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8f4fed7ec70093e2535423d63e9f9dd400c378ac symbol-check: Add check for application manifest in Windows binaries (Hennadii Stepanov)
2bb6ab8f1baa4b3d72b3ccde7f5fa96f8ca330aa ci: Add "Get bitcoind manifest" steps to Windows CI jobs (Hennadii Stepanov)
282b4913c7e4d4b5a141c9f89da97a65ee86bdd9 cmake: Add application manifests when cross-compiling for Windows (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
Windows [application manifests ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/application-manifests) provide several benefits—such as enhanced security settings, and the ability to set a process-wide code page (required for https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32380), as well as granular control over supported Windows versions. Most of these benefits lie beyond the scope of this PR and will be evaluated separately.
On the current master branch @ fc6346dbc8dc3db40aad4079210332b5f8b332ed, the linker generates and embeds a manifest only when building with MSVC:
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"></requestedExecutionLevel>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>
```
However, this manifest fails validation:
```
> mt.exe -nologo -inputresource:build\bin\Release\bitcoind.exe -validate_manifest
mt.exe : general error 10100ba: The manifest is missing the definition identity.
```
This PR unifies manifest embedding for both native and cross-compilation builds.
Here is the change in the manifest on Windows:
```diff
--- bitcoind-master.manifest
+++ bitcoind-pr.manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+ <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="org.bitcoincore.bitcoind" version="29.99.0.0"></assemblyIdentity>
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
```
which effectively resolves the "missing the definition identity" error.
Finally, “Get bitcoind manifest” steps have been added to the Windows CI jobs to ensure the manifest is embedded and validated.
ACKs for top commit:
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re-tACK 8f4fed7ec70093e2535423d63e9f9dd400c378ac.
hodlinator:
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