What the developer wrote
Authored by Hennadii Stepanov
doc: Update OpenBSD Build Guide
What changed, and why it matters
This is a routine documentation update for building Bitcoin Core on OpenBSD. It changes the recommended OpenBSD version from 7.6 to 7.8 and replaces instructions to build Cap'n Proto from source with a simpler command to install it via the OpenBSD package manager. There is no code change and no security relevance.
No security action needed. Treat as normal documentation maintenance.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The commit modifies only doc/build-openbsd.md. It updates a version reference hyperlink and swaps a from-source Cap’n Proto build instruction for a pkg_add command. No source code, build system logic, dependency versions, or cryptographic code is altered.
Changed components
doc/build-openbsd.mdInspect captured patch +6 / −3
diff --git a/doc/build-openbsd.md b/doc/build-openbsd.md
index fdeafe88..4ea58795 100644
--- a/doc/build-openbsd.md
+++ b/doc/build-openbsd.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# OpenBSD Build Guide
-**Updated for OpenBSD [7.6](https://www.openbsd.org/76.html)**
+**Updated for OpenBSD [7.8](https://www.openbsd.org/78.html)**
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on OpenBSD.
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ pkg_add sqlite3
To build Bitcoin Core without the wallet, use `-DENABLE_WALLET=OFF`.
-Cap'n Proto is needed for IPC functionality (see [multiprocess.md](multiprocess.md))
-and can be built from source: https://capnproto.org/install.html
+Cap'n Proto is needed for IPC functionality (see [multiprocess.md](multiprocess.md)):
+
+```bash
+pkg_add capnproto
+```
Compile with `-DENABLE_IPC=OFF` if you do not need IPC functionality.
Why this scored 15/100
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