Improve gitian build guide
Point to the Debian 7.7 installer Fix wording now that we only use a single image Remove bitcoin checkout steps, they are covered in release-process
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Table of Contents
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- [Connecting to the VM](#connecting-to-the-vm)
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- [Setting up Debian for gitian building](#setting-up-debian-for-gitian-building)
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- [Installing gitian](#installing-gitian)
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- [Setting up gitian images](#setting-up-gitian-images)
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- [Setting up the gitian image](#setting-up-the-gitian-image)
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- [Getting and building the inputs](#getting-and-building-the-inputs)
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- [Building Bitcoin](#building-bitcoin)
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- [Building an alternative repository](#building-an-alternative-repository)
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@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ In the VirtualBox GUI click "Create" and choose the following parameters in the
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- Disk size: at least 40GB; as low as 20GB *may* be possible, but better to err on the safe side
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- Push the `Create` button
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Get the [Debian 7.4 net installer](http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian-jigdo/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso) (a more recent minor version should also work, see also [Debian Network installation](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/)).
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Get the [Debian 7.7 net installer](http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.7.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso) (a more recent minor version should also work, see also [Debian Network installation](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/)).
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This DVD image can be validated using a SHA256 hashing tool, for example on
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Unixy OSes by entering the following in a terminal:
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echo "b712a141bc60269db217d3b3e456179bd6b181645f90e4aac9c42ed63de492e9 debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso" | sha256sum -c
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echo "d440e85b4121f94608748139f25dbce1ad36771348b002fe07d4d44b9d9e623f debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso" | sha256sum -c
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# (must return OK)
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After creating the VM, we need to configure it.
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@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Then start the VM. On the first launch you will be asked for a CD or DVD image.
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Installing Debian
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------------------
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In this section it will be explained how to install Debian on the newly created VM.
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This section will explain how to install Debian on the newly created VM.
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- Choose the non-graphical installer. We do not need the graphical environment, it will only increase installation time and disk usage.
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**Note**: When sudo asks for a password, enter the password for the user *debian* not for *root*.
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Clone the git repositories for bitcoin and gitian and then checkout the bitcoin version that you want to build.
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Clone the git repositories for bitcoin and gitian.
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git
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git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
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cd bitcoin
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git checkout v${VERSION}
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cd ..
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```
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Setting up gitian images
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Setting up the gitian image
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-------------------------
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Gitian needs virtual images of the operating system to build in.
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Currently this is Ubuntu Precise for x86_64.
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These images will be copied and used every time that a build is started to
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Gitian needs a virtual image of the operating system to build in.
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Currently this is Ubuntu Precise x86_64.
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This image will be copied and used every time that a build is started to
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make sure that the build is deterministic.
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Creating the images will take a while, but only has to be done once.
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Creating the image will take a while, but only has to be done once.
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Execute the following as user `debian`:
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bin/make-base-vm --lxc --arch amd64 --suite precise
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```
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There will be a lot of warnings printed during build of the images. These can be ignored.
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There will be a lot of warnings printed during build of the image. These can be ignored.
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**Note**: When sudo asks for a password, enter the password for the user *debian* not for *root*.
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gitian builds' in [doc/release-process.md](release-process.md) in the bitcoin repository.
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This may take a long time as it also builds the dependencies needed for each descriptor.
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These dependencies will be cached after a successful build to avoid rebuilding them when possible.
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These dependencies will be cached after a successful build to avoid rebuilding them where possible.
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At any time you can check the package installation and build progress with
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in `gitian.sigs` to your signing machine and do
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```bash
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-win/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-osx/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-build.assert
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-linux-build.assert
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-win/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-win-build.assert
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gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER}/bitcoin-osx-build.assert
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```
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This will create the `.sig` files that can be committed together with the `.assert` files to assert your
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