Bug 1866024

Summary:	Library was built without required module (--enable-module-recovery), so I cannot run Electrum wallet
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jesús Abelardo Saldívar Aguilar <jasaldivara>
Component:	libsecp256k1	Assignee:	Jonny Heggheim <hegjon>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jesús Abelardo Saldívar Aguilar 2020-08-04 16:52:51 UTC

Description of problem:

I have installed the Electrum Bitcoin Wallet, but i can't run it because libsecp256k1 was built whitout required module (--enable-module-recovery)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

0.20.9-2.fc32

How reproducible:

Install Electrum Bitcoin Wallet from Python sources following the instructions on https://electrum.org/#download

Trying to run Electrum

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download Electrum python sources from: https://download.electrum.org/4.0.2/Electrum-4.0.2.tar.gz

2. Install it with PIP: pip install --user Electrum-4.0.2.tar.gz

3. Try tu run Electrum

Actual results:

It fails, showing this error message:

E | ecc_fast | failed to load libsecp256k1: LibModuleMissing('libsecp256k1 library found but it was built without required module (--enable-module-recovery)')
Error: Failed to load libsecp256k1.



Expected results:


Electrum Wallet running ok.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Jonny Heggheim 2020-08-04 18:22:27 UTC

New update for Fedora 32 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-f65cf45538

The version of libsecp256k1 included in Fedora is a version maintained by Bitcoin-ABC that have support for Schnorr signature.