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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-unix.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dependencies.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/developer-notes.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-process.md | 26 |
5 files changed, 50 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index b823c23e0c..2d10484a65 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ For the wallet (optional): Then build using: ./autogen.sh + ./configure --disable-wallet # OR ./configure BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx" gmake diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 52ec8e3575..7aa96c4c9b 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | Qt | [5.7.1](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 4.7+ | No | | | | XCB | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L94) (Linux only) | | xkbcommon | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L93) (Linux only) | -| ZeroMQ | [4.2.2](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | +| ZeroMQ | [4.2.3](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | | zlib | [1.2.11](http://zlib.net/) | | | | No | diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index 278bf65792..a5468c3be3 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ Development tips and tricks Run configure with the --enable-debug option, then make. Or run configure with CXXFLAGS="-g -ggdb -O0" or whatever debug flags you need. +**compiling for gprof profiling** + +Run configure with the --enable-gprof option, then make. + **debug.log** If the code is behaving strangely, take a look in the debug.log file in the data directory; diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index ac49dc7909..8fcd2a9163 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -63,6 +63,36 @@ RPC changes - The `fundrawtransaction` rpc will reject the previously deprecated `reserveChangeKey` option. +External wallet files +--------------------- + +The `-wallet=<path>` option now accepts full paths instead of requiring wallets +to be located in the -walletdir directory. + +Newly created wallet format +--------------------------- + +If `-wallet=<path>` is specified with a path that does not exist, it will now +create a wallet directory at the specified location (containing a wallet.dat +data file, a db.log file, and database/log.?????????? files) instead of just +creating a data file at the path and storing log files in the parent +directory. This should make backing up wallets more straightforward than +before because the specified wallet path can just be directly archived without +having to look in the parent directory for transaction log files. + +For backwards compatibility, wallet paths that are names of existing data files +in the `-walletdir` directory will continue to be accepted and interpreted the +same as before. + +Low-level RPC changes +--------------------- + +- When bitcoin is not started with any `-wallet=<path>` options, the name of + the default wallet returned by `getwalletinfo` and `listwallets` RPCs is + now the empty string `""` instead of `"wallet.dat"`. If bitcoin is started + with any `-wallet=<path>` options, there is no change in behavior, and the + name of any wallet is just its `<path>` string. + Credits ======= diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 430a5a7ed3..a988c74ba5 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contri Setup Gitian descriptors: pushd ./bitcoin - export SIGNER=(your Gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) + export SIGNER="(your Gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc)" export VERSION=(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) git fetch git checkout v${VERSION} @@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ Create the OS X SDK tarball, see the [OS X readme](README_osx.md) for details, a ### Optional: Seed the Gitian sources cache and offline git repositories -By default, Gitian will fetch source files as needed. To cache them ahead of time: +NOTE: Gitian is sometimes unable to download files. If you have errors, try the step below. + +By default, Gitian will fetch source files as needed. To cache them ahead of time, make sure you have checked out the tag you want to build in bitcoin, then: pushd ./gitian-builder make -C ../bitcoin/depends download SOURCES_PATH=`pwd`/cache/common @@ -113,16 +115,16 @@ The gbuild invocations below <b>DO NOT DO THIS</b> by default. pushd ./gitian-builder ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer "$SIGNER" --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/src/bitcoin-*.tar.gz ../ ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer "$SIGNER" --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*-win-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-win-unsigned.tar.gz mv build/out/bitcoin-*.zip build/out/bitcoin-*.exe ../ ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer "$SIGNER" --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*-osx-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/bitcoin-*.dmg ../ popd @@ -152,9 +154,9 @@ Verify the signatures Commit your signature to gitian.sigs: pushd gitian.sigs - git add ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-win-unsigned/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER} + git add ${VERSION}-linux/"${SIGNER}" + git add ${VERSION}-win-unsigned/"${SIGNER}" + git add ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/"${SIGNER}" git commit -a git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree popd @@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ Create (and optionally verify) the signed OS X binary: pushd ./gitian-builder ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer "$SIGNER" --release ${VERSION}-osx-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-osx-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-osx-signed.dmg ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg popd @@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ Create (and optionally verify) the signed Windows binaries: pushd ./gitian-builder ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer "$SIGNER" --release ${VERSION}-win-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-win-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*win64-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64-setup.exe mv build/out/bitcoin-*win32-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32-setup.exe @@ -217,8 +219,8 @@ Create (and optionally verify) the signed Windows binaries: Commit your signature for the signed OS X/Windows binaries: pushd gitian.sigs - git add ${VERSION}-osx-signed/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-win-signed/${SIGNER} + git add ${VERSION}-osx-signed/"${SIGNER}" + git add ${VERSION}-win-signed/"${SIGNER}" git commit -a git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree popd |