diff --git a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/libunknown-0.2.1.tm b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/libunknown-0.2.1.tm
index c0d92a16..84d84eb8 100644
--- a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/libunknown-0.2.1.tm
+++ b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/libunknown-0.2.1.tm
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ tcl::namespace::eval ::punk::libunknown {
     proc zipfs_tm_UnknownHandler {original name args} {
         #------------------------------
         #shortcircuit for builtin static libraries which have no 'package provide' info - review
-        #This occurs for example when running 'bin\runtime.cmd run src\make.tcl shell' with punk902z.exe
+        #This occurs for example when running 'bin\punk-runtime.cmd run src\make.tcl shell' with punk902z.exe
         #
         #------------------------------
         set loaded [lsearch -inline -index 1 -nocase [info loaded] $name]
diff --git a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.2.tm b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.2.tm
index 48c8597e..b91bdca2 100644
--- a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.2.tm
+++ b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.2.tm
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+# Maintenance Instruction: leave the 999999.xxx.x as is and use 'deck make' or src/make.tcl to update from <pkg>-buildversion.txt
+# @@ Meta Begin
+# Application punk::mix::base 0.1.2
+# @@ Meta End
 package provide punk::mix::base [namespace eval punk::mix::base {
 	variable version
 	set version 0.1.2
 }]
-#version history (manually versioned module - real version is the filename/provide value)
-#0.1.2 - fix: cksum_path hung forever on files on non-native (vfs-mounted e.g //zipfs:/) filesystems - the tcllib -file digest modes read via fileevent+vwait and vfs channels never deliver fileevents. Files on non-native filesystems are now slurped and digested in data mode (new cksum_data_command per algorithm incl new cksum_adler32_data/cksum_crc_data helpers; exec-based sha3 returns an unsupported_algorithm_for_vfs_path error for vfs paths). Needed for punkcheck::install from module-carried //zipfs:/ layout payloads (G-087 stage 3).
-#0.1.1 - fix: get_template_basefolders no-handler warning used 'put' instead of 'puts'; missing-handler path now warns and returns an empty dict instead of erroring on an unset variable
 
 package require punk::path
 package require punk::lib ;#format_number etc
diff --git a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.1.tm b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.2.tm
similarity index 98%
rename from src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.1.tm
rename to src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.2.tm
index 325f4f07..47d523f7 100644
--- a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.1.tm
+++ b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/cli-0.5.2.tm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # (C) 2023
 #
 # @@ Meta Begin
-# Application punk::mix::cli 0.5.1
+# Application punk::mix::cli 0.5.2
 # Meta platform     tcl
 # Meta license      <unspecified>
 # @@ Meta End
@@ -951,8 +951,20 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::cli {
                                     set wd [pwd]
                                     cd $buildfolder
                                     puts "zipfs mkzip $zipfile #modpod-$basename-$module_build_version"
-                                    zipfs mkzip $zipfile #modpod-$basename-$module_build_version
+                                    set mkzip_failed [catch {zipfs mkzip $zipfile #modpod-$basename-$module_build_version} errMkzip]
                                     cd $wd
+                                    if {$mkzip_failed} {
+                                        #Known core defect: Tcl 8.7 builds predating core fix c971e6c7c4 error
+                                        #'non-unique path name' on dot-prefixed entries on Windows (core tkt
+                                        #7d5f1c13089d463e7796 'zipfs mkzip broken on Windows dotfiles') - hit by
+                                        #layout .fossil-custom/.fossil-settings payloads in the templates modpod.
+                                        #Fall back to punk::zip::mkzip, the established path for zipfs-less
+                                        #interps (stores unix-style permissions and folder entries - an accepted
+                                        #archive variant; modpod stubs read both shapes).
+                                        puts stderr "zipfs mkzip failed under Tcl [info patchlevel] ($errMkzip) - falling back to punk::zip::mkzip (known pre-c971e6c7c4 Tcl 8.7 zipfs dotfile defect - core tkt 7d5f1c13089d463e7796)"
+                                        catch {file delete -- $zipfile} ;#a failed zipfs mkzip can leave a partial target zip - punk::zip::mkzip refuses to overwrite
+                                        punk::zip::mkzip -base $buildfolder -directory $buildfolder/#modpod-$basename-$module_build_version  -- $zipfile *
+                                    }
 
                                 } else {
                                     #use -base $buildfolder so that -directory is included in the archive - the modpod stub relies on this - and extraction would be potentially messy otherwise
@@ -1652,6 +1664,6 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::cli {
 ##  Ready
 package provide punk::mix::cli [namespace eval punk::mix::cli {
     variable version
-    set version 0.5.1
+    set version 0.5.2
 }]
 return
diff --git a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/templates-0.2.0.tm b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/templates-0.2.0.tm
index 449b65a6..5a593227 100644
Binary files a/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/templates-0.2.0.tm and b/src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs/modules/punk/mix/templates-0.2.0.tm differ