Building with docker is arguably easier and more familiar to most people
than either kvm, or lxc.
This commit also relaxes the back compat requirement a bit. 32 bit linux
now uses glibc version 2.0. Also, the docker shell could not handle gcc arguments
containing spaces, so the explicit '-DFELT_TYPE' declaration was dropped.
Lastly, this removes some packages from the osx descriptor.
*Setup instructions for a Gitian build of Monero using a VM or physical system.*
*Setup instructions for a Gitian build of Monero.*
Gitian is the deterministic build process that is used to build the Monero CLI
executables. It provides a way to be reasonably sure that the
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These results are compared and only if they match, the build is accepted and provided
for download.
Gitian runs compilation steps in an isolated container. It is flexible and gives you full
control over the build environment, while still ensuring reproducibility and consistent output
formats.
More independent Gitian builders are needed, which is why this guide exists.
It is preferred you follow these steps yourself instead of using someone else's
VM image to avoid 'contaminating' the build.
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The first step is to prepare the host environment that will be used to perform the Gitian builds.
This guide explains how to set up the environment, and how to start the builds.
Gitian offers to build with either `kvm`, `docker` or `lxc`. The default build
path chosen is `lxc`, but its setup is more complicated. You need to be logged in as the `gitianuser`.
If this user does not exist yet on your system, create it. Gitian can use
either kvm, lxc or docker as a host environment. This documentation will show
how to build with lxc and docker. While the docker setup is easy, the lxc setup
is more involved.
LXC
---
Gitian builds are for now executed on Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic Beaver". A solution is being worked on to run
it in docker in the future. Please run Ubuntu in either a VM, or on your physical machine.
You need to be logged in as the `gitianuser` in order to build gitian builds. If this user does not exist yet on your system,
create it.
LXC builds should be run on Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic Beaver".
Note that a version of `lxc-execute` higher or equal to 2.1.1 is required.
You can check the version with `lxc-execute --version`.
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This setup is required to enable networking in the container.
Docker
------
Building in docker does not require much setup. Install docker on your host, then type the following:
```bash
sudo apt-get install git make curl
sudo usermod -aG docker gitianuser
```
Manual and Building
-------------------
The instructions below use the automated script [gitian-build.py](https://github.com/betcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/gitian-build.py) which only works in Ubuntu.
It calls all available descriptors. Help for the build steps taken can be accessed with `./gitian-build.py --help`.
The instructions below use the automated script [gitian-build.py](gitian-build.py) which only works in Ubuntu.
It calls all available .yml descriptors, which in turn pass the build configurations for different platforms to gitian.
Help for the build steps taken can be accessed with `./gitian-build.py --help`.
Initial Gitian Setup
--------------------
The `gitian-build.py` script will checkout different release tags, so it's best to copy it:
The `gitian-build.py` script will checkout different release tags, so it's best to copy it to the top level directory:
To speed up the build, use `-j 5 -m 5000` as the first arguments, where `5` is the number of CPU's you allocated to the VM plus one, and 5000 is a little bit less than then the MB's of RAM you allocated. If there is memory corruption on your machine, try to tweak these values.
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If you do detached, offline signing, you need to copy these uncommited changes to your host machine, where you can sign them. For example:
parser.add_argument('-D','--detach-sign',action='store_true',dest='detach_sign',help='Create the assert file for detached signing. Will not commit anything.')
parser.add_argument('-n','--no-commit',action='store_false',dest='commit_files',help='Do not commit anything to git')
parser.add_argument('signer',help='GPG signer to sign each build assert file')
parser.add_argument('version',help='Version number, commit, or branch to build. If building a commit or branch, the -c option must be specified')
parser.add_argument('version',help='Version number, commit, or branch to build.')
TheCharlatan
5 years ago