Namecoin Forum

You can simply remove boost_chrono from src/Makefile, that's what I do in my packages: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:p_conrad:coins/namecoin This is what I do in the build scripts: sed -i '/.-l \(z\|boost_chrono\|dl\|gthread\)/d' src/Makefile sed -i '/lrt/d' namecoin-qt.pro It also re...

This article has a decent summary of the issues: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/5858/linux-distribution-packaging-and-bitcoin/ very interesting, thanks! The reasoning in the article is basically this: subtle changes in external libraries can lead to different views on what the network-wide consensus sh...

My understanding is that for blockchain-based software like Bitcoin/Namecoin, static linking has some security benefits. Which? Any pointers? Then why are only some libraries linked statically while others aren't? The general downside (also security-wise) is that if there's a bug in the library you...

Hi, I've created openSUSE + debian packages: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:p_conrad:coins/namecoin I had to fix a few things to get this working: 1. There's quite a few non-void functions that don't always set proper return values. Patch: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/h...