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[BUG] - macOS baremetal is launching bitcoind not bitcoin-qt

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
32/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, shell

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Locate the macOS baremetal launch path and inspect how TERM and the selected Bitcoin Core executable are determined; done means macOS launches bitcoin-qt rather than bitcoind, with a reproducible verification case.

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Description

bug
Expected Behavior

bitcoin-qt should run on macOS, not bitcoind

Actual Behavior

Might be because TERM is not defined

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Shell
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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