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-rw-r--r--build-aux/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m466
-rw-r--r--configure.ac4
-rw-r--r--doc/build-osx.md1
-rw-r--r--doc/build-unix.md46
4 files changed, 100 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m4 b/build-aux/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9596735d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_FIND_BDB51],[
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Berkeley DB C++ headers])
+ BDB_CPPFLAGS=
+ BDB_LIBS=
+ bdbpath=X
+ bdb51path=X
+ bdbdirlist=
+ for _vn in 5.1 51 5 ''; do
+ for _pfx in b lib ''; do
+ bdbdirlist="$bdbdirlist ${_pfx}db${_vn}"
+ done
+ done
+ for searchpath in $bdbdirlist ''; do
+ test -n "${searchpath}" && searchpath="${searchpath}/"
+ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+ #include <${searchpath}db_cxx.h>
+ ]],[[
+ #if !((DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 5 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 1) || DB_VERSION_MAJOR > 5)
+ #error "failed to find bdb 5.1+"
+ #endif
+ ]])],[
+ if test "x$bdbpath" = "xX"; then
+ bdbpath="${searchpath}"
+ fi
+ ],[
+ continue
+ ])
+ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+ #include <${searchpath}db_cxx.h>
+ ]],[[
+ #if !(DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 5 && DB_VERSION_MINOR == 1)
+ #error "failed to find bdb 5.1"
+ #endif
+ ]])],[
+ bdb51path="${searchpath}"
+ break
+ ],[])
+ done
+ if test "x$bdbpath" = "xX"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)])
+ elif test "x$bdb51path" = "xX"; then
+ BITCOIN_SUBDIR_TO_INCLUDE(BDB_CPPFLAGS,[${bdbpath}],db_cxx)
+ AC_ARG_WITH([incompatible-bdb],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-incompatible-bdb], [allow using a bdb version other than 5.1])],[
+ AC_MSG_WARN([Found Berkeley DB other than 5.1; wallets opened by this build will not be portable!])
+ ],[
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Found Berkeley DB other than 5.1, required for portable wallets (--with-incompatible-bdb to ignore or --disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)])
+ ])
+ else
+ BITCOIN_SUBDIR_TO_INCLUDE(BDB_CPPFLAGS,[${bdb51path}],db_cxx)
+ bdbpath="${bdb51path}"
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(BDB_CPPFLAGS)
+
+ # TODO: Ideally this could find the library version and make sure it matches the headers being used
+ for searchlib in db_cxx-5.1 db_cxx; do
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([$searchlib],[main],[
+ BDB_LIBS="-l${searchlib}"
+ break
+ ])
+ done
+ if test "x$BDB_LIBS" = "x"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([libdb_cxx missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)])
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(BDB_LIBS)
+])
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9cc01a402..6a26e494d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ case $host in
dnl the user (--without-wallet or --without-gui for example).
openssl_prefix=`$BREW --prefix openssl 2>/dev/null`
- bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db4 2>/dev/null`
+ bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db 2>/dev/null`
qt5_prefix=`$BREW --prefix qt5 2>/dev/null`
if test x$openssl_prefix != x; then
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$openssl_prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBMEMENV)
if test x$enable_wallet != xno; then
dnl Check for libdb_cxx only if wallet enabled
- BITCOIN_FIND_BDB48
+ BITCOIN_FIND_BDB51
fi
dnl Check for libminiupnpc (optional)
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
index 448918e8c..c4a586593 100644
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Dependencies
----------------------
brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf python qt libevent qrencode
+ brew install berkeley-db # You need to make sure you install a version >= 5.1.29, but as close to 5.1.29 as possible. Check the homebrew docs to find out how to install older versions.
See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview.
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
index 4a09bed2b..5d8714a49 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Optional dependencies:
Library | Purpose | Description
------------|------------------|----------------------
miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Firewall-jumping support
- libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
+ libdb5.1 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
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)
@@ -74,18 +74,15 @@ Build requirements:
BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet.
-**For Ubuntu only:** db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin).
-You can add the repository and install using the following commands:
+ sudo apt-get install libdb5.1-dev libdb5.1++-dev
- sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
+ Note that if you have Berkeley DB 4.8 packages installed (i.e. for other
+ wallet software), they are incompatible with the packages for 5.1. You
+ will have to manually download 5.1 from
+ http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz and compile
+ it, install it to /usr/local where the configure script should locate it
+ automatically.
-Ubuntu and Debian have their own libdb-dev and libdb++-dev packages, but these will install
-BerkeleyDB 5.1 or later, which break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables which
-are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility,
-pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure.
See the section "Disable-wallet mode" to build Bitcoin Core without wallet.
@@ -155,12 +152,31 @@ turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired:
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)
-like so
+It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 5.1. If you have to build it yourself:
```shell
-./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd`
+BITCOIN_ROOT=$(pwd)
+
+# Pick some path to install BDB to, here we create a directory within the bitcoin directory
+BDB_PREFIX="${BITCOIN_ROOT}/db5"
+mkdir -p $BDB_PREFIX
+
+# Fetch the source and verify that it is not tampered with
+wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz'
+echo '08238e59736d1aacdd47cfb8e68684c695516c37f4fbe1b8267dde58dc3a576c db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c
+# -> db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz: OK
+tar -xzvf db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz
+
+# Build the library and install to our prefix
+cd db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix/
+# Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the executable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime
+../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX
+make install
+
+# Configure Bitcoin Core to use our own-built instance of BDB
+cd $BITCOIN_ROOT
+./autogen.sh
+./configure LDFLAGS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib/" CPPFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include/" # (other args...)
```
from the root of the repository.