fix: 31.0:13 — IPC socket crash loop in nocow oneshot (#222)#223
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The nocow oneshot ran `chattr -R +C` over the entire data directory. `chattr` returns "Operation not supported" on Unix socket files, which aborted the oneshot with a non-zero exit code and put the package into a restart loop whenever bitcoin-core.sock was left behind in $rootDir/ipc/ (issue #222). Restrict the recursive chattr to directories and regular files via `find`, and remove any stale IPC socket up front so bitcoin-node can bind cleanly. Bumps to 31.0:13.
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bitcoin-core.sockin$rootDir/ipc/hit a restart loop: thenocowoneshot'schattr -R +C $rootDirreturns "Operation not supported" on Unix socket files and exits non-zero, aborting startup.chattr +Cto directories and regular files viafind … \( -type d -o -type f \) -exec chattr +C {} +, and remove any stale IPC socket up front so bitcoin-node can bind cleanly.Note: 28.x / 29.x / 30.x don't ship IPC, so they can't produce the stale socket and aren't affected. The
find -type d -o -type fchange is a robustness improvement that could be backported defensively, but isn't required to fix this bug.Test plan
npx tsc --noEmitcleanmakebuilds successfully (riscv64 + x86_64, v31.0:13)bitcoin-core.sockin$rootDir/ipc/and confirm bitcoind starts instead of crash-looping