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vasilito 38a5d2018e migrate: apply remaining patches to source forks, clean up
Apply all active patches from archived patches to source forks:
- kernel: 33 individual patches + consolidated mega-patch (34 total commits)
- relibc: 33 individual patches (34 total commits)
- base: 26 individual patches + redox.patch mega-patch (28 total commits)
- bootloader: 4 patches (5 total commits)
- installer: 1 patch (2 total commits)
- redoxfs: 2 patches (3 total commits)
- userutils: 2 patches (3 total commits)

Cleanup:
- Remove all .rej and .orig files from fork repos
- Delete all absorbed/ subdirectories (71 already-folded patches)
- Delete stale .patch files from recipe directories (~130 upstream port patches)
- 282 remaining .patch files are for non-fork components (archived, not in build system)
2026-05-29 22:48:03 +03:00
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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