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2.4 KiB
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69 lines
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Bitcoin version 0.7.2 is now available from:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.2
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This is a bug-fix minor release.
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Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
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How to Upgrade
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If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait
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until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older
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versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over
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/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
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If you were running on Linux with a version that might have been compiled
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with a different version of Berkeley DB (for example, if you were using an
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Ubuntu PPA version), then run the old version again with the -detachdb
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argument and shut it down; if you do not, then the new version will not
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be able to read the database files and will exit with an error.
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Explanation of -detachdb (and the new "stop true" RPC command):
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The Berkeley DB database library stores data in both ".dat" and
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"log" files, so the database is always in a consistent state,
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even in case of power failure or other sudden shutdown. The
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format of the ".dat" files is portable between different
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versions of Berkeley DB, but the "log" files are not-- even minor
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version differences may have incompatible "log" files. The
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-detachdb option moves any pending changes from the "log" files
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to the "blkindex.dat" file for maximum compatibility, but makes
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shutdown much slower. Note that the "wallet.dat" file is always
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detached, and versions prior to 0.6.0 detached all databases
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at shutdown.
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Bug fixes
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* Prevent RPC 'move' from deadlocking. This was caused by trying to lock the
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database twice.
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* Fix use-after-free problems in initialization and shutdown, the latter of
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which caused Bitcoin-Qt to crash on Windows when exiting.
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* Correct library linking so building on Windows natively works.
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* Avoid a race condition and out-of-bounds read in block creation/mining code.
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* Improve platform compatibility quirks, including fix for 100% CPU utilization
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on FreeBSD 9.
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* A few minor corrections to error handling, and updated translations.
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* OSX 10.5 supported again
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----------------------------------------------------
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Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:
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Alex
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dansmith
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Gavin Andresen
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Gregory Maxwell
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Jeff Garzik
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Luke Dashjr
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Philip Kaufmann
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Pieter Wuille
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
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grimd34th
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