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7b00595d335915dc2bf856e3569115996381a402 build: stop overriding user CXXFLAGS (fanquake)
3e2ef23c3e838acbc2cba7d26a36a4c6008faa24 build: stop overriding user LDFLAGS (fanquake)
35c3fd43c3d5a1c7e1b32865ddc2b046ad448986 build: stop overriding user CPPFLAGS (fanquake)
bc7cc576072703e4521844b949af5ce7d7e4722a doc: explain why we clear CXXFLAGS with enable-debug (fanquake)
Pull request description:
Historically our build system has hijacked `CXXFLAGS` and friends, and this has always been a source of complaints from users and developers. With this PR, we move away from using `CXXFLAGS`, `CPPFLAGS` and `LDFLAGS`, and instead use `CORE_*FLAGS` variables for our flags / options, leaving autoconfs `FLAG` vars to the user.
Note that there are currently two cases where we will at least clear `CXXFLAGS` (if not alreaddy overridden by the user), when doing debugging or when coverage is enabled, to avoid Autoconfs `-g -O2` CXXFLAG default.
ACKs for top commit:
hebasto:
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Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree
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Further information about Bitcoin Core is available in the doc folder.
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source software which enables the use of this currency.
For more information read the original Bitcoin whitepaper.
License
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Development Process
The master branch is regularly built (see doc/build-*.md for instructions) and tested, but it is not guaranteed to be
completely stable. Tags are created
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The https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui repository is used exclusively for the development of the GUI. Its master branch is identical in all monotree repositories. Release branches and tags do not exist, so please do not fork that repository unless it is for development reasons.
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and extending unit tests can be found in /src/test/README.md.
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