[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/bitcoin: security bump to version 0.21.1

Fabrice Fontaine fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com
Thu May 13 18:39:15 UTC 2021


Dear Alex,

Le jeu. 13 mai 2021 à 19:34, Alexander Dahl <post at lespocky.de> a écrit :
>
> Hello buildroot folks,
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:21:20PM +0200, Fabrice Fontaine wrote:
> > Tag as a security bump as having an up to date bitcoin is important:
> > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20200202085526.35742-1-james.hilliard1@gmail.com
> >
> > https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.1.md
>
> Instead of patching this thing, wouldn't it be better to remove
> bitcoin support?  After all it's just a ponzi scheme with a humongous
> bad environmental impact.  The electricity consumption is estimated
> for around 180 TWh for 2021 alone, a lot sourced from dirty coal
> power, with the potential risk of worsening power grid stability in
> some places of the world.
>
> I don't think it's ethically justifiable to support proof-of-work
> stuff like this.
I've nothing against dropping this package.
>
> Greets
> Alex
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash | 4 ++--
> >  package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk   | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> > index 3c65c3d730..6ea3398037 100644
> > --- a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> > +++ b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> > -# From https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.0/SHA256SUMS.asc
> > -sha256  1a91202c62ee49fb64d57a52b8d6d01cd392fffcbef257b573800f9289655f37  bitcoin-0.21.0.tar.gz
> > +# From https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.1/SHA256SUMS.asc
> > +sha256  caff23449220cf45753f312cefede53a9eac64000bb300797916526236b6a1e0  bitcoin-0.21.1.tar.gz
> >
> >  # Hash for license file
> >  sha256  96fe807030b21f88305adc32af62f9aa19915f2783509fd6f52aea02cf83f644  COPYING
> > diff --git a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> > index 5f1684879c..142521835c 100644
> > --- a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> > +++ b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >  #
> >  ################################################################################
> >
> > -BITCOIN_VERSION = 0.21.0
> > +BITCOIN_VERSION = 0.21.1
> >  BITCOIN_SITE = https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-$(BITCOIN_VERSION)
> >  BITCOIN_AUTORECONF = YES
> >  BITCOIN_LICENSE = MIT
> > --
> > 2.30.2
> >
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Best Regards,

Fabrice



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