Extends the 8.6 buildsuite with the remaining pieces punkshell's Tcl 8 testing
depends on, all built from source with the pinned zig 0.16.0 toolchain only.
Tk 8.6.17 (build_tk86/build_tk86.zig) is a RE-DERIVATION from the staged 8.6
win/makefile.vc + rules.vc, not a port of suite_tcl90's build_tk.zig:
- no generic/tkPkgConfig.c in 8.6 -> no CFG_* defines at all
- rules.vc TCL_MAJOR_VERSION==8 arm -> tk86t.dll + lib/tk8.6 (vs tcl9tk90.dll)
- @TK_WIN_VERSION@ substitutes $(DOTVERSION).0.0, not the tcl-style
<dotversion>.<releaselevel>.<patchlevel> formula
- 8.6 TKOBJS carries no tkIcu/tkImgListFormat/tkImgSVGnano/tkWinGDI/tkWinIco/
tkWinSysTray; XLIBOBJS is a first-class makefile macro here (the 9.0
derivation had to recover those files by hand)
USE_TCL_STUBS + USE_TCLOO_STUBS against libtclstub86.a is the stock rules.vc
arrangement and keeps the dll loadable by both suite shells. tkMain.c is
compiled twice per makefile.vc, the ansi copy forced with -UUNICODE/-U_UNICODE
(verified the pinned zig cc defines neither for x86_64-windows-gnu, so the 8.6
core's ANSI/TCHAR arrangement is matched exactly).
tklib 0.9 and tcllib 2.0 install via their own installer.tcl (batch, packages
only, explicit -pkg-path so the installer's tcl_pkgPath-derived default can
never write off-tree); tcllibc is built by critcl 3.3.1 driving zig cc (tracked
critcl_zig.config, target pinned win32-x86_64-zig - critcl otherwise probes PATH
and falls back to its builtin msvc target). critcl compiles against its own
bundled headers chosen by the driving shell's version, which is why one config
serves both generations.
New evidence tools, run on every build:
tools/tk_smoke.tcl maps a real toplevel with classic + themed widgets,
updates, then destroys it - a load-only check passes
even with no usable display
tools/accel_bench.tcl same payload through sha1's critcl and pure-Tcl
implementations with the digests compared:
4MB -> critcl 5.7ms vs pure-tcl 2736ms = 477x
Test tiers (G-107 policy pattern): test-tcllib/test-tklib on the record tier
inside test-libraries, plus an opt-in test-tk (winDialog/winMsgbox excluded by
default - their message-injection automation blocks on a human under a batch
shell). First censuses on tclsh86ts.exe 8.6.18:
thread 142 run / 0 failed GATE PASS
tklib 796 run / 0 failed record
tcllib 64259 run / 41 failed record (names in the summary artifact)
tclvfs 51 run / 4 failed GATE PASS after baseline extension
The tclvfs baseline grew vfsFtp-1.1..1.3: they sit behind an 'ftp' constraint
needing tcllib's ftp package - absent at the G-099 capture, satisfied now that
the suite installs tcllib - so they run and reach the retired ftp.tcl.tk, the
same external-service class already baselined for vfsUrl-1.2/2.1.
punkshell runtests census (both runs 2026-07-26, identical flags, default
single-process sequential - 8.6 has no tcl::process so -jobs re-convoys):
native Tcl 8.6.17 1003 total / 986 passed / 10 skipped / 7 failed
suite tclsh86ts 1003 total / 987 passed / 10 skipped / 6 failed
runtests_parity.tcl finds exactly ONE difference: punkcheck
concurrency_two_writers_no_corruption failed in the BASELINE run and passed on
the suite runtime - a full-suite-load flake (6/6 twice in isolation on both
runtimes). Zero suite-runtime-only failures. Tk-dependent suites ran unskipped
(repl consolebackends 3/3, including the tkconsole backend on the suite Tk).
Two defects fixed in passing:
- scrubTclEnv never cleared TCL<major>_<minor>_TM_PATH, so suite shells
silently preferred machine/repo tm modules over what the suite had just
installed (a repo-built sha1-2.0.4.tm shadowed tcllib's 2.0.5, md5 2.0.8
shadowed 2.0.9) - any census through such a shell measures the machine. The
scrub list now covers TCL8_0..8_7 + TCL9_0/9_1 in all three sites (per-step,
suite.tcl process-level, bootstrap nested build). suite_tcl90 has the same
exposure via TCL9_0_TM_PATH and is deliberately untouched here (out of this
goal's scope) - pointers recorded in G-108 and G-116.
- build.zig.zon's .fingerprint was hand-authored, so 'zig build' from the
tracked suite dir died with 'invalid fingerprint' - the no-tclsh bootstrap
flow could never have run. Corrected to zig's computed value (its low half
is a checksum of the package name); 'zig build stage' now verified.
Goal flipped to achieved 2026-07-26 and archived; reference sweep updated G-005,
G-101, G-105 and ARCHITECTURE.md, and the archive-time xref pair G-101 <-> G-116
(whose only bridges were the archived G-100/G-103) gained a direct Related
pointer. No project-version bump - arm's-length build tooling, not shipped shell
behaviour.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-opus-5[1m]; api-location=anthropic.com
- GOALS.md: "Goals-system: v2" front matter; canonical "Goals system versions"
section; Scope structure rule (elements separated by '; ' at top level,
commas only inside parens/braces); Child DOX Index note in root AGENTS.md
- goals_lint.tcl: new finding for top-level commas in Scope lines
(paren/brace depth-aware)
- goals_xref.tcl: repo-local configuration via goals/xref.conf (path roots,
stop words, file extensions, reference containers, module dirs,
bare_path_roots, prefix_anchors); defaults byte-identical to previous
behaviour (verified on this tree)
- goals/AGENTS.md: cross-repo goal references drop the G- prefix; xref.conf
documented in Verification
- Scope delimiter normalisation across GOALS.md, GOALS-archive.md and all
detail files, live and archived: 224 lines, top-level commas only;
conservation verified (goals_xref report byte-identical pre/post, diff
hunks are Scope lines only). Archived tier converted under explicit user
approval; sanctioned exception recorded in GOALS-archive.md.
Assisted-by: harness=opencode; primary-model=openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k3; api-location=openrouter.ai
Acceptance evidence in the archived detail file: embed verified in all three
family members (family_check), sidecar derived from embed with identical
build_id, 'info' identifies sidecar-paired/renamed-stray/pre-v1 files without
execution and flags doctored-sidecar disagreements, punkbin AGENTS.md schema
docs, roundtrip pin green, record survives make.tcl kit wrapping (punk9_beta
reads its runtime's r2 record in-kit), r2 re-emitted with full v1 records.
Sweep: achieved markers in G-025/G-057/G-108/G-116/G-118/G-119 (G-025's
survival expectation updated to confirmed). tclshcmd.test pins
::tclsh(reopened) publication on the rebuilt patched kits (G-118 items 1+7
landed+verified; Progress updated). build905.zig: packager git-identity leg
judges success by output not out_code (resolved 'unrecorded' on this host -
effective at next emission).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
User-approved draft giving the tcltls battery line a live goal home after
G-103's archive: backend choice (LibreSSL-portable vs no-asm OpenSSL) is
an in-goal decision, static link mirrors the tcllibc/tk shape, loopback
self-signed handshake + G-107 record-mode testsuite as verification, and
vendored prebuilt removal explicitly scoped OUT (recorded disposition
only - G-004-era work).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Julian Noble