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Add instructions for multi-processor gitian builds
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doc/gitian-building.md

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After creating the VM, we need to configure it.
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- Click the `Settings` button, then go to the `Network` tab. Adapter 1 should be attached to `NAT`.
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- Click the `Settings` button, then go to `System` tab and `Processor` sub-tab. Increase the number of processors to the number of cores on your machine if you want builds to be faster.
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![](gitian-building/system_settings.png)
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- Go to the `Network` tab. Adapter 1 should be attached to `NAT`.
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![](gitian-building/network_settings.png)
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doc/release-process.md

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### Build and sign Bitcoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X:
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pushd ./gitian-builder
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./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
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./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
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./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
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mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/src/bitcoin-*.tar.gz ../
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./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
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./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
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./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
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mv build/out/bitcoin-*-win-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-win-unsigned.tar.gz
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mv build/out/bitcoin-*.zip build/out/bitcoin-*.exe ../
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./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
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./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
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./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
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mv build/out/bitcoin-*-osx-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz
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mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/bitcoin-*.dmg ../

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