Merge branch 'auxpow'

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ jobs:
       CCACHE_MAXSIZE: '200M'
       CI_CCACHE_VERSION: '4.7.5'
       CI_QT_CONF: '-release -silent -opensource -confirm-license -opengl desktop -static -static-runtime -mp -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -nomake examples -nomake tests -nomake tools -no-angle -no-dbus -no-gif -no-gtk -no-ico -no-icu -no-libjpeg -no-libudev -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-odbc -no-sqlite -no-vulkan -skip qt3d -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtcharts -skip qtconnectivity -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdeclarative -skip doc -skip qtdoc -skip qtgamepad -skip qtgraphicaleffects -skip qtimageformats -skip qtlocation -skip qtlottie -skip qtmacextras -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtnetworkauth -skip qtpurchasing -skip qtquick3d -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtquickcontrols2 -skip qtquicktimeline -skip qtremoteobjects -skip qtscript -skip qtscxml -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtserialport -skip qtspeech -skip qtsvg -skip qtvirtualkeyboard -skip qtwayland -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebglplugin -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtwebview -skip qtx11extras -skip qtxmlpatterns -no-openssl -no-feature-bearermanagement -no-feature-printdialog -no-feature-printer -no-feature-printpreviewdialog -no-feature-printpreviewwidget -no-feature-sql -no-feature-sqlmodel -no-feature-textbrowser -no-feature-textmarkdownwriter -no-feature-textodfwriter -no-feature-xml'
-      CI_QT_DIR: 'qt-everywhere-src-5.15.5'
-      CI_QT_URL: 'https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.5/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.5.zip'
+      CI_QT_DIR: 'qt-everywhere-src-5.15.10'
+      CI_QT_URL: 'https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.10/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.10.zip'
       PYTHONUTF8: 1
       TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR: 40
 
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ jobs:
         run: py -3 test\util\rpcauth-test.py
 
       - name: Run functional tests
-        env:
-          TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && '--extended' || '' }}
-        run: py -3 test\functional\test_runner.py --jobs $env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --ci --quiet --tmpdirprefix=$env:RUNNER_TEMP --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=$env:TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR $env:TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA
+        # Don't run functional tests for pull requests.
+        # The test suit regularly fails to complete in windows native github
+        # actions as a child process stops making progress. The root cause has
+        # not yet been determined.
+        # Discussed in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28509
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        run: py -3 test\functional\test_runner.py --jobs $env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --ci --quiet --tmpdirprefix=$env:RUNNER_TEMP --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=$env:TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR --extended

build_msvc/README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Qt
 ---------------------
 To build Bitcoin Core with the GUI, a static build of Qt is required.
 
-1. Download a single ZIP archive of Qt source code from https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/ (e.g., [`qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.5.zip`](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.5/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.5.zip)), and expand it into a dedicated folder. The following instructions assume that this folder is `C:\dev\qt-source`.
+1. Download a single ZIP archive of Qt source code from https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/ (e.g., [`qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.10.zip`](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.10/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.10.zip)), and expand it into a dedicated folder. The following instructions assume that this folder is `C:\dev\qt-source`.
 
 2. Open "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022", and input the following commands:
 ```cmd

ci/test/06_script_b.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Copyright (c) 2018-present The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if [ "$CI_OS_NAME" == "macos" ]; then
 else
   free -m -h
   echo "Number of CPUs (nproc): $(nproc)"
+  echo "System info: $(uname --kernel-name --kernel-release)"
   lscpu
 fi
 echo "Free disk space:"

contrib/devtools/README.md

@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ example:
 BUILDDIR=$PWD/build contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.py
 ```
 
+headerssync-params.py
+=====================
+
+A script to generate optimal parameters for the headerssync module (src/headerssync.cpp). It takes no command-line
+options, as all its configuration is set at the top of the file. It runs many times faster inside PyPy. Invocation:
+
+```bash
+pypy3 contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py
+```
+
 gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
 ===================