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May15: Mention backport option

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Luke Dashjr 2013-05-09 02:43:09 +00:00
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@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ layout: base-en
<h2>What is happening</h2>
<p>
If you are using an old version of Bitcoin-Qt (or bitcoind, the server bitcoin software),
you must either upgrade to version 0.8.0 or later before May 15, 2013 or <a href="#workaround">modify a file</a> and
you must either upgrade to version 0.8.0 or later before May 15, 2013,
<a href="#backports">upgrade to an up-to-date "backport" release</a>,
or <a href="#workaround">modify a file</a> and
restart bitcoin to work around a bug with the old software.
</p>
<p>This bug does not affect any bitcoins you already have, but if you do nothing you will
@ -22,9 +24,15 @@ We recommend that you
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.
</p>
<h2 id="workaround">If you cannot upgrade to version 0.8.1</h2>
<h2 id="backports">If you cannot upgrade to version 0.8.1</h2>
<p>
If you cannot upgrade to the latest version, you can still avoid the problem.
If you cannot upgrade to the latest version,
<a href="https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=199699">backports to older branches are now in final testing</a>.
These include not only compatibility for the 15 May changes, but also fixes for known vulnerabilities and bugs, which have already been included and tested in the latest release.
</p>
<h2 id="workaround">If you cannot upgrade to a backport</h2>
<p>
If you cannot upgrade to any of the above, you can still avoid the problem.
Create a file called DB_CONFIG in the bitcoin data directory, containing
these two lines:
</p>
@ -45,7 +53,8 @@ re-indexing operation; you <b>must</b> wait for the reindex to complete before
serving work to miners.
</p>
<p>
And if you are creating blocks and cannot upgrade to version 0.8.1 for some
And if you are creating blocks and cannot upgrade to version 0.8.1 or a
backport for some
reason, you should <b>not</b> set_lk_max_locks in a DB_CONFIG file until
May 15th; if you increase locks before then you run the risk of creating
or building on blocks incompatible with the rest of the network.