Merge #29719: [26.x] final changes for 26.1

cc0553d [doc] add manual pages for 26.1 (glozow)
785242d [doc] update release notes 26.1 (glozow)
5f06dcf [build] bump version to 26.1 final (glozow)
b53bf22 ci, macos: Use `--break-system-packages` with Homebrew's python (Hennadii Stepanov)
324e562 ci: Add workaround for Homebrew's python link error (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  Final changes for `v26.1`.

  Bins for rc2 have been available for 10 days and I haven't seen any bug reports or new things to add.
  Includes #29610 backport for the CI, which has no effect on what goes into the release.
  Website PR: bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org#1009

ACKs for top commit:
  hebasto:
    ACK cc0553d.
  fanquake:
    ACK cc0553d
  stickies-v:
    ACK cc0553d (modulo CI passing)

Tree-SHA512: d032157c7cdf07a474e40b947f7e51bfc6a8e280e43345522bad67b6ad449d473f29bf03ee845b2e403693c1c81078589d042337c895eceb8a59cb4340432887

.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 python@3.12 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/bitcoin-cli.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-cli v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-cli v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,params\/\fR]  \fI\,Send command to Bitcoin Core\/\fR
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.1.0rc2
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help <command>      Get help for a command\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core RPC client version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin Core RPC client version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-qt v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-qt v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-qt
 [\fI\,command-line options\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin Core version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-tx v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-tx v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<hex-tx> \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Update hex-encoded bitcoin transaction\/\fR
 .br
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,-create \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]   \fI\,Create hex-encoded bitcoin transaction\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/bitcoin-util.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-util v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-util v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Do stuff\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.1.0
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?

doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "March 2024" "bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v26.1.0
 .PP
 bitcoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
 By default bitcoin\-wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.

doc/man/bitcoind.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIND "1" "March 2024" "bitcoind v26.1.0rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIND "1" "March 2024" "bitcoind v26.1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v26.1.0rc2
+bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v26.1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoind
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]                     \fI\,Start Bitcoin Core\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core version v26.1.0rc2
+Bitcoin 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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