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RedBear-OS/recipes/shells/zsh
vasilito 761e0d9de7 state: 36/48 KDE packages build, 12 blocked — honest final state
The literal task 'build ALL KDE packages' cannot be 100% completed
because 12 packages require upstream dependencies not available on Redox:
- kirigami + plasma* (4): QML JIT disabled — no QQuickWindow/QQmlEngine
- kwin real build (1): Qt6::Sensors port needed
- breeze + kf6-kio + kf6-knewstuff + kde-cli-tools (4): source issues
- plasma extras (3): transitive blockers

What WAS completed:
- Cookbook topological sort fix (root cause — all deps now correct order)
- kf6-attica recipe (183 files, 2.4MB pkgar)
- 12 I2C/GPIO/UCSI daemons archived as durable patches
- Source archival system (make sources)
- Config + all docs synced, no contradictions
2026-04-30 01:54:09 +01:00
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Zsh on Redox

Production recipe for Zsh 5.9 on Red Bear OS / Redox.

Status

  • Builds: yes
  • Runtime: basic shell works; times builtin is a no-op stub
  • Blockers: times() not yet in relibc; getrusage() present but returns zeroed data (microkernel design)

Patch Summary

File Change Reason
configure.ac Remove getrusage from AC_CHECK_FUNCS Historical: relibc now has getrusage (returns zeroed data)
Src/builtin.c Stub bin_times() times() unavailable in relibc
Src/Builtins/rlimits.c Disable set_resinfo() / free_resinfo() These depend on getrusage()

Configure Flags

  • --disable-gdbm — avoid GNU dbm dependency
  • --disable-pcre — avoid PCRE dependency
  • --disable-cap — avoid POSIX capabilities dependency
  • zsh_cv_sys_elf=no — skip ELF detection (not applicable on Redox)

Dependencies

  • ncursesw — wide-character terminal library

Install Targets

Zsh uses non-standard install targets:

make install.bin install.modules install.fns DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"

Configuration Files

The recipe installs Manjaro-inspired system-wide zsh configuration:

File Purpose
/etc/zsh/zshenv Environment variables for all zsh shells
/etc/zsh/zprofile Login shell profile (sources /etc/profile for compatibility)
/etc/zsh/zshrc Interactive shell config: history, completion, colors, prompt, aliases
/etc/skel/.zshrc Template for new users
/etc/skel/.zprofile Template for new users (login shell)

Features (Manjaro-style)

  • Colored prompt: green for user, red for root, with hostname and working directory
  • Right-side prompt: shows exit code on error
  • Tab completion: with menu selection, approximate matching, and colorized listings
  • History: shared across sessions, ignores duplicates and leading-space entries
  • Aliases: ls, ll, la, grep, cp, mv, rm with color and safety flags
  • Convenience: AUTO_CD, CORRECT, NO_BEEP
  • Optional plugins: zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-autosuggestions (loaded if available)

Future Work

  • Re-enable times builtin when relibc gains times() support
  • Re-enable resource-limit info getrusage is now available (returns zeroed data)
  • Evaluate enabling gdbm, pcre, or cap if those libraries are ported
  • Package zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions plugins