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| 1 | +# Bootstrappable Bitcoin Core Builds |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This directory contains the files necessary to perform bootstrappable Bitcoin |
| 4 | +Core builds. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +[Bootstrappability][b17e] furthers our binary security guarantees by allowing us |
| 7 | +to _audit and reproduce_ our toolchain instead of blindly _trusting_ binary |
| 8 | +downloads. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +We achieve bootstrappability by using Guix as a functional package manager. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## Requirements |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Conservatively, a x86_64 machine with: |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +- 2 or more logical cores |
| 17 | +- 4GB of free disk space on the partition that /gnu/store will reside in |
| 18 | +- 24GB of free disk space on the partition that the bitcoin repository resides in |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +> Note: these requirements are slightly less onerous than those of Gitian builds |
| 21 | +
|
| 22 | +## Setup |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +**If you're just testing this out, you can use the |
| 25 | +[Dockerfile][fanquake/guix-docker] for convenience. It automatically speeds up |
| 26 | +your builds by [using substitutes](#speeding-up-builds-with-substitute-servers). |
| 27 | +Should you choose to use the Dockerfile, you can skip this section.** |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Otherwise, follow the [Guix installation guide][guix/bin-install]. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +> Note: For those who like to keep their filesystems clean, Guix is designed to |
| 32 | +> be very standalone and _will not_ conflict with your system's package |
| 33 | +> manager/existing setup. It _only_ touches `/var/guix`, `/gnu`, and |
| 34 | +> `~/.config/guix`. |
| 35 | +
|
| 36 | +After installation, you may want to consider [adding substitute |
| 37 | +servers](#speeding-up-builds-with-substitute-servers) to speed up your build if |
| 38 | +that fits your security model. (skippable if you're using the |
| 39 | +[Dockerfile][fanquake/guix-docker]) |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +Once Guix is installed, deploy our patched version into your current Guix |
| 42 | +profile. The changes there are slowly being upstreamed. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +```sh |
| 45 | +guix pull --url=https://github.com/dongcarl/guix.git \ |
| 46 | + --branch=2019-05-bitcoin-staging \ |
| 47 | + --max-jobs=4 # change accordingly |
| 48 | +``` |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Make sure that you are using your current profile. (You are prompted to do this |
| 51 | +at the end of the `guix pull`) |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +```bash |
| 54 | +export PATH="${HOME}/.config/guix/current/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH" |
| 55 | +``` |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +> Note: There is ongoing work to eliminate this `guix pull` step using Guix |
| 58 | +> [inferiors][guix/inferiors] and [channels][guix/channels]. |
| 59 | +
|
| 60 | +## Usage |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +### As a Development Environment |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +For a Bitcoin Core depends development environment, simply invoke |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +```sh |
| 67 | +guix environment --manifest=contrib/guix/manifest.scm |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +And you'll land back in your shell with all the build dependencies required for |
| 71 | +a `depends` build injected into your environment. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +### As a Tool for Deterministic Builds |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +From the top of a clean Bitcoin Core repository: |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +```sh |
| 78 | +./contrib/guix/guix-build.sh |
| 79 | +``` |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +After the build finishes successfully (check the status code please), compare |
| 82 | +hashes: |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +```sh |
| 85 | +find output/ -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 sha256sum |
| 86 | +``` |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +#### Recognized environment variables |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +* _**HOSTS**_ |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + Override the space-separated list of platform triples for which to perform a |
| 93 | + bootstrappable build. _(defaults to "i686-linux-gnu x86\_64-linux-gnu |
| 94 | + arm-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-linux-gnu riscv64-linux-gnu")_ |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + > Windows and OS X platform triplet support are WIP. |
| 97 | +
|
| 98 | +* _**SOURCES_PATH**_ |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | + Set the depends tree download cache for sources. This is passed through to the |
| 101 | + depends tree. Setting this to the same directory across multiple builds of the |
| 102 | + depends tree can eliminate unnecessary redownloading of package sources. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +* _**MAX_JOBS**_ |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + Override the maximum number of jobs to run simultaneously, you might want to |
| 107 | + do so on a memory-limited machine. This may be passed to `make` as in `make |
