On 5/10/2013 8:39 AM, Gavin Andresen wrote: > Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.2 release candidate 1 is now available from: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.2/test/ >
Testnet glitch, something broke... Fired up 0.8.2rc, and .... where's the coins? Where's the blocks? I get a new empty datadir/testnet3 subdirectory. bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=c:\testnet (with a testnet=1 bitcoin.conf file option in that directory) stored wallet/blocks/chainstate in the root with previous versions. Now the root datadir data is ignored (except the config file) and a new hierarchy was created in subdirectory [b]/testnet3[/b]. So what's happening? This looks to be done by https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2605 ... after searching the code for the change and then finding the commit. 1 day from opened to committed, released six days later... no changelog. The datadir previously worked as I expected with both bitcoin-qt and bitcoind interacting with no problems, when simply specifying a command-line datadir, so I don't see the bug. I can see how the previous behavior might be dangerous if the config file was removed. I just did that, and there's a cool freakout where my testnet wallet balance looks like real BTC and Bitcoin tries to reorg 67662 blocks starting from the genesis block. After receiving real block 73354 per debug log, a nice unrecoverable crash: "Assertion failed!" File: src/main.cpp Line 1745 Expression: pfork != NULL This needs to be added to the changelog, since dropping in this binary will break testnet stuff if anybody is using Bitcoin this way for their testnet faucet, etc: " * testnet data now stored in testnet3 subdirectory, enforced even when specifying datadir on command line (manually move your data first)" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
