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doc: update HACKING.md

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Michael Schmoock 4 years ago
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@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ Here's a list of parts, with notes:
Debugging
---------
You can build c-lightning with DEVELOPER=1 to use dev commands listed in ``cli/lightning-cli help``. ``./configure --enable-developer`` will do that. You can log console messages with log_info() in lightningd and status_debug() in other subdaemons.
You can build c-lightning with DEVELOPER=1 to use dev commands listed in
``cli/lightning-cli help``. ``./configure --enable-developer`` will do that.
You can log console messages with log_info() in lightningd and status_debug()
in other subdaemons.
You can debug crashing subdaemons with the argument
`--dev-debugger=channeld`, where `channeld` is the subdaemon name. It
@ -155,8 +158,8 @@ Each address generated after `bip32_max_index` is not included as
lightning funds.
Testing
-------
Build and Development
---------------------
Install `valgrind` and the python dependencies for best results:
```
@ -168,12 +171,16 @@ pip3 install --user \
-r contrib/pyln-testing/requirements.txt
```
Re-run `configure` for the python dependencies
Re-run `configure` for the python dependencies and build using `make`.
```
./configure --enable-developer
make -j$(nproc)
```
Testing
-------
Tests are run with: `make check [flags]` where the pertinent flags are:
```
@ -225,6 +232,20 @@ There are three kinds of tests:
Our Travis CI instance (see `.travis.yml`) runs all these for each
pull request.
#### Additional Environment Variables
```
TEST_CHECK_DBSTMTS=[0|1] - When running blackbox tests, this will
load a plugin that logs all compiled
and expanded database statements.
Note: Only SQLite3.
TEST_DB_PROVIDER=[sqlite3|postgres] - Selects the database to use when running
blackbox tests.
NO_PYTHON=[0|1] - Disables the usage of python when using
`make`. Useful to discover if regeneration
of e.g. `wallet/db_sqlite3_sqlgen.c` would
be required to build the source correctly.
```
Making BOLT Modifications
-------------------------

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