From dbd137a4ea8f1b5dfc5cdc72cee99c8f8328b793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giulio Lombardo Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:50:12 +0200 Subject: Improve build-osx formatting --- doc/build-osx.md | 263 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 131 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md index d28a3d97aa..efe162683a 100644 --- a/doc/build-osx.md +++ b/doc/build-osx.md @@ -1,33 +1,37 @@ -macOS Build Instructions and Notes -==================================== +# macOS Build Instructions and Notes + The commands in this guide should be executed in a Terminal application. -The built-in one is located in `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app`. +The built-in one is located in +``` +/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app +``` -Preparation ------------ +## Preparation Install the macOS command line tools: -`xcode-select --install` +```shell +xcode-select --install +``` When the popup appears, click `Install`. Then install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh). -Dependencies ----------------------- - - brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf python qt libevent qrencode +## Dependencies +```shell +brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf python qt libevent qrencode +``` See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview. If you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you need RSVG: +```shell +brew install librsvg +``` - brew install librsvg - -Berkeley DB ------------ +## Berkeley DB It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself, -you can use [the installation script included in contrib/](/contrib/install_db4.sh) +you can use [this](/contrib/install_db4.sh) script to install it like so: ```shell @@ -38,172 +42,167 @@ from the root of the repository. **Note**: You only need Berkeley DB if the wallet is enabled (see [*Disable-wallet mode*](/doc/build-osx.md#disable-wallet-mode)). -Build Bitcoin Core ------------------------- +## Build Bitcoin Core 1. Clone the Bitcoin Core source code: - - git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin - cd bitcoin + ```shell + git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin + cd bitcoin + ``` 2. Build Bitcoin Core: Configure and build the headless Bitcoin Core binaries as well as the GUI (if Qt is found). You can disable the GUI build by passing `--without-gui` to configure. - - ./autogen.sh - ./configure - make + ```shell + ./autogen.sh + ./configure + make + ``` 3. It is recommended to build and run the unit tests: - - make check - -4. You can also create a .dmg that contains the .app bundle (optional): - - make deploy - -Disable-wallet mode --------------------- -When the intention is to run only a P2P node without a wallet, Bitcoin Core may be compiled in -disable-wallet mode with: - - ./configure --disable-wallet + ```shell + make check + ``` + +4. You can also create a `.dmg` that contains the `.app` bundle (optional): + ```shell + make deploy + ``` + +## `disable-wallet` mode +When the intention is to run only a P2P node without a wallet, Bitcoin Core may be +compiled in `disable-wallet` mode with: +```shell +./configure --disable-wallet +``` In this case there is no dependency on Berkeley DB 4.8. Mining is also possible in disable-wallet mode using the `getblocktemplate` RPC call. -Running -------- - +## Running Bitcoin Core is now available at `./src/bitcoind` Before running, you may create an empty configuration file: +```shell +mkdir -p "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin" - mkdir -p "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin" - - touch "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" +touch "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" - chmod 600 "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" +chmod 600 "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" +``` -The first time you run bitcoind, it will start downloading the blockchain. This process could take many hours, or even days on slower than average systems. +The first time you run bitcoind, it will start downloading the blockchain. This process could +take many hours, or even days on slower than average systems. You can monitor the download process by looking at the debug.log file: +```shell +tail -f $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/debug.log +``` - tail -f $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/debug.log - -Other commands: -------- - - ./src/bitcoind -daemon # Starts the bitcoin daemon. - ./src/bitcoin-cli --help # Outputs a list of command-line options. - ./src/bitcoin-cli help # Outputs a list of RPC commands when the daemon is running. - -Notes ------ - -* Tested on OS X 10.10 Yosemite through macOS 10.13 High Sierra on 64-bit Intel processors only. - -* Building with downloaded Qt binaries is not officially supported. See the notes in [#7714](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7714) +## Other commands: +```shell +./src/bitcoind -daemon # Starts the bitcoin daemon. +./src/bitcoin-cli --help # Outputs a list of command-line options. +./src/bitcoin-cli help # Outputs a list of RPC commands when the daemon is running. +``` -Deterministic macOS DMG Notes ------------------------------ +## Notes +* Tested on OS X 10.10 Yosemite through macOS 10.14 Mojave on 64-bit Intel +processors only. +* Building with downloaded Qt binaries is not officially supported. See the notes in [#7714](https://github.com/bitcoin/issues/7714) -Working macOS DMGs are created in Linux by combining a recent clang, -the Apple binutils (ld, ar, etc) and DMG authoring tools. +## Deterministic macOS DMG Notes +Working macOS DMGs are created in Linux by combining a recent `clang`, the Apple +`binutils` (`ld`, `ar`, etc) and DMG authoring tools. -Apple uses clang extensively for development and has upstreamed the necessary -functionality so that a vanilla clang can take advantage. It supports the use -of -F, -target, -mmacosx-version-min, and --sysroot, which are all necessary -when building for macOS. +Apple uses `clang` extensively for development and has upstreamed the necessary +functionality so that a vanilla clang can take advantage. It supports the use of `-F`, +`-target`, `-mmacosx-version-min`, and `--sysroot`, which are all necessary when +building for macOS. -Apple's version of binutils (called cctools) contains lots of functionality -missing in the FSF's binutils. In addition to extra linker options for -frameworks and sysroots, several other tools are needed as well such as -install_name_tool, lipo, and nmedit. These do not build under linux, so they -have been patched to do so. The work here was used as a starting point: -[mingwandroid/toolchain4](https://github.com/mingwandroid/toolchain4). +Apple's version of `binutils` (called `cctools`) contains lots of functionality missing in the +FSF's `binutils`. In addition to extra linker options for frameworks and sysroots, several +other tools are needed as well such as `install_name_tool`, `lipo`, and `nmedit`. These +do not build under Linux, so they have been patched to do so. The work here was used as +a starting point: [mingwandroid/toolchain4](https://github.com/mingwandroid/toolchain4). -In order to build a working toolchain, the following source packages are needed -from Apple: cctools, dyld, and ld64. +In order to build a working toolchain, the following source packages are needed from +Apple: `cctools`, `dyld`, and `ld64`. -These tools inject timestamps by default, which produce non-deterministic -binaries. The ZERO_AR_DATE environment variable is used to disable that. +These tools inject timestamps by default, which produce non-deterministic binaries. The +`ZERO_AR_DATE` environment variable is used to disable that. -This version of cctools has been patched to use the current version of clang's -headers and its libLTO.so rather than those from llvmgcc, as it was -originally done in toolchain4. +This version of `cctools` has been patched to use the current version of `clang`'s headers +and its `libLTO.so` rather than those from `llvmgcc`, as it was originally done in `toolchain4`. -To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs -are free to download, but not redistributable. -To obtain it, register for a developer account, then download the [Xcode 7.3.1 dmg](https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/Xcode_7.3.1/Xcode_7.3.1.dmg). +To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to +download, but not redistributable. To obtain it, register for an Apple Developer Account, +then download the [Xcode 7.3.1 dmg](https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/Xcode_7.3.1/Xcode_7.3.1.dmg). -This file is several gigabytes in size, but only a single directory inside is -needed: +This file is several gigabytes in size, but only a single directory inside is needed: ``` Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk ``` -Unfortunately, the usual linux tools (7zip, hpmount, loopback mount) are incapable of opening this file. -To create a tarball suitable for Gitian input, there are two options: +Unfortunately, the usual Linux tools (7zip, hpmount, loopback mount) are incapable of +opening this file. To create a tarball suitable for Gitian input, there are two options: -Using macOS, you can mount the dmg, and then create it with: -``` - $ hdiutil attach Xcode_7.3.1.dmg - $ tar -C /Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ -czf MacOSX10.11.sdk.tar.gz MacOSX10.11.sdk +Using macOS, you can mount the DMG, and then create it with: +```shell +hdiutil attach Xcode_7.3.1.dmg +tar -C /Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ -czf MacOSX10.11.sdk.tar.gz MacOSX10.11.sdk ``` -Alternatively, you can use 7zip and SleuthKit to extract the files one by one. -The script contrib/macdeploy/extract-osx-sdk.sh automates this. First ensure -the dmg file is in the current directory, and then run the script. You may wish -to delete the intermediate 5.hfs file and MacOSX10.11.sdk (the directory) when -you've confirmed the extraction succeeded. +Alternatively, you can use 7zip and SleuthKit to extract the files one by one. The script +[`extract-osx-sdk.sh`](./../contrib/macdeploy/extract-osx-sdk.sh) automates this. First +ensure the DMG file is in the current directory, and then run the script. You may wish to +delete the `intermediate 5.hfs` file and `MacOSX10.11.sdk` (the directory) when you've +confirmed the extraction succeeded. -```bash +```shell apt-get