From 2712742ef2947feef4a142f7d1360d1e821597dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:16:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update FreeBSD build instructions to use bdb4 Use Berkeley DB 4 as recommended on other platforms. --- doc/build-unix.md | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 5d3329e2c..51ff3f89e 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -312,17 +312,13 @@ You need to use GNU make (`gmake`) instead of `make`. For the wallet (optional): - pkg install db5 - -This will give a warning "configure: WARNING: Found Berkeley DB other -than 4.8; wallets opened by this build will not be portable!", but as FreeBSD never -had a binary release, this may not matter. If backwards compatibility -with 4.8-built Bitcoin Core is needed follow the steps under "Berkeley DB" above. + ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` + setenv BDB_PREFIX $PWD/db4 Then build using: ./autogen.sh - ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb BDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db5" BDB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -ldb_cxx-5" + ./configure BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx" gmake *Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement).