian-for-gitian-building) - [Installing gitian](#installing-gitian) -- [Setting up gitian images](#setting-up-gitian-images) +- [Setting up the gitian image](#setting-up-the-gitian-image) - [Getting and building the inputs](#getting-and-building-the-inputs) - [Building Bitcoin](#building-bitcoin) - [Building an alternative repository](#building-an-alternative-repository) @@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ In the VirtualBox GUI click "Create" and choose the following parameters in the - Disk size: at least 40GB; as low as 20GB *may* be possible, but better to err on the safe side - Push the `Create` button -Get the [Debian 7.4 net installer](http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian-jigdo/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso) (a more recent minor version should also work, see also [Debian Network installation](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/)). +Get the [Debian 7.7 net installer](http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.7.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso) (a more recent minor version should also work, see also [Debian Network installation](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/)). This DVD image can be validated using a SHA256 hashing tool, for example on Unixy OSes by entering the following in a terminal: - echo "b712a141bc60269db217d3b3e456179bd6b181645f90e4aac9c42ed63de492e9 debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso" | sha256sum -c + echo "d440e85b4121f94608748139f25dbce1ad36771348b002fe07d4d44b9d9e623f debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso" | sha256sum -c # (must return OK) After creating the VM, we need to configure it. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Then start the VM. On the first launch you will be asked for a CD or DVD image. Installing Debian ------------------ -In this section it will be explained how to install Debian on the newly created VM. +This section will explain how to install Debian on the newly created VM. - Choose the non-graphical installer. We do not need the graphical environment, it will only increase installation time and disk usage. @@ -277,24 +277,21 @@ cd .. **Note**: When sudo asks for a password, enter the password for the user *debian* not for *root*. -Clone the git repositories for bitcoin and gitian and then checkout the bitcoin version that you want to build. +Clone the git repositories for bitcoin and gitian. ```bash git clone https://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin -cd bitcoin -git checkout v${VERSION} -cd .. ``` -Setting up gitian images +Setting up the gitian image ------------------------- -Gitian needs virtual images of the operating system to build in. -Currently this is Ubuntu Precise for x86_64. -These images will be copied and used every time that a build is started to +Gitian needs a virtual image of the operating system to build in. +Currently this is Ubuntu Precise x86_64. +This image will be copied and used every time that a build is started to make sure that the build is deterministic. -Creating the images will take a while, but only has to be done once. +Creating the image will take a while, but only has to be done once. Execute the following as user `debian`: @@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ cd gitian-builder bin/make-base-vm --lxc --arch amd64 --suite precise ``` -There will be a lot of warnings printed during build of the images. These can be ignored. +There will be a lot of warnings printed during build of the image. These can be ignored. **Note**: When sudo asks for a password, enter the password for the user *debian* not for *root*. @@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ To build Bitcoin (for Linux, OSX and Windows) just follow the steps under 'perfo gitian builds' in [doc/release-process.md](release-process.md) in the bitcoin repository. This may take a long time as it also builds the dependencies needed for each descriptor. -These dependencies will be cached after a successful build to avoid rebuilding them when possible. +These dependencies will be cached after a successful build to avoid rebuilding them where possible. At any time you can check the package installation and build progress with @@ -382,9 +379,9 @@ When you execute `gsign` you will get an error from GPG, which can be ignored. C in `gitian.sigs` to your signing machine and do ```bash - gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert - gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-win/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert - gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-osx/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert + gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-linux-build.assert + gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-win/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-win-build.assert + gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-osx-build.assert ``` This will create the `.sig` files that can be committed together with the `.assert` files to assert your |