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
Builds a Tcl 8.6.18 windows runtime from core-8-6-branch sources with the
pinned zig 0.16.0 toolchain only (no MS toolchain), forked from suite_tcl90
(duplication-with-a-note posture). Products (stock threaded-release naming -
rules.vc keeps the 't' SUFX on 8.6):
bin/tcl86t.dll + tcl86t.lib shared core (static zlib compiled in; no zlib1.dll)
bin/tclsh86ts.exe static shell (kit-class; dde/registry static)
bin/tclsh86t.exe dynamic shell against the dll
lib/libtclstub86.a stub lib for extensions
lib/tcl8.6/... script library tree (dde/reg dlls inside)
lib/tcl8/{8.5,8.6}/... tm modules; lib/thread2.8.13, lib/vfs1.4.2
Companions: thread 2.8.13 (thread2813t.dll, TEA installed shape from the
checkout's own pkgIndex.tcl.in) and tclvfs 1.4.2 (vfs142t.dll) build and load;
registry 1.3.5 / dde 1.4.6. No zipfs in 8.6 - exe+dll+on-disk lib tree only,
resolved hermetically (exe/dll-relative, TCLLIBPATH/TCL_LIBRARY unset in all
child runs).
Recipe: build86.zig + build_common.zig + build_zlib86/build_tclthread86/
build_tclvfs86 helpers; tools/ and src/main.zig copied verbatim (suite-agnostic).
Two load-bearing 8.6 findings recorded in the README DERIVATION and recipe
comments: MP_FIXED_CUTOFFS (the in-core libtommath ships no bn_cutoffs.c) and
TCL_BROKEN_MAINARGS + console subsystem for the gcc-class main() entry.
Test gates (suite.tcl test -> zig build test-gate/test-libraries) parse all.tcl
totals (exit codes untrusted) and gate against tracked dispositioned baselines.
First census + two-consecutive-run deterministic PASS (machine SuperBee):
core 46525 run / 2 failed (filename-16.12/16.13 admin-share self-globbing)
thread 142 run / 0 failed (empty baseline)
tclvfs 51 run / 2 failed (vfsUrl-1.2/2.1 external ftp.tcl.tk dependency)
Goal flipped to achieved 2026-07-26 and archived; reference sweep updated G-005,
G-100 (now unblocked), G-101 and ARCHITECTURE.md. No project-version bump
(arm's-length build tooling, not shipped shell behaviour).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Acceptance verified in full (evidence recorded in the detail file's Progress
section): bakelist under plain tclsh + punk902z with per-entry presence and
deployed state; selective 'bake punk91' refreshing only that kit's _build/bin
artifacts and punkcheck records (stat + punkcheck diffs, negative grep clean);
unknown-name no-build errors; bare bake kit-set parity; help/workflow contract
updates; maketclbakelist.test 4 PASS; punkshell 0.24.0 minor bump.
Index entry moved to GOALS-archive.md. Reference sweep: no pending-tense
live-tier mentions existed; mapvfs.config pointer updated to the archive path;
forward-pointing notes pushed as back-pointers to the live goals they serve
(G-024 parsed-model reader swap, G-023 scheme-expansion entry point, G-115
per-kit payload detail, G-057 single-kit icon verification, G-028 deployed
-state reporting sibling, G-101 kit-type non-assumption).
Detail-file move to goals/archive/ follows in the adjacent commit as a pure
rename (root AGENTS.md Doc Restructures).
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jz7wkUsknJzyuJ3tgMaL2t
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Acceptance verified on the rebuilt punk91 kit (plain script mode): recipe
'chan close stderr; open NUL w' yields a channel auto-named stderr with
working puts stderr; console+repl+libunknown suites 105/105. Detail file
archived content-identically with evidence recorded; GOALS-archive record
appended; sweep: G-101 launch-ladder item (2) rewritten to reflect
achievement (in-place stdio repair now available on the 9.1 kit), G-011
gains a recycled-stderr consumer pointer. goals_xref report shows no
orphaned shared-archived-ref bridges for G-120; goals_lint clean.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; 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
Final acceptance item closed by the punk9_beta/punk9bi_beta kit-wrap
trial (user go-ahead; quiet tree): make.tcl project wrapped both kits
over the family runtimes (the user's own earlier same-day build agreed -
punkcheck no-change), and probes UNDER each kit verified 9.0.5,
//zipfs:/app/tcl_library, PIPEREPL MACHINERY PRESENT, Thread 3.0.7
winning over the vfs payload's legacy thread3.0.1, vfs/tcllib/tcllibc
engaged, punk::args from the vfs side, and Tk create/destroy in both -
punk9bi_beta's Tk necessarily from the runtime's attached image
(punk9win_for_tkruntime.vfs carries none). Every acceptance clause is
now met; evidence recorded in the detail file.
