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Pieter Wuille a20c0d0f67 Build identification strings All client version information is moved to version.cpp, which optionally (-DHAVE_BUILD_INFO) includes build.h. build.h is automatically generated on supporting platforms via contrib/genbuild.sh, using git describe. The git export-subst attribute is used to put the commit id statically in version.cpp inside generated archives, and this value is used if no build.h is present. The gitian descriptors are modified to use git archive instead of a copy, to create the src/ directory in the output. This way, src/src/version.cpp will contain the static commit id. To prevent gitian builds from getting the "-dirty" marker in their git-describe generated identifiers, no touching of files or running sed on the makefile is performed anymore. This does not seem to influence determinism.		2012-04-10 18:16:53 +02:00
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boost-win32.yml	Restructure gitian files and add download config files.	2011-09-22 16:52:49 -04:00
deps-win32.yml	Make deps build deterministic and upgrade to libpng 1.5.9.	2012-02-22 22:09:06 -05:00
gitian-win32.yml	Build identification strings	2012-04-10 18:16:53 +02:00
gitian.yml	Build identification strings	2012-04-10 18:16:53 +02:00
qt-win32.yml	Move QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY adjustment to bitcoin side of build	2012-03-22 12:46:47 -04:00
README	Add notes on getting gitian builds going	2011-10-25 12:27:09 -04:00

README

Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running:

You need the right hardware: you need a 64-bit-capable CPU with hardware virtualization support (Intel VT-x or AMD-V). Not all modern CPUs support hardware virtualization.

You probably need to enable hardware virtualization in your machine's BIOS.

You need to be running a recent version of 64-bit-Ubuntu, and you need to install several prerequisites:
  sudo apt-get install apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder qemu-kvm

Sanity checks:
  sudo service apt-cacher-ng status   # Should return apt-cacher-ng is running
  ls -l /dev/kvm   # Should show a /dev/kvm device

Once you've got the right hardware and software:

    git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
    git clone git://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git
    mkdir gitian-builder/inputs
    wget 'http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz' -O gitian-builder/inputs/miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz

    cd gitian-builder
    bin/make-base-vm --arch i386
    bin/make-base-vm --arch amd64
    cd ..

    # To build
    cd bitcoin
    git pull
    cd ../gitian-builder
    git pull
    ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=HEAD ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian.yml