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  "summary": "Adds a unit test in `fs_tests` verifying that `fs::copy_file` with `copy_options::overwrite_existing` succeeds. The test exercises a specific upstream libstdc++ bug on Windows where the call fails with a `File exists` error.",
  "problem": "Wallet migration code (`BerkeleyRODatabase::Backup()`) relies on `fs::copy_file` successfully overwriting an existing file. In certain GCC toolchains targeting Windows (GCC 12.x, GCC < 13.4, and GCC < 14.3), libstdc++ fails with `filesystem error: cannot copy file: File exists`, but unit tests lacked coverage to detect this toolchain bug.",
  "card": "Adds a unit test in fs_tests to verify that fs::copy_file with overwrite_existing works correctly. Certain GCC libstdc++ releases targeting Windows (such as GCC 14.2.0) throw a filesystem error claiming the file exists even when overwrite_existing is specified. Wallet migration relies on this function during BerkeleyRODatabase::Backup, and the new test ensures affected toolchains fail CI fs_tests.",
  "evidence": [
   "Commit message cites upstream GCC patches fixing the bug (017e3f89b081, 35c98149a5c7, 8b3e47b4099f).",
   "PR description links to a CI failure demonstrating the test failing under GCC 14.2.0 cross-compilation for Windows: `std::filesystem::__cxx11::filesystem_error: filesystem error: cannot copy file: File exists`.",
   "PR description points directly to `BerkeleyRODatabase::Backup()` in `src/wallet/migrate.cpp` as relying on this behavior."
  ],
  "scope_notes": "",
  "changed_since_previous": "No functional changes to the patch; the previously missing diff is now provided.",
  "thread": {
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    "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/36620#issuecomment-6420696121",
    "what": "response to maflcko and theuni regarding alternative approaches such as fixing migration not to overwrite"
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   "why": "Touches only unit tests in fs_tests; a failure only affects test execution on buggy toolchains."
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   "author_status": "last statement processed 2026-10-26",
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    "maflcko: reject g++-mingw versions less than 14.3 during configure instead of adding the test",
    "theuni: pursue alternatives such as blocking the compiler or removing copy_options rather than adding a test that fails where expected",
    "maflcko: fix migration not to overwrite existing files instead of relying on copy_file with overwrite_existing"
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   "resolved_concerns": [
    "maflcko: address Ralph's comment from the previous PR (fixed by hebasto 2026-10-23)",
    "fanquake: why this bug specifically and which users in what environments are expected to hit this (answered by hebasto 2026-10-23)",
    "fanquake: explain the utility of adding a test for a compiler bug given end-users rarely run tests or hit runtime issues (answered by hebasto 2026-10-23)",
    "fanquake: whether libstdc++ should be patched in Guix and backported to point releases if the issue is serious enough for a unit test (answered by hebasto 2026-10-23)"
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   "state": "Ready",
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   "reason": "Nothing known that would invalidate a review now."
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  "agreement": {
   "state": "Positive",
   "summary": "Positive: support without stated reasons, no open objection (maflcko)",
   "reason": "Added maflcko's suggestion in c:6420696121 that migration shouldn't overwrite, which also contributes to the discussion started in c:6371922580.",
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    "maflcko (suggestion, approach, must be answered, open): fix migration not to overwrite existing files instead of relying on copy_file with overwrite_existing",
    "maflcko: support \u2014 Seems harmless to add the test."
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     "question": "why this bug specifically and which users in what environments are expected to hit this",
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     "evidence": "2026-10-23: 'Can you elaborate on the motivation here? Why this bug specifically? Which users (compiling in what currently used  environments) do we expect to hit this?'",
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     "resolution_evidence": "2026-10-23: hebasto: 'Even after #36042, users can hit this bug in a build environment we don\u2019t control'",
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     "evidence": "2026-10-23: 'It's not clear that adding a test here is that useful, unless you expect cross-compiling end-users are running the unit test binary on their systems before running bitcoind?'",
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