Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security
issues.
macOS Monterey 12 received its final security update (12.7.6) on July
2024. Apple classifies the hardware that can run macOS 12 at most as
"obsolete worldwide".
57f3f5cecf doc: s/Compiler/Dependency in dependencies.md (fanquake)
bf846779ca doc: cleanup wallet docs in build-osx.md (fanquake)
Pull request description:
Re-order legacy and descriptor wallet section.
Installing sqlite isn't required (the version pre-installed on macOS is just as good as what will be installed via `brew`).
Remove prelude that pointlessly repeats the same info.
Basically the macOS version of #23446.
Includes a small fixup from #23565.
ACKs for top commit:
RandyMcMillan:
ACK 57f3f5c
hebasto:
ACK 57f3f5cecf, I have reviewed the changes and they look OK, I agree they can be merged.
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This pr makes the macOS build docs more informative and adds in the following information:
- Proper descriptions and delineation of required/optional dependencies
- walk-through of optional dependencies
- configuration walk-through
- various other tid-bits of information
Brew has updated such that qt now refers to Qt 6.0.1. If builders
install this, configure will not work pick up qt. For now, install
qt@5 (5.15.2), until required build system and likely source changes
are made.
63ce882760 doc: link to homebrew's troubleshooting page (Gastón I. Silva)
Pull request description:
A trivial documentation update.
When I was following the build steps for mac, I had some errors installing the dependencies. After searching on the Internet, and correcting the errors, I found that `brew doctor` had all the answers I needed. Could have skipped the Internet searches all together.
ACKs for top commit:
fanquake:
ACK 63ce882760 - a link to the troubleshooting page seems fine. I wouldn't really want our README to have anything more specific than that.
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c8edc2c [docs] initial QT documentation, move Qt Creator instructions (Sjors Provoost)
Pull request description:
I'll update this as I figure out how everything is tied together, but I think it's a useful enough start.
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