A dependency chain (api -> noise-c -> libsodium) discovers one archive
per wave, so the <2 gate sent every chained download through the legacy
per-file path. Sized registry archives now always use the batch runner:
one download method, one bar; the per-file path remains only for
unknown-size, git, and local sources.
registry_download memoizes per process (failures uncached), so the
prefetch and the install share one metadata round-trip per package.
The idf ccache env always hands idf.py exactly one canonical spelling:
the no-ccache path exports 0 so an unparsable inherited value or a
probe-rejected shim cannot enable it, the enabled path exports 1
whatever accepted spelling arrived, and forced-on still runs the
resolver for its no-binary warning. An empty env value keeps its
historical disable meaning instead of falling to the default policy.
The throw_stubs force-include now comes from the build_src_flags option
esp8266/__init__ pins, collapsing the two spellings to one source of
truth; -include paths resolve against the source root. The ldscript
fallback consumes boards.board_ld_script instead of duplicating the
per-board rule, flash_mode is checked against its closed set before
landing unquoted in the elf2bin command, and the board-gate comment no
longer names a nonexistent validator.
LOW_MEMORY is upstream's else branch, so the default variant stands in
for it and every listed knob wins -- pinned for the ordinary SNTP
multi-server config where esp8266's HIGHER_BANDWIDTH_LOW_FLASH must
prevail. A stale warn note that cannot be removed now vetoes the stamp
(mirror of the lost-note case), and the unreadable-cached-note warning
names its cause.
CPPDEFINES joins the quoted buckets (a spaced define no longer splits
across tokens) and its tuple branch validates the pair elements. The
fake env warns on attribute access rather than call, so hasattr/
truthiness branches are diagnosable, with dunder probes excluded; an
unmodelled subscript warns and returns '' instead of a KeyError
discarding the whole capture. Malformed platforms/frameworks values
raise plain InvalidLibrary, giving the non-platform warning branches a
real producer, and their tests use real manifests instead of
monkeypatched raisers. The version-less dependency drop moves to debug:
bundled names (Wire, SPI) made it per-build noise nobody can act on.
J. Nick Koston