install p7zip-full sleuthkit contrib/macdeploy/extract-osx-sdk.sh rm -rf 5.hfs MacOSX10.11.sdk ``` -The Gitian descriptors build 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries -which are created using these tools. The build process has been designed to -avoid including the SDK's files in Gitian's outputs. All interim tarballs are -fully deterministic and may be freely redistributed. +The Gitian descriptors build 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are +created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid including the +SDK's files in Gitian's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely +redistributed. -genisoimage is used to create the initial DMG. It is not deterministic as-is, -so it has been patched. A system genisoimage will work fine, but it will not -be deterministic because the file-order will change between invocations. -The patch can be seen here: [theuni/osx-cross-depends](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theuni/osx-cross-depends/master/patches/cdrtools/genisoimage.diff). -No effort was made to fix this cleanly, so it likely leaks memory badly. But -it's only used for a single invocation, so that's no real concern. +`genisoimage` is used to create the initial DMG. It is not deterministic as-is, so it has been +patched. A system `genisoimage` will work fine, but it will not be deterministic because +the file-order will change between invocations. The patch can be seen here: [theuni/osx-cross-depends](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theuni/osx-cross-depends/master/patches/cdrtools/genisoimage.diff). +No effort was made to fix this cleanly, so it likely leaks memory badly. But it's only used for +a single invocation, so that's no real concern. -genisoimage cannot compress DMGs, so afterwards, the 'dmg' tool from the -libdmg-hfsplus project is used to compress it. There are several bugs in this -tool and its maintainer has seemingly abandoned the project. It has been forked -and is available (with fixes) here: [theuni/libdmg-hfsplus](https://github.com/theuni/libdmg-hfsplus). +`genisoimage` cannot compress DMGs, so afterwards, the DMG tool from the +`libdmg-hfsplus` project is used to compress it. There are several bugs in this tool and its +maintainer has seemingly abandoned the project. It has been forked and is available +(with fixes) here: [theuni/libdmg-hfsplus](https://github.com/theuni/libdmg-hfsplus). -The 'dmg' tool has the ability to create DMGs from scratch as well, but this -functionality is broken. Only the compression feature is currently used. -Ideally, the creation could be fixed and genisoimage would no longer be necessary. +The DMG tool has the ability to create DMGs from scratch as well, but this functionality is +broken. Only the compression feature is currently used. Ideally, the creation could be fixed +and `genisoimage` would no longer be necessary. Background images and other features can be added to DMG files by inserting a -.DS_Store before creation. This is generated by the script -contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py. - -As of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, using an Apple-blessed key to sign binaries is a -requirement in order to satisfy the new Gatekeeper requirements. Because this -private key cannot be shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order for the -build process to remain somewhat deterministic. Here's how it works: - -- Builders use Gitian to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned - dmg which users may choose to bless and run. It also outputs an unsigned app - structure in the form of a tarball, which also contains all of the tools - that have been previously (deterministically) built in order to create a - final dmg. -- The Apple keyholder uses this unsigned app to create a detached signature, - using the script that is also included there. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-detached-sigs). -- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Gitian. It - uses the pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic dmg. +`.DS_Store` before creation. This is generated by the script +`contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py`. + +As of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, using an Apple-blessed key to sign binaries is a requirement in +order to satisfy the new Gatekeeper requirements. Because this private key cannot be +shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order for the build process to remain somewhat +deterministic. Here's how it works: + +- Builders use Gitian to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned DMG which + users may choose to bless and run. It also outputs an unsigned app structure in the form + of a tarball, which also contains all of the tools that have been previously (deterministically) + built in order to create a final DMG. +- The Apple keyholder uses this unsigned app to create a detached signature, using the + script that is also included there. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-detached-sigs). +- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Gitian. It uses the + pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic DMG. -- cgit v1.2.3