Merge branch 'auxpow-26.x' into 26.x

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Homebrew packages
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: 1
-        run: brew install automake libtool pkg-config gnu-getopt ccache boost libevent miniupnpc libnatpmp zeromq qt@5 qrencode
+        run: |
+          # A workaround for "The `brew link` step did not complete successfully" error.
+          brew install python@3 || brew link --overwrite python@3
+          brew install automake libtool pkg-config gnu-getopt ccache boost libevent miniupnpc libnatpmp zeromq qt@5 qrencode
 
       - name: Set Ccache directory
         run: echo "CCACHE_DIR=${RUNNER_TEMP}/ccache_dir" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
-export PIP_PACKAGES="zmq"
+# Homebrew's [email protected] is marked as externally managed (PEP 668).
+# Therefore, `--break-system-packages` is needed.
+export PIP_PACKAGES="--break-system-packages zmq"
 export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-gui --with-miniupnpc --with-natpmp --enable-reduce-exports"
 export CI_OS_NAME="macos"

configure.ac

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 26)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 2)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2023)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])

doc/man/namecoin-cli.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIN-CLI "1" "March 2024" "namecoin-cli v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIN-CLI "1" "April 2024" "namecoin-cli v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoin-cli \- manual page for namecoin-cli v26.1.0rc2
+namecoin-cli \- manual page for namecoin-cli v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B namecoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,params\/\fR]  \fI\,Send command to Namecoin Core\/\fR
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namecoin-cli \- manual page for namecoin-cli v26.1.0rc2
 .B namecoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help <command>      Get help for a command\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core RPC client version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core RPC client version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/namecoin-qt.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIN-QT "1" "March 2024" "namecoin-qt v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIN-QT "1" "April 2024" "namecoin-qt v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoin-qt \- manual page for namecoin-qt v26.1.0rc2
+namecoin-qt \- manual page for namecoin-qt v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B namecoin-qt
 [\fI\,command-line options\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/namecoin-tx.1

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIN-TX "1" "March 2024" "namecoin-tx v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIN-TX "1" "April 2024" "namecoin-tx v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoin-tx \- manual page for namecoin-tx v26.1.0rc2
+namecoin-tx \- manual page for namecoin-tx v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B namecoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<hex-tx> \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Update hex-encoded transaction\/\fR
 .br
 .B namecoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,-create \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]   \fI\,Create hex-encoded transaction\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core namecoin\-tx utility version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core namecoin\-tx utility version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/namecoin-util.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIN-UTIL "1" "March 2024" "namecoin-util v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIN-UTIL "1" "April 2024" "namecoin-util v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoin-util \- manual page for namecoin-util v26.1.0rc2
+namecoin-util \- manual page for namecoin-util v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Do stuff\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/namecoin-wallet.1

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIN-WALLET "1" "March 2024" "namecoin-wallet v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIN-WALLET "1" "April 2024" "namecoin-wallet v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoin-wallet \- manual page for namecoin-wallet v26.1.0rc2
+namecoin-wallet \- manual page for namecoin-wallet v26.1.0
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core namecoin\-wallet version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core namecoin\-wallet version v26.1.0
 .PP
 namecoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Namecoin Core wallet files.
 By default namecoin\-wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.

doc/man/namecoind.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH NAMECOIND "1" "March 2024" "namecoind v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH NAMECOIND "1" "April 2024" "namecoind v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-namecoind \- manual page for namecoind v26.1.0rc2
+namecoind \- manual page for namecoind v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B namecoind
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]                     \fI\,Start Namecoin Core\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Namecoin Core version v26.1.0rc2
+Namecoin Core version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-26.1rc1 Release Notes
+26.1 Release Notes
 ==================
 
-Bitcoin Core version 26.1rc1 is now available from:
+Bitcoin Core version 26.1 is now available from:
 
-  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-26.1/test.rc1/>
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-26.1/>
 
-This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance
+This release includes various bug fixes and performance
 improvements, as well as updated translations.
 
 Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Notable changes
 
 - #28992 ci: Use Ubuntu 24.04 Noble for asan,tsan,tidy,fuzz
 - #29080 ci: Set HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK to avoid unrelated failures
+- #29610 ci: Fix "macOS native" job
 
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