Merge pull request #2198

53af9768 blockchain: one off warning when seeing a block with unknown version (moneromooo-monero)

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
index 745608b9f..1602cd06d 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
@@ -3097,6 +3097,8 @@ bool Blockchain::handle_block_to_main_chain(const block& bl, const crypto::hash&
   CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_blockchain_lock);
   TIME_MEASURE_START(t1);
 
+  static bool seen_future_version = false;
+
   m_db->block_txn_start(true);
   if(bl.prev_id != get_tail_id())
   {
@@ -3106,6 +3108,18 @@ leave:
     return false;
   }
 
+  // warn users if they're running an old version
+  if (!seen_future_version && bl.major_version > m_hardfork->get_ideal_version())
+  {
+    seen_future_version = true;
+    const el::Level level = el::Level::Warning;
+    MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "**********************************************************************");
+    MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "A block was seen on the network with a version higher than the last");
+    MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "known one. This may be an old version of the daemon, and a software");
+    MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "update may be required to sync further. Try running: update check");
+    MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "**********************************************************************");
+  }
+
   // this is a cheap test
   if (!m_hardfork->check(bl))
   {