On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 05:34:48PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2024/11/04 16:58, Lucas Gabriel Vuotto wrote:
> > > > + ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKBUILD}/lib/libwallet.a ${PREFIX}/lib/
> > >
> > > is that actually useful? I suggest not unless there's a need for it
> >
> > If you're talking about libwallet.a, I don't know. Might be useful at
> > some point if somebody ports any other Monero wallet, but it's not
> > needed for Monero itself.
>
> I suggest not packaging it unless some other port needs it.
> Apart from anything else, it's a bit of a generic name.
>
> > > > -daemon_flags="--detach"
> > > > +daemon_flags="--detach --config-file ${SYSCONFDIR}/monerod.conf"
> > >
> > > I'm not going to run this to test, but presumably --detach is a required
> > > flag for running as a daemon, so it should go as part of "daemon",
> > > leaving the (overridable) --config-file bit in daemon_flags.
> >
> > Wasn't aware we do that in some rc files.
>
> yep, to make sure that flags which are totally required can't get
> overridden. --daemon and so on.
>
> > > /var/db/monero might be better than /var/monero
> >
> > I don't think so. The DB is ~300GB and /var/db is depended upon by other
> > programs. I don't know if and how base could interact with it being in a
> > different partition.
>
> oh, that size requirement is definitely worth mentioning somewhere.
Will add it.
> On 2024/11/03 14:58, Niklas Hallqvist wrote:
> > The old version of monero that I once ported and still run requires an
> > argument like --db-sync-mode=fast:async:10000 to not completely trash the
> > system.
> >
> > You could try that, and if it still works, mention it as a remedy.
>
> Perhaps even set that by default, either in daemon_flags, or by patching?
I replied Niklas privately, but basically I killed my monerod machine
and won't be able to test it for a couple of days, and I prefer to do a
full sync to try it out as I started experiencing system issues only
halfway thru the blockchain.
