User requirements batch 2026-07-20 integrated:
- G-103 runtime kit family: buildsuites produce self-contained kits whose
info library and batteries live in the initially attached zip - PLAIN
tclsh kit (Thread + tclvfs/vfs::* + tcllib/tcllibc), PUNK kit (piperepl
applied, ENABLED BY DEFAULT with env opt-out - gating review agreed; the
plain kit serves stock semantics), BI kits adding libraries we build (Tk
now; sqlite3/tdom easy/moderate futures; twapi flagged needs-investigation
under the zig-only policy). tcllib+tcllibc in all members (user lean,
agreed). Artifact metadata in punkbin (+compatible repos) surfaced by the
runtime scriptset list/use. G-018 flagged as substantially subsumed. 8.6
variant deferred through G-101 (static-vfs/metakit questions noted there).
- G-104 make.tcl buildsuite surface: list / info <suite> / build <suite>
with suites SELF-describing (info contract survives the G-102 driver
migration; copied trees appear automatically). mapvfs single-kit/list
wishes noted as sibling ergonomics.
- G-105 cross-target builds: -target as an invocation dimension (suite
folders stay version-named), linux x86_64 first verified via local WSL
with its own test baseline; zig tier findings VERIFIED and recorded -
the freebsd asymmetry suspicion is inverted (freebsd AS TARGET was the
gap, closed in zig 0.16 for FreeBSD 14+ with CI-tested x86_64/aarch64;
building FROM freebsd was already fine); macOS-as-target (SDK/frameworks)
recorded as the hard case; fully-static-musl dlopen limitation drives a
dynamic first linux target.
Cross-edits: G-096 piperepl matrix gains the kit-default policy update
(punk kits opt-out not opt-in); G-101 records the 8.6 kit-family
dependency; G-102 notes the family/target/surface as build-graph products.
goals_lint clean.
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Direction agreed 2026-07-20: the whole buildsuite pipeline becomes
drivable with only the pinned zig toolchain present. Pre-tclsh phases
(fetch, configure-product generation, compile) move into the zig build
layer with sources in a content-hashed zon-shaped manifest (fossil
sources pin as per-checkin tarballs - '-refresh' becomes 'bump the pin';
fossil-checkout flow retained as the dev alternative); post-tclsh phases
(tcllib/tklib installers, critcl, parsed-totals test gate) stay Tcl
scripts run by the FRESHLY BUILT suite tclsh as build steps. Acceptance
includes a PATH-scrubbed no-tclsh end-to-end demonstration, preservation
of the copy-and-tweak retargeting property, and the recorded rejection of
a bash+powershell polyglot for this layer (polyglot craft remains the
acquisition layer's mechanism - punk-getzig/getpunk first contact).
Cross-references: G-096 direction note marked RESOLVED -> G-102 (its
remaining items close on the current suite.tcl shape regardless); G-099
sequencing now weighs birthing suite_tcl86 onto the chosen driver shape.
goals_lint clean (76 active, 26 archived).
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A developer (no llm assistance, no punkshell modules - the driver stays
dependency-free plain tclsh) can now copy the suite tree and retarget
sources declaratively: urls/refs/pins live in sources.config (plain line
records 'source <name> <kind> <url> <ref> <dir>', parsed never executed;
fossil sources + the critcl git pin), and the build stage derives from the
suite FOLDER name so a copied tree stages into its own _build/<name>
isolated from the original. -tclbranch becomes a per-run override of the
declared tcl ref. Depth limit documented where the tweaker will read it:
same-major url/ref changes are config-only; version-class changes ripple
into build905.zig (checkout dir names, version-derived tm/dll/manifest
names).
README gains a Retargeting/copying section; its Sources section corrected
(stale per-stage fossil-store location from before the ~/.punkshell/fossils
move, and the G-098 sources were missing from the table).
Direction recorded in G-096 notes (2026-07-20): toml requirement DROPPED
for binary-build buildsuites; long-term intent is bootstrapping without a
pre-existing tclsh (zig acquisition = accepted root dependency; the
freshly built tclsh is the legitimate intermediate for tcllib/tklib
installers and critcl); zig-driver-vs-polyglot question recorded with the
current recommendation (zig hybrid; polyglot counselled against).
Verified: suite.tcl test -testargs '-file assocd.test' passes through
config load + fetch skip-logic + gate on the existing stage; stage
derivation for a copied name resolves to _build/<copyname>.
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The build016 experiment port lands in the tracked recipe (root_module/
createModule creation, addLibrary+linkage, .root_module.* method sweep,
linkSystemLibrary options arg, array_list.Managed, Io.Dir dir-walks with
b.graph.io, wrapfiletofile ported to the 0.16 entry/Io idiom). 0.14 support
deprecated per user direction; 0.14.1 remains archived on punkbin. Verified
on the pinned default (bin/tools/zig-x86_64-windows-0.16.0): build PASS,
shells 9.0.5, tcl-test parity 557/357/200/0 identical to the 0.14.1 build.
punk-getzig payload pins -> 0.16.0 (windows zip + linux tarball), re-wrapped
checkfile ERROR-free, ps1 twin refreshed. punkbin commit 54714d7 holds the
0.16.0 archive; push pending gitea recovery (server currently 500s).
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Recipe: b.host -> b.graph.host; redundant second UNICODE tclMain add into the
objs lib removed; exe's ansi tclMain compiled with -UUNICODE -U_UNICODE
-DTCL_ASCII_MAIN (zig cc windows-default defines made it a duplicate UNICODE
compile under 0.14.1 - lld duplicate Tcl_MainExW/commons). Driver: per-item
recipe staging, per-zig-version local caches (.zig-cache-<ver>; caches must
not be shared across zig versions), zig resolution -zig > PUNK_ZIG > pinned
bin/tools/zig-x86_64-windows-0.14.1 > PATH. Verified: PASS on 0.14.1 AND
regression PASS on 0.14.0-dev.2074; pinned-default no-option run PASS.
Pinned archive minisign-verified and published to punkbin (abcd87c).
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First real buildsuite: build905.zig (verbatim G-076-validated recipe) +
helper modules + tools, driven by suite.tcl which stages the recipe into
src/buildsuites/_build/suite_tcl90, arranges sources (tcl fossil
core-9-0-branch --nested with FOSSIL_HOME isolation; thread/tclvfs trunk;
zlib from the tcl tree's compat/zlib; vqtcl from a local dir), generates the
configure-products fresh checkouts lack (tclUuid.h, tclsh.exe.manifest,
thread.rc include), builds and smoke-tests. Verified PASS: static + zip
shells report 9.0.5 (checkout 1a9c3b9d96), Thread 3.0.1 builds from current
trunk (new generated-include fix in build_tclthread) and loads. The 2024
TCLSH_PIPEREPL/tclZipfs/tclCmdIL patches are now tracked under
suite_tcl90/patches with a semantics README (not applied by default builds).
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Sweep: G-096 detail and the punk::lib gate comment now point at the archived
path with achieved phrasing. goals_lint clean (72 active, 25 archived).
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Julian Noble