Since #31375, Linux installs ship a bitcoin wrapper in bin/ that dispatches to multiprocess binaries in libexec/. Copying only bitcoind/bitcoin-qt leaves those stale. Tell users to copy over bin/ and libexec/ instead.
Fixes #36431.
doc: fix How to Upgrade section for bitcoin wrapper and libexec #36441
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yashspidey commented at 9:08 PM on October 5, 2026: contributor
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doc: fix How to Upgrade section for bitcoin wrapper and libexec
Since #31375, Linux installs ship a bitcoin wrapper in bin/ that dispatches to multiprocess binaries in libexec/. Copying only bitcoind/bitcoin-qt leaves those stale. Tell users to copy over bin/ and libexec/ instead. Fixes #36431.
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DrahtBot commented at 9:08 PM on October 5, 2026: contributor
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- fanquake added this to the milestone 32.0 on Oct 11, 2026
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fanquake commented at 3:27 AM on October 12, 2026: member
Backported this to
32.xby directly editing the wiki: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/32.0-Release-Notes-Draft.
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