Yes, the proposed patches should work with previous releases. Debian has never released a package of bitcoin (kfreebsd FTBFS eventually led it to be removed from wheezy before freeze). There is a package in squeeze backports which I'll request to be removed.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <[email protected]> wrote: > Since Debian has bitcoin 0.8.1-1 I'd rather just sync it. > For earlier releases we will want an SRU & hopefully same as Debian will do. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159832 > > Title: > [FFE] bitcoin: Mandatory upgrade on May 15 > > Status in “bitcoin” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > http://bitcoin.org/may15.html > > What is happening > > If you are using Bitcoin-Qt/bitcoind version 0.7.2 or earlier, you > must take action before 15 May, 2013. If you do nothing, you are > likely to be left behind and will be out of sync with the rest of the > Bitcoin network. > > We recommend that you upgrade to version 0.8.1 before the 15th of May to > avoid any issues. If you are a solo miner or mining pool operator, please see > the the notes at the end of this page for how to upgrade safely. > If you cannot upgrade to version 0.8.1 > > If you cannot upgrade to the latest version, you can still avoid the > problem. Create a file called DB_CONFIG in the bitcoin data directory, > containing these two lines: > > set_lg_dir database > set_lk_max_locks 120000 > > > Attached is a patch to fix this mandatory upgrade. I'll apply for a > FFE. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1159832/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159832 Title: [FFE] bitcoin: Mandatory upgrade on May 15 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1159832/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
