Package: bitcoind Version: 0.7.2-3 Severity: important The wrapper script, established around this thread here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/2011/01/msg00205.html ... sets the DB_LOG_AUTOREMOVE flag for the bitcoin infamous BDB database. That's cool because it avoids extra I/O we may not need, especially for the first block sync. *However*, it *does* mean it is incompatible with the -qt interface, which *doesn't* have such a wrapper. Today I had to rebootstrap my whole block database because I stopped the bootstrap from qt to restart it with bitcoind. It failed with a nasty error at some point: file blkindex.dat has LSN 727/2518588, past end of log at 727/1519938 Commonly caused by moving a database from one database environment to another without clearing the database LSNs, or by removing all of the log files from a database environment __db_meta_setup: /home/anarcat/.bitcoin/blkindex.dat: unexpected file type or format I am not sure this is the problem I went through, but it does raise a red flag in my mind now. I *think* bitcoind was able to start with the bitcoin-qt data *once*. Then maybe I interrupted it or something similar, and then the above error appeared and my block database was basically hosed. I am not convinced by the arguments put forward in the aforementionned thread: seems to me we should follow upstream convention of using berkeley DB logs, or at least talk with upstream clearly about it (e.g. file the issue with logs garbage collection in the github bugtracker). At the very least, bitcoin-qt and bitcoind need to be consistent, as they operate on the same data. Thanks, A. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_CA.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bitcoind depends on: ii libboost-filesystem1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2 ii libboost-program-options1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2 ii libboost-system1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2 ii libboost-thread1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2 ii libc6 2.13-37 ii libdb5.1++ 5.1.29-5 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5 ii libminiupnpc5 1.5-2 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1c-4 ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 bitcoind recommends no packages. Versions of packages bitcoind suggests: ii db-util 5.1.6 ii db4.8-util 4.8.30-12 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
