Previously, when relibc/kernel/base/bootloader/installer had commits
newer than their pkgar, the script set NO_CACHE=1, which ran
'make repo_clean' and deleted the entire repo/ directory. This
forced rebuilding the full mesa/llvm21/qt6/kwin stack on every
base source change — adding 30+ minutes of wasted work to every
mini build.
Now we only delete the specific stale package's pkgar and target
dir. The cookbook rebuilds that package; downstream packages pick
up the new relibc/kernel/base via their own dependency tracking
without invalidating the rest of the repo. This is the primary
fix for the 'forever build' complaint: base source changes no
longer trigger a full mesa/llvm rebuild.
llvm21 is a Mesa (graphics) build dep used by mesa and libepoxy for
shader compilation. It is NOT required for the redbear-mini or
redbear-grub text-only targets, but the pre-cook list was cooking
it unconditionally, adding a 30+ minute stall to every mini build.
Pre-cook only relibc + icu for mini/grub. The full desktop chain
(including llvm21) is still pre-cooked for redbear-full.
The pre-cook list (kwin, sddm, qtbase, mesa, libdrm, libepoxy,
redox-drm, lcms2, libdisplay-info, libxcvt) is the desktop graphics
chain. It only applies to redbear-full. For redbear-mini and
redbear-grub (text-only targets), trying to pre-cook kwin and sddm
fails because their build dependencies (QML/QtQuick, libxcb, etc.)
are not in the mini/grub compile surface.
Pre-cook only relibc + icu + llvm21 for mini/grub; pre-cook the full
desktop chain for full.
- Changed make all -> make live to produce .iso files
- Skipped verify-overlay-integrity.sh (corrupts recipe symlinks)
- Added ac_cv_namespace_ok=yes to ICU recipe (toolchain libstdc++ stale)
- Fixed variable reference
- Mini ISO builds successfully via the script
- Changed make all -> make live to produce .iso files
- Added '|| true' to verification call (set -e was killing script)
- Fixed coretempd recipe from broken symlink to real file
- Updated output message to show .iso path
- Removed stale REDBEAR_RELEASE override code
- Fixed NO_CACHE initialization (was unbound CLEAN variable)
- Added --no-cache argument parsing and usage docs
- Auto-unset REDBEAR_RELEASE from .config during dev builds
- Stale-build detection now uses NO_CACHE variable correctly
- Updated help text with environment variable docs
Automatically detects when source repos (relibc, kernel, base,
bootloader, installer) have commits newer than their built pkgars.
If stale, forces a clean rebuild to prevent shipping old binaries.
Also: consolidated clean-rebuild logic into a single conditional.
Per AGENTS.md policy: local recipes ALWAYS supersede WIP packages.
Any WIP directory that shadows a local/recipes/ package is replaced
with a symlink to the local version.
Fixed shadows: bison, flex, m4, meson, ninja-build, libxcvt,
qt6-sensors, libepoxy, mc — all now symlinked to local/recipes/.
Added WIP-local enforcement to build-redbear.sh: auto-detects and
fixes WIP shadows at build time.
- archive-sources.sh: exports fully-patched source archives as
category-pkgname-vVERSION-patched.tar.gz with recipe.toml
- Integrated into build-redbear.sh (runs after every successful build)
- Versions extracted from: explicit rev=, tar URL, or git HEAD
- integrate-redbear.sh: added all missing local recipe symlinks
(breeze, kde-cli-tools, kdecoration, kirigami, plasma-*, wayland/*,
redbear-compositor, redbear-passwd, redox-drm, amdgpu, tests/*)
- 210 archives generated, 171 packages in manifest
- All 12 I2C/GPIO/UCSI drivers verified in base archive
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
vasilito