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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 337de12b8d..3f8848abf2 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Optional dependencies: protobuf | Payments in GUI | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when GUI 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.x) + libzmq3 | ZMQ notification | Optional, allows generating ZMQ notifications (requires ZMQ version >= 4.0.0) For the versions used, see [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Optional (see --with-miniupnpc and --enable-upnp-default): sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev -ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API 4.x): +ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API): sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ To build executables for ARM: cd depends make HOST=arm-linux-gnueabihf NO_QT=1 cd .. + ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=$PWD/depends/arm-linux-gnueabihf --enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++ make diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 3fc7aecba8..d777aaf66f 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 | [5.9.6](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 5.x | No | | | | XCB | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L87) (Linux only) | | xkbcommon | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L86) (Linux only) | -| ZeroMQ | [4.2.3](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | +| ZeroMQ | [4.2.5](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.0.0 | No | | | | zlib | [1.2.11](https://zlib.net/) | | | | No | diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index bdb8d7dbae..1d103d481b 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Strings and formatting - *Rationale*: These functions do overflow checking, and avoid pesky locale issues. - Avoid using locale dependent functions if possible. You can use the provided - [`lint-locale-dependence.sh`](/contrib/devtools/lint-locale-dependence.sh) + [`lint-locale-dependence.sh`](/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh) to check for accidental use of locale dependent functions. - *Rationale*: Unnecessary locale dependence can cause bugs that are very tricky to isolate and fix. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-13152.md b/doc/release-notes-13152.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..72526f5355 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-13152.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +New RPC methods +------------ + +- `getnodeaddresses` returns peer addresses known to this node. It may be used to connect to nodes over TCP without using the DNS seeds.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.3.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.3.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2e52d309c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.3.md @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.3/> + +This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> + +How to Upgrade +============== + +If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely +shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) +or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). + +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a +new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, +depending on the speed of your machine. + +Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. + +Downgrading warning +------------------- + +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. + +Compatibility +============== + +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. + +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +frequently tested on them. + +Notable changes +=============== + +Denial-of-Service vulnerability +------------------------------- + +A denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2018-17144) exploitable by miners has +been discovered in Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up to 0.16.2. It is recommended +to upgrade any of the vulnerable versions to 0.16.3 as soon as possible. + +0.16.3 change log +------------------ + +### Consensus +- #14249 `696b936` Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt, sdaftuar) + +### RPC and other APIs +- #13547 `212ef1f` Make `signrawtransaction*` give an error when amount is needed but missing (ajtowns) + +### Miscellaneous +- #13655 `1cdbea7` bitcoinconsensus: invalid flags error should be set to `bitcoinconsensus_err` (afk11) + +### Documentation +- #13844 `11b9dbb` correct the help output for -prune (hebasto) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Anthony Towns +- Hennadii Stepanov +- Matt Corallo +- Suhas Daftuar +- Thomas Kerin +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +And to those that reported security issues: + +- (anonymous reporter) + diff --git a/doc/zmq.md b/doc/zmq.md index 5d67df9d22..a1a506f2e7 100644 --- a/doc/zmq.md +++ b/doc/zmq.md @@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ buffering or reassembly. ## Prerequisites -The ZeroMQ feature in Bitcoin Core requires ZeroMQ API version 4.x or -newer. Typically, it is packaged by distributions as something like +The ZeroMQ feature in Bitcoin Core requires the ZeroMQ API >= 4.0.0 +[libzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases). +For version information, see [dependencies.md](dependencies.md). +Typically, it is packaged by distributions as something like *libzmq3-dev*. The C++ wrapper for ZeroMQ is *not* needed. In order to run the example Python client scripts in contrib/ one must |