allow to start without komodo.conf for KMD

src/bitcoind.cpp

@@ -149,24 +149,6 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         try
         {
             ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
-        } catch (const missing_zcash_conf& e) {
-            fprintf(stderr,
-                (_("Before starting komodod, you need to create a configuration file:\n"
-                   "%s\n"
-                   "It can be completely empty! That indicates you are happy with the default\n"
-                   "configuration of komodod. But requiring a configuration file to start ensures\n"
-                   "that komodod won't accidentally compromise your privacy if there was a default\n"
-                   "option you needed to change.\n"
-                   "\n"
-                   "You can look at the example configuration file for suggestions of default\n"
-                   "options that you may want to change. It should be in one of these locations,\n"
-                   "depending on how you installed Komodo:\n") +
-                 _("- Source code:  %s\n"
-                   "- .deb package: %s\n")).c_str(),
-                GetConfigFile().string().c_str(),
-                "contrib/debian/examples/komodo.conf",
-                "/usr/share/doc/komodo/examples/komodo.conf");
-            return false;
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what());
             return false;

src/init.cpp

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
 #if !defined(WIN32)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-sysperms", _("Create new files with system default permissions, instead of umask 077 (only effective with disabled wallet functionality)"));
 #endif
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc call (default: %u)"), 0));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc call (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_TXINDEX));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-addressindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full address index, used to query for the balance, txids and unspent outputs for addresses (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_ADDRESSINDEX));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-timestampindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a timestamp index for block hashes, used to query blocks hashes by a range of timestamps (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_TIMESTAMPINDEX));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-spentindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full spent index, used to query the spending txid and input index for an outpoint (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_SPENTINDEX));
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ bool AttemptDatabaseOpen(size_t nBlockTreeDBCache, bool dbCompression, size_t db
         }
         KOMODO_LOADINGBLOCKS = false;
         // Check for changed -txindex state
-        if (fTxIndex != GetBoolArg("-txindex", true)) {
+        if (fTxIndex != GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX)) {
             strLoadError = _("You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to change -txindex");
             return false;
         }
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     // if using block pruning, then disable txindex
     // also disable the wallet (for now, until SPV support is implemented in wallet)
     if (GetArg("-prune", 0)) {
-        if (GetBoolArg("-txindex", true))
+        if (GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX))
             return InitError(_("Prune mode is incompatible with -txindex."));
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
         if (!GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false)) {
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         // enable 3/4 of the cache if addressindex and/or spentindex is enabled
         nBlockTreeDBCache = nTotalCache * 3 / 4;
     } else {
-        if (nBlockTreeDBCache > (1 << 21) && !GetBoolArg("-txindex", false)) {
+        if (nBlockTreeDBCache > (1 << 21) && !GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX)) {
             nBlockTreeDBCache = (1 << 21); // block tree db cache shouldn't be larger than 2 MiB
         }
     }

src/main.cpp

@@ -6621,7 +6621,7 @@ bool InitBlockIndex()
     if ( pblocktree != 0 )
     {
         // Use the provided setting for -txindex in the new database
-        fTxIndex = GetBoolArg("-txindex", true);
+        fTxIndex = GetBoolArg("-txindex", DEFAULT_TXINDEX);
         pblocktree->WriteFlag("txindex", fTxIndex);
         // Use the provided setting for -addressindex in the new database
         fAddressIndex = GetBoolArg("-addressindex", DEFAULT_ADDRESSINDEX);

src/main.h

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static const int64_t DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE = 24 * 60 * 60;
 /** Default NSPV support enabled */
 static const bool DEFAULT_NSPV_PROCESSING = false;
 
+static const bool DEFAULT_TXINDEX = true;
 //static const bool DEFAULT_ADDRESSINDEX = false;
 //static const bool DEFAULT_SPENTINDEX = false;
 #define DEFAULT_ADDRESSINDEX (GetArg("-ac_cc",0) != 0 || GetArg("-ac_ccactivate",0) != 0)

src/util.cpp

@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ void ReadConfigFile(map<string, string>& mapSettingsRet,
 
     boost::filesystem::ifstream streamConfig(GetConfigFile());
     if (!streamConfig.good())
-        throw missing_zcash_conf();
+        return; // No komodo.conf file is OK
     set<string> setOptions;
     setOptions.insert("*");
 

src/util.h

@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile();
 boost::filesystem::path GetPidFile();
 void CreatePidFile(const boost::filesystem::path &path, pid_t pid);
 #endif
-class missing_zcash_conf : public std::runtime_error {
-public:
-    missing_zcash_conf() : std::runtime_error("Missing komodo.conf") { }
-};
 void ReadConfigFile(std::map<std::string, std::string>& mapSettingsRet, std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >& mapMultiSettingsRet);
 #ifdef _WIN32
 boost::filesystem::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate = true);