| 108 | + --jobs="$MAX_JOBS"` or `xargs` as in `xargs -P"$MAX_JOBS"`. _(defaults to the |
| 109 | + value of `nproc` outside the container)_ |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +* _**SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH**_ |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | + Override the reference timestamp used for bit-for-bit reproducibility, the |
| 114 | + variable name conforms to [standard][r12e/source-date-epoch]. _(defaults to |
| 115 | + the output of `$(git log --format=%at -1)`)_ |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +* _**V**_ |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | + If non-empty, will pass `V=1` to all `make` invocations, making `make` output |
| 120 | + verbose. |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +* _**ADDITIONAL_GUIX_ENVIRONMENT_FLAGS**_ |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + Additional flags to be passed to `guix environment`. For a fully-bootstrapped |
| 125 | + build, set this to `--bootstrap --no-substitutes`. Note that a |
| 126 | + fully-bootstrapped build will take quite a long time on the first run. |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +## Tips and Tricks |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +### Speeding up builds with substitute servers |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +_This whole section is automatically done in the convenience |
| 133 | +[Dockerfiles][fanquake/guix-docker]_ |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +For those who are used to life in the fast _(and trustful)_ lane, you can use |
| 136 | +[substitute servers][guix/substitutes] to enable binary downloads of packages. |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +> For those who only want to use substitutes from the official Guix build farm |
| 139 | +> and have authorized the build farm's signing key during Guix's installation, |
| 140 | +> you don't need to do anything. |
| 141 | +
|
| 142 | +#### Authorize the signing keys |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +For the official Guix build farm at https://ci.guix.gnu.org, run as root: |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +``` |
| 147 | +guix archive --authorize < ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/ci.guix.gnu.org.pub |
| 148 | +``` |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +For dongcarl's substitute server at https://guix.carldong.io, run as root: |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +```sh |
| 153 | +wget -qO- 'https://guix.carldong.io/signing-key.pub' | guix archive --authorize |
| 154 | +``` |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +#### Use the substitute servers |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +The official Guix build farm at https://ci.guix.gnu.org is automatically used |
| 159 | +unless the `--no-substitutes` flag is supplied. |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +This can be overridden for all `guix` invocations by passing the |
| 162 | +`--substitute-urls` option to your invocation of `guix-daemon`. This can also be |
| 163 | +overridden on a call-by-call basis by passing the same `--substitute-urls` |
| 164 | +option to client tools such at `guix environment`. |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | +To use dongcarl's substitute server for Bitcoin Core builds after having |
| 167 | +[authorized his signing key](#authorize-the-signing-keys): |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +``` |
| 170 | +export ADDITIONAL_GUIX_ENVIRONMENT_FLAGS='--substitute-urls="https://guix.carldong.io https://ci.guix.gnu.org"' |
| 171 | +``` |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +## FAQ |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +### How can I trust the binary installation? |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +As mentioned at the bottom of [this manual page][guix/bin-install]: |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +> The binary installation tarballs can be (re)produced and verified simply by |
| 180 | +> running the following command in the Guix source tree: |
| 181 | +> |
| 182 | +> make guix-binary.x86_64-linux.tar.xz |
| 183 | +
|
| 184 | +### When will Guix be packaged in debian? |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | +Vagrant Cascadian has been making good progress on this |
| 187 | +[here][debian/guix-package]. We have all the pieces needed to put up an APT |
| 188 | +repository and will likely put one up soon. |
| 189 | + |
| 190 | +[b17e]: http://bootstrappable.org/ |
| 191 | +[r12e/source-date-epoch]: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/ |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | +[guix/install.sh]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh |
| 194 | +[guix/bin-install]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html |
| 195 | +[guix/env-setup]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Build-Environment-Setup.html |
| 196 | +[guix/substitutes]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Substitutes.html |
| 197 | +[guix/substitute-server-auth]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Substitute-Server-Authorization.html |
| 198 | +[guix/inferiors]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Inferiors.html |
| 199 | +[guix/channels]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Channels.html |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | +[debian/guix-package]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850644 |
| 202 | +[fanquake/guix-docker]: https://github.com/fanquake/core-review/tree/master/guix |
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