eth/ethconfig: improve error message if TTD missing (#30807)

This updates the message you get when trying to initialize Geth with
genesis.json that doesn't have `terminalTotalDifficulty`. The previous
message was a bit obscure, I had to check the code to find out what the
problem was.
pull/30791/head
Felix Lange 2 months ago committed by GitHub
parent 23800122b3
commit b4d99e3917
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      eth/ethconfig/config.go

@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/gasprice"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/miner"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
)
@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ type Config struct {
// only exist on already merged networks.
func CreateConsensusEngine(config *params.ChainConfig, db ethdb.Database) (consensus.Engine, error) {
if config.TerminalTotalDifficulty == nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("only PoS networks are supported, please transition old ones with Geth v1.13.x")
log.Error("Geth only supports PoS networks. Please transition legacy networks using Geth v1.13.x.")
return nil, fmt.Errorf("'terminalTotalDifficulty' is not set in genesis block")
}
// Wrap previously supported consensus engines into their post-merge counterpart
if config.Clique != nil {

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