Switch the text-login shell from zsh to brush now that brush builds and
packages for Redox. base.toml [users.root]/[users.user] -> /usr/bin/brush
covers mini (which inherits base); redbear-bare.toml gets the same shell
plus the brush package so bare and mini share an identical boot-to-login
path (bare stays the minimal boot-test surface, mini adds the app payload).
bare/full keep their own [users.root]; full and the greeter remain on zsh
(that is the graphical/sddm path, handled separately). zsh stays installed
as a fallback. Verified: redbear-mini.iso builds and its /etc/passwd reads
`.../usr/bin/brush` for root and user.
Mini now boots (q35/KVM) all the way to the getty "Red Bear login:" prompt
on VT2 with zero kernel panics. Root-cause fixes across submodules + config:
- config: 00_base.service zsh->mkdir (a full shell startup hangs an init
oneshot; the earlier 'echo/mkdir also hang' result was a silent config
override running zsh). 00_ptyd.service notify->{scheme=pty} (ptyd signals
readiness via its scheme fd; notify made init block on a byte forever).
- kernel: wrmsr_safe/rdmsr_safe #GP recovery so /scheme/sys/msr can't panic
the kernel (cpufreqd's P-state MSR write #GP'd on KVM, halting the boot
before login). base: ptyd scheme type + hwd ACPI enum -> debug (noise).
installer: warn on config [[files]] override. relibc/bootloader: prior
getrlimit + warning-demotion pointers.
- build-redbear.sh: fix host-fstools staleness (installer/redoxfs never
rebuilt on source change), prefix rebuild-every-build (touch libc.a), add
concurrent-build flock.
Submodule pointers: base 8aa8616d, installer 460d9530, kernel 155d01b1,
relibc a7663b3a, bootloader 6e119641.
Config [[files]] entries for init services used /usr/lib/init.d/ paths,
which get silently overwritten by package staging (Layer 2 over Layer 1).
Per AGENTS.md, config overrides MUST use /etc/init.d/ so the init system's
config_for_dirs() gives them priority over package defaults.
Fixes mini image debug console failure (getty: failed to open TTY
/scheme/fbcon/3: No such file or directory) caused by base package's
31_debug_console.service overwriting minimal.toml's debug scheme override.
Shell: Changed default shell from ion to zsh for all user accounts
in base.toml, redbear-mini.toml, redbear-full.toml, and greeter config.
zsh 5.9 is already ported and builds (ZSH-PORTING-PLAN — fully implemented).
ion is kept as fallback/alternative.
Cookbook: pkgar staging fallback — when a dependency's target pkgar
doesn't exist, fall back to repo/<target>/<pkg>.pkgar. This fixes the
kf6-kitemviews build failure where libwayland's pkgar was missing from
the target directory.
Convert 14 config files from the legacy init script format (plain-text
commands) to the systemd-style TOML .service format. The init daemon
supports both formats; this eliminates the legacy path entirely so that
all services use the richer, more structured TOML unit format.
Key changes per config:
- base.toml: split 00_base into 00_base.service (tmpdir) + 00_sudo.service
(sudo daemon); remove redundant 00_drivers and 10_net (handled by
existing .service files from the base recipe)
- minimal.toml: split 30_console into 29_activate_console.service +
30_console.service + 31_debug_console.service
- desktop-minimal.toml: convert 20_display and 30_console to .service,
add 29_activate_console and 31_debug_console overrides
- x11.toml: convert 10_dbus, 10_xenv, 20_orbital, 30_console
- redoxer.toml: split 10_net into 10_smolnetd.service + 10_dhcpd.service,
convert 30_redoxer
- redbear-legacy-*.toml: update override references to .service paths
- acid.toml, auto-test.toml, os-test.toml, sys-build.toml: direct conversions
Derivative of Redox OS (https://www.redox-os.org) adding:
- AMD GPU driver (amdgpu) via LinuxKPI compat layer
- ext4 filesystem support (ext4d scheme daemon)
- ACPI fixes for AMD bare metal (x2APIC, DMAR, IVRS, MCFG)
- Custom branding (hostname, os-release, boot identity)
Build system is full upstream Redox with RBOS overlay in local/.
Patches for kernel, base, and relibc are symlinked from local/patches/
and protected from make clean/distclean. Custom recipes live in
local/recipes/ with symlinks into the recipes/ search path.
Build: make all CONFIG_NAME=redbear-full
Sync: ./local/scripts/sync-upstream.sh
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