Workaround hangs when upgrading old addr.dat files #1008

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gavinandresen commented at 5:39 PM on March 29, 2012: contributor

This changes the load addr.dat logic so old 'addr' entries are left as-is.

Why: because we saw at least one (and probably 2 or 3) hang-at-startup bugs in rc5 when erasing the old entries.

The result will be larger than necessary addr.dat files for people who upgrade from old releases; I can live with that for this release. The workaround is to just delete addr.dat and let dns or built-in seeding to give you a fresh set of peers.
Workaround hangs when upgrading old addr.dat files 6293a9f87f
sipa commented at 6:59 PM on March 29, 2012: member

ACK. vDelete is obsolete now, but it may be necessary again soon.
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jgarzik commented at 8:35 PM on March 29, 2012: contributor

ACK
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