Merge bitcoin#9822: Remove block file location upgrade code

4b183d3 Remove block file location upgrade code (Marko Bencun)

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src/init.cpp

@@ -1675,32 +1675,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     fReindex = GetBoolArg("-reindex", false);
     bool fReindexChainState = GetBoolArg("-reindex-chainstate", false);
 
-    // Upgrading to 0.8; hard-link the old blknnnn.dat files into /blocks/
-    boost::filesystem::path blocksDir = GetDataDir() / "blocks";
-    if (!boost::filesystem::exists(blocksDir))
-    {
-        boost::filesystem::create_directories(blocksDir);
-        bool linked = false;
-        for (unsigned int i = 1; i < 10000; i++) {
-            boost::filesystem::path source = GetDataDir() / strprintf("blk%04u.dat", i);
-            if (!boost::filesystem::exists(source)) break;
-            boost::filesystem::path dest = blocksDir / strprintf("blk%05u.dat", i-1);
-            try {
-                boost::filesystem::create_hard_link(source, dest);
-                LogPrintf("Hardlinked %s -> %s\n", source.string(), dest.string());
-                linked = true;
-            } catch (const boost::filesystem::filesystem_error& e) {
-                // Note: hardlink creation failing is not a disaster, it just means
-                // blocks will get re-downloaded from peers.
-                LogPrintf("Error hardlinking blk%04u.dat: %s\n", i, e.what());
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (linked)
-        {
-            fReindex = true;
-        }
-    }
+    boost::filesystem::create_directories(GetDataDir() / "blocks");
 
     // cache size calculations
     int64_t nTotalCache = (GetArg("-dbcache", nDefaultDbCache) << 20);