Package: bitcoind Version: 0.5.1-2 Severity: wishlist Currently bitcoind uses the ~/.bitcoin/ directory to store two different types of file:
* small, personal files which need to be kept safe and backed-up etc.: wallet.dat, bitcoin.conf * large files which can be recreated (redownloaded from the P2P network) if lost: the block database, i.e. blkindex.dat, blkxxxx.dat and related files It would be nice if it were possible to store these two groups of files in two separate directories, i.e. keep wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf in ~/.bitcoin/, and move the second group to a different directory. This would make it easier to do things like keeping the wallet file on an encrypted filesystem, excluding the block database from backups, etc. If I understand correctly, the second group of files are effectively cache files, insomuch as they can be recreated if lost; thus it might be best to put them in a suitable system directory such as a subdirectory of $XDG_CACHE_HOME (i.e. ~/.cache/ by default) or a user-owned directory in /var/tmp/ (which is user-writable on Debian). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
