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diff --git a/doc/REST-interface.md b/doc/REST-interface.md index 3b8b0db162..a63391e01a 100644 --- a/doc/REST-interface.md +++ b/doc/REST-interface.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Given a height: returns hash of block in best-block-chain at height provided. Returns various state info regarding block chain processing. Only supports JSON as output format. -* chain : (string) current network name as defined in BIP70 (main, test, regtest) +* chain : (string) current network name (main, test, regtest) * blocks : (numeric) the current number of blocks processed in the server * headers : (numeric) the current number of headers we have validated * bestblockhash : (string) the hash of the currently best block diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 069c983e6e..d048bdeff5 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Optional dependencies: miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Firewall-jumping support libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled) qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled) - protobuf | Payments in GUI | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when BIP70 enabled) libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled) univalue | Utility | JSON parsing and encoding (bundled version will be used unless --with-system-univalue passed to configure) libzmq3 | ZMQ notification | Optional, allows generating ZMQ notifications (requires ZMQ version >= 4.0.0) @@ -118,10 +117,6 @@ libqrencode (optional) can be installed with: sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev -protobuf (optional) can be installed with: - - sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler - Once these are installed, they will be found by configure and a bitcoin-qt executable will be built by default. @@ -150,10 +145,6 @@ libqrencode (optional) can be installed with: sudo dnf install qrencode-devel -protobuf (optional) can be installed with: - - sudo dnf install protobuf-devel - Notes ----- The release is built with GCC and then "strip bitcoind" to strip the debug @@ -163,8 +154,8 @@ symbols, which reduces the executable size by about 90%. miniupnpc --------- -[miniupnpc](http://miniupnp.free.fr/) may be used for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from [here]( -http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/). UPnP support is compiled in and +[miniupnpc](https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org) may be used for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from [here]( +https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/). UPnP support is compiled in and turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired: --without-miniupnpc No UPnP support miniupnp not required diff --git a/doc/build-windows.md b/doc/build-windows.md index 5ca9f98475..bbff638b90 100644 --- a/doc/build-windows.md +++ b/doc/build-windows.md @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ The options known to work for building Bitcoin Core on Windows are: * On Linux, using the [Mingw-w64](https://mingw-w64.org/doku.php) cross compiler tool chain. Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 is required and is the platform used to build the Bitcoin Core Windows release binaries. * On Windows, using [Windows -Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain. +Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain. +* On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com). Other options which may work, but which have not been extensively tested are (please contribute instructions): -* On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) or [msys2](http://www.msys2.org/). -* On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com). +* On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) or [msys2](https://www.msys2.org/). Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux --------------------------------------- With Windows 10, Microsoft has released a new feature named the [Windows -Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about). This +Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about). This feature allows you to run a bash shell directly on Windows in an Ubuntu-based environment. Within this environment you can cross compile for Windows without the need for a separate Linux VM or server. Note that while WSL can be installed with @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tested with Ubuntu. This feature is not supported in versions of Windows prior to Windows 10 or on Windows Server SKUs. In addition, it is available [only for 64-bit versions of -Windows](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide). +Windows](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install-win10). Full instructions to install WSL are available on the above link. To install WSL on Windows 10 with Fall Creators Update installed (version >= 16215.0) do the following: @@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ First, install the general dependencies: sudo apt install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git A host toolchain (`build-essential`) is necessary because some dependency -packages (such as `protobuf`) need to build host utilities that are used in the -build process. +packages need to build host utilities that are used in the build process. See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview. diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index e5b4084d99..dc88626761 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | MiniUPnPc | [2.0.20180203](http://miniupnp.free.fr/files) | | No | | | | OpenSSL | [1.0.1k](https://www.openssl.org/source) | | Yes | | | | PCRE | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) | -| protobuf | [2.6.1](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases) | | No | | | | Python (tests) | | [3.5](https://www.python.org/downloads) | | | | | qrencode | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) | | No | | | | Qt | [5.9.7](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.5.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/13478) | No | | | @@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ Some dependencies are not needed in all configurations. The following are some f #### Options passed to `./configure` * MiniUPnPc is not needed with `--with-miniupnpc=no`. * Berkeley DB is not needed with `--disable-wallet`. -* protobuf is only needed with `--enable-bip70`. * Qt is not needed with `--without-gui`. * If the qrencode dependency is absent, QR support won't be added. To force an error when that happens, pass `--with-qrencode`. * ZeroMQ is needed only with the `--with-zmq` option. diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index 9cf4b4b075..1756648157 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -640,6 +640,28 @@ Strings and formatting - *Rationale*: Bitcoin Core uses tinyformat, which is type safe. Leave them out to avoid confusion. +- Use `.c_str()` sparingly. Its only valid use is to pass C++ strings to C functions that take NULL-terminated + strings. + + - Do not use it when passing a sized array (so along with `.size()`). Use `.data()` instead to get a pointer + to the raw data. + + - *Rationale*: Although this is guaranteed to be safe starting with C++11, `.data()` communicates the intent better. + + - Do not use it when passing strings to `tfm::format`, `strprintf`, `LogPrint[f]`. + + - *Rationale*: This is redundant. Tinyformat handles strings. + + - Do not use it to convert to `QString`. Use `QString::fromStdString()`. + + - *Rationale*: Qt has built-in functionality for converting their string + type from/to C++. No need to roll your own. + + - In cases where do you call `.c_str()`, you might want to additionally check that the string does not contain embedded '\0' characters, because + it will (necessarily) truncate the string. This might be used to hide parts of the string from logging or to circumvent + checks. If a use of strings is sensitive to this, take care to check the string for embedded NULL characters first + and reject it if there are any (see `ParsePrechecks` in `strencodings.cpp` for an example). + Shadowing -------------- diff --git a/doc/fuzzing.md b/doc/fuzzing.md index 3dc6be8b86..50e9251b8d 100644 --- a/doc/fuzzing.md +++ b/doc/fuzzing.md @@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ will print an error and suggestion if so. ## libFuzzer -A recent version of `clang`, the address sanitizer and libFuzzer is needed (all +A recent version of `clang`, the address/undefined sanitizers (ASan/UBSan) and libFuzzer is needed (all found in the `compiler-rt` runtime libraries package). To build all fuzz targets with libFuzzer, run ``` -./configure --disable-ccache --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer,address CC=clang CXX=clang++ +./configure --disable-ccache --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer,address,undefined CC=clang CXX=clang++ make ``` diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15437.md b/doc/release-notes-15437.md index 031e90ccd2..6614207757 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes-15437.md +++ b/doc/release-notes-15437.md @@ -32,3 +32,22 @@ Please use the recommended alternatives if you rely on this deprecated feature: could wait until the transaction has confirmed (taking into account the fee target they set (compare the RPC `estimatesmartfee`)) or listen for the transaction announcement by other network peers to check for propagation. + +The removal of BIP61 REJECT message support also has the following minor RPC +and logging implications: + +* `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. They still return the + verbal reject reason. + +* Log messages that previously reported the REJECT code when a transaction was + not accepted to the mempool now no longer report the REJECT code. The reason + for rejection is still reported. + +Updated RPCs +------------ + +- `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. See the Section + _Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61)_ for details on + the removal of BIP61 REJECT message support. diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index ea82962e75..a47c8802b0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Wallet ------ - The wallet now by default uses bech32 addresses when using RPC, and creates native segwit change outputs. +- The way that output trust was computed has been fixed in #16766, which impacts confirmed/unconfirmed balance status and coin selection. Low-level changes ================= |