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Re: Why is compiling Bitcoin still such a PITA?
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faceface
on 23/08/2019, 10:37:13 UTC
PITA is an understatement.  Of the responses to this thread that I could decipher I tried them all.  NONE WORKED.   I suppose that is intentional.  Job security?  or is it simply fraud?  I don't know but someone will.  Lets hope it doesn't become an SEC issue someday.  Been there, done that, not fun.

1.  If the libdb_cxx file is required, and its an old version, it should be included with the distribution.
2.  ditto for all other files not easily available.

It feels to me like the "community", in a response to the question, how do you get to Sacramento from LA is handing users a map to Peoria, IL, and saying, all you've got to do is read this map which you can find here, and pointing them to a hotel in Reno.

Never mind that you have to travel 2000 miles each way for no legitimate reason.  (I know, I've actually had to do similar things, but this isn't about airline logistics).

If you want to solve all of the errors you can do it easily with some really stupid and simple commands, which take only a few minutes to execute:

yum install *bdb*
yum install boost*

Yes a couple hundred megabytes of crap gets installed, but when you .\configure it sails along and you can then type 'make' and it all works.  In my opinion git needs a new layer that checks requirements against versions and forces old versions to be included whenever they are required, OR when such a situation occurs install the missing files automatically as dependencies from github on line.  Not rocket science, but what do I know.



Believe it or not, it's a lot easier to compile than half of the other open source projects out there. Now if the package maintainers were better at keeping packages up to date or backward compatible, it would be even better. However, I'm not paying them to do that, so I can't really complain.
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Re: consequences of --with-incompatible-bdb ?
by
faceface
on 23/08/2019, 10:29:02 UTC
Same question... 6 years later.
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Board Announcements (Altcoins)
Re: XCP on IRC
by
faceface
on 10/07/2014, 22:12:17 UTC
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XCP on IRC
by
faceface
on 27/06/2014, 21:27:14 UTC
Sorry, not an announcement, but not sure where else to post... Just to point out the XCP discussion group on IRC:
irc://irc.freenode.net/#xcp

Come and join the party!
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Re: A lodging of wayfaring men
by
faceface
on 13/05/2014, 00:49:08 UTC
Sorry, I'm new to eBay and I didn't understand how to configure the shipping... I can ship wherever, but obviously it'll cost more.

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Re: A lodging of wayfaring men
by
faceface
on 10/05/2014, 12:10:11 UTC
The book is called "A Lodging of Wayfaring Men" and can be obtained as a free ebook or in PDF form at this address:

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/059017-2009-10-06-free-e-book-a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men.htm?EdNo=001&From=

If you like real paper, I'm selling a copy here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lodging-Wayfaring-Men-Paul-Rosenberg-/181405764140
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The Emerging Global Web
by
faceface
on 30/04/2014, 22:32:49 UTC
This is a really nice and eye-opening presentation (at least for me) with lots of places where Bitcoin can play a role:
http://www.slideshare.net/yiibu/the-emerging-global-web

Sorry, but this seemed the sanest forum where the post could possibly fit... please just move elsewhere if I got it wrong ;-)


Cheers,
Dan.