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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 11:45:35 -0400
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To: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] How to create a pull tester JAR
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Thanks for posting that (and implicitly archiving the knowledge).  Anything
that makes test improvement easier is welcomed.


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net> wrote:

> I just checked in a change to bitcoinj git master that makes it much
> easier to create a pull tester jar. Here are instructions for how to do it.
>
> You will need:
>
>    - A Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6 or up should work. As Java 6
>    was released eight years ago, this should not be a challenging requirement.
>    If you have a Mac just running "java" from the command line should give you
>    a GUI prompt to install it automatically. Otherwise apt-get or fetch the
>    latest from the interwebs.
>
>    - Apache Maven. This is a rough equivalent of autotools, except it
>    does dependency resolution for you. Grab it from
>    http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi then unzip it and make sure the
>    bin directory is in your PATH. You may need to set the JAVA_HOME
>    environment variable if you installed Java to an odd place.
>
>    - git
>
> Make sure you can run "javac" from the command line, then make sure you
> can run "mvn", it should complain it can't find a POM (this is a build
> config file) and not, say, that it can't find Java.
>
> Now grab bitcoinj from git master:
>
> git clone https://github.com/bitcoinj/bitcoinj.git
>
> ... and build ....
>
> cd bitcoinj
> mvn -DskipTests package
>
> It will go off and download the libraries needed, compile, and create a
> bundled executable JAR called core/target/pull-tests.jar. This is sort of
> analogous to static linking in the Java world. It should be fast - expect a
> full build plus downloads to take less than a minute. You can use it either
> with the QA scripts in the bitcoin core qa/pull-tester directory or just
> run things directly:
>
> ./bitcoind -regtest -connect=0.0.0.0 -listen -whitelist=127.0.0.1
> -datadir=/tmp/pulltester
> java -jar core/target/pull-tests.jar
>
> It should go ahead and print lots of debug spew, then at the end say it's
> happy.
>
> Let me know if you encounter any problems with this.
>
> Java JARs (which are just zip files renamed) are easily reproduced if you
> use the same version of javac and the same bitcoinj version. The ZIP
> container has timestamps, but unzipping them and simply diffing the files
> between two builds should reveal no differences. I am happy to provide a
> pull-tests.jar from my local machine if anyone would like to do this.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Thanks for posting that (and implicitly archiving the=
 knowledge).=C2=A0 Anything that makes test improvement easier is welcomed.=
<br></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mike Hearn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:mike@plan99.net" target=3D"_blank">mike@plan99.net</a>&gt;<=
/span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I just checked in a change =
to bitcoinj git master that makes it much easier to create a pull tester ja=
r. Here are instructions for how to do it.<div>

<br></div><div>You will need:</div><div><ul><li>A Java Development Kit (JDK=
), version 6 or up should work. As Java 6 was released eight years ago, thi=
s should not be a challenging requirement. If you have a Mac just running &=
quot;java&quot; from the command line should give you a GUI prompt to insta=
ll it automatically. Otherwise apt-get or fetch the latest from the interwe=
bs.<br>


<br></li><li>Apache Maven. This is a rough equivalent of autotools, except =
it does dependency resolution for you. Grab it from=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://=
maven.apache.org/download.cgi" target=3D"_blank">http://maven.apache.org/do=
wnload.cgi</a> then unzip it and make sure the bin directory is in your PAT=
H. You may need to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable if you installed =
Java to an odd place.<br>


<br></li><li>git</li></ul></div><div>Make sure you can run &quot;javac&quot=
; from the command line, then make sure you can run &quot;mvn&quot;, it sho=
uld complain it can&#39;t find a POM (this is a build config file) and not,=
 say, that it can&#39;t find Java.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Now grab bitcoinj from git master:</div><div><br></div>=
<div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">git clone=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:=
//github.com/bitcoinj/bitcoinj.git" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bi=
tcoinj/bitcoinj.git</a></font></div>


<div><br></div><div>... and build ....</div><div><br></div><div><font face=
=3D"courier new, monospace">cd bitcoinj</font></div><div><font face=3D"cour=
ier new, monospace">mvn -DskipTests package</font></div><div><br></div><div=
>


It will go off and download the libraries needed, compile, and create a bun=
dled executable JAR called core/target/pull-tests.jar. This is sort of anal=
ogous to static linking in the Java world. It should be fast - expect a ful=
l build plus downloads to take less than a minute. You can use it either wi=
th the QA scripts in the bitcoin core qa/pull-tester directory or just run =
things directly:</div>


<div><br></div><div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">./bitcoind -regte=
st -connect=3D0.0.0.0 -listen -whitelist=3D127.0.0.1 -datadir=3D/tmp/pullte=
ster</font></div><div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">java -jar core/=
target/pull-tests.jar</font></div>


<div><br></div><div>It should go ahead and print lots of debug spew, then a=
t the end say it&#39;s happy.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you e=
ncounter any problems with this.</div><div><br></div><div>Java JARs (which =
are just zip files renamed) are easily reproduced if you use the same versi=
on of javac and the same bitcoinj version. The ZIP container has timestamps=
, but unzipping them and simply diffing the files between two builds should=
 reveal no differences. I am happy to provide a pull-tests.jar from my loca=
l machine if anyone would like to do this.</div>


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oin core developer and open source evangelist<br>BitPay, Inc. =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
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