Flip mechanics: Status achieved 2026-07-22; detail file to
goals/archive/ (content-identical move after edits); index entry to
GOALS-archive.md; reference sweep across 13 live goal files (archive
markers per the G-058 precedent - non-contract text only, Scope lines
untouched; pending-tense updates in G-099 arc-unblocked, G-108 family
production landed, G-018/G-023 naming-authority pointers). Forward
pointers pushed to live goals: G-101 (8.6-family deferral target),
G-067 (family -rN artifacts exist; publication user-gated with the
defaults.txt flip process).
Flagged (completion report): tcltls bi-battery line loses its goal home
with this archive - candidate goal on request; punk9wintk905.vfs legacy
thread3.0.1 payload cleanup can ride a future payload refresh; beta
promotion is the user's interactive trial per the *_beta convention.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
The G-101/G-105 notes added earlier today referenced G-058 without its
achieved/archive marker - goals_lint flagged both. Marked per the sweep-rule
form (achieved 2026-07-10, archive path).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Self-contained-but-loads-binaries (the tclkit model) resolved: tclkitsh
binaries are self-contained via an embedded Metakit/zip VFS yet DYNAMICALLY
linked to libc - that dynamic libc is what makes dlopen/'load' work; extensions
reach Tcl via the stubs table handed through the interp (no host symbol export
needed). "Self-contained" and "static libc" are orthogonal.
- G-105 (Notes were empty): the dynamic-libc first-linux-target choice is the
tclkit model; fully-static-musl 'load' limitation stands; compiled-in
alternative is G-058.
- G-101 (Notes were empty): the prebuilt tclkit86bi/tclkit-win64-dyn runtimes
it replaces are dynamic-libc Metakit kits; loadable binary batteries imply a
dynamic-libc runtime; container choice is orthogonal to libc linking.
- G-103: temp-copy dll cleanup wart the family runtimes inherit - Tcl core
TIP 741 (DRAFT, windows-framed: TclpFinalizeLoad; extract-to-temp preserved
vs TIP 709). Requirement (user): test on ALL target platforms (windows,
linux/WSL, G-060 guests) that temp-dll/dir accumulation does not happen or is
characterized. Applies to G-101's Metakit kits too.
- G-060: one-line cross-platform test item pointing at the G-103 requirement.
Notes only; no contract changes. goals_lint clean.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
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.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
G-098 (suite_tcl90 Tk+tklib, tcllib/tcllibc via critcl, test gating)
flipped to achieved 2026-07-20 and archived - all acceptance items
recorded in the goal file across increments 1-7 (Tk 9.0.2 + tklib,
tcllib+tcllibc ~248x hashing speedup, parsed-totals test gate with
dispositioned baseline, full punkshell runtests parity with the Tcl903
baseline including Tk suites unskipped, kit-hosted runs fixed).
New proposed goals mirror the arc for fossil core-8-6-branch (8.6 stays
punkshell's real Tcl 8 target; current punk86-class kits ride prebuilt
third-party tclkits - a provenance gap):
- G-099: suite_tcl86 core - zig-only 8.6 runtime + thread 2.8-branch +
tclvfs + parsed-totals core-test gate with its own dispositioned
baseline. Records expected differences (no zipfs, entry-point/bundled
lib divergences, no tcl::process).
- G-100: Tk 8.6 + tklib + tcllib/tcllibc via critcl on the 8.6 runtime +
punkshell runtests census against a native 8.6 kit baseline.
- G-101: kit container strategy without zipfs (metakit/tclkit lineage vs
cookfs vs zipvfs boot; TEMP_REFERENCE/metakit + KitCreator guidance) -
separated so the well-understood ports stay incrementally landable.
Sequencing recorded in each goal: recommendation is to close G-096's
remainder and run the punk905_beta trial to promotion before activating
the 8.6 arc, so shared suite scaffolding settles before it is forked.
goals_lint clean.
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Julian Noble