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Stacked on #7239, which binds every cross build to its mrbc once the whole
config has been read and names the generated build for the defines it carries,
and through it on #7238. Their two commits are the first here and are not part
of this change.

A build config that declares a host which can supply no mrbc stops before
anything is built, and the message names the host:

MRuby::Build.new('host') do |conf|
  conf.toolchain
  conf.disable_libmruby
end

MRuby::CrossBuild.new('cross') do |conf|
  conf.toolchain
  conf.gem :core => "mruby-bin-mruby"
  conf.test_runner.command = 'env'
end
$ rake
rake aborted!
external mrbc or mruby-bin-mrbc gem in current('host') or 'host' build is required
lib/mruby/build.rb:364:in 'MRuby::Build#mrbcfile'
lib/mruby/build.rb:622:in 'MRuby::CrossBuild#mrbcfile'
tasks/mrblib.rake:9:in 'block in <top (required)>'

Dropping the cross build, or dropping disable_libmruby, builds fine. The
failure is the same on master, on #7238 and on #7239; only the line numbers
move.

Why

CrossBuild#bind_mrbc_host picks a declared host on one question: whether it
answers the defines in MRBC_DEFINES the way the target does. It does not ask
whether that host can produce a mrbc at all.

A host with disable_libmruby never gets one. Build#initialize asks
libmruby_enabled? before it generates the mrbc sub-build:

        if current.libmruby_enabled? && !current.mrbcfile_external?
          current.create_mrbc_build if current.host? || current.gems["mruby-bin-mrbc"]
        end

so the host above has no @mrbcfile and no mruby-bin-mrbc gem, and the
cross target reads it anyway. Build#mrbcfile then raises for the host,
during the cross target's own mrblib rule.

Everywhere else bind_mrbc_host generates a build when the declared host
will not do: where there is none, and where it answers otherwise on the
defines. Only "it has none to lend" falls through to a raise, and the raise is
loud but misdirected: the build that wanted a mrbc is cross, the message
names host twice and cross not at all, and the remedy it suggests is to add
mruby-bin-mrbc to a host the config deliberately stripped.

What this does

Ask that question too. Build#supplies_mrbc? says whether a build has a mrbc
to hand out: one it was given through mrbcfile=, one create_mrbc_build
generated for it (which hands it over the same way), or one it builds from the
gem. It is the question Build#mrbcfile already puts to host on behalf of a
native build.

bind_mrbc_host asks it before the defines are compared:

      if host && host.supplies_mrbc? && mrbc_defines(host) == needed
        @mrbc_host = 'host'

A host that answers no is passed over for the generated build the answer
names, mrbc/default for the config above, the way a host that answers
otherwise on the defines already is. The host itself is left as it is
written: nothing is added to it, it is only not borrowed from.

A native build that borrows from the same host still fails in
Build#mrbcfile as before; that path generates nothing and is not touched
here.

Verified

build config #7239 this PR
the one above rake aborted! in Build#mrbcfile rake builds; cross borrows mrbc/default, build/cross/bin/mruby runs
a full host borrows host unchanged
a host with disable_libmruby and mruby-bin-mrbc borrows host unchanged
a host with disable_libmruby and an external mrbcfile borrows host unchanged
no host mrbc/default unchanged
a host with disable_libmruby, a MRB_NO_FLOAT cross build mrbc/no-float, the defines already disagree unchanged
a cross build with its own external mrbcfile asks nothing of host unchanged
build_config/default.rb rake -m test, 2123 assertions, 0 KO

Environment

OS Linux 7.0.0-28-generic, x86_64
Compiler gcc 13.3.0
Ruby 4.0.6
rake 13.3.1

No C source changes, so .text is unaffected in every build.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cross-build configuration when compiling projects with different target settings.
    • Prevented failures caused by missing or conflicting host compiler configurations.
    • Installation tasks now work correctly whether a dedicated host build is available or not.
  • Improvements

    • Reuses compatible compiler builds where possible, reducing redundant generated builds.
    • Ensures compiler selection is completed consistently before gems and targets are initialized.

A cross target borrows `mrbc` from a build that answers `MRB_NO_FLOAT` the way
it does, because `src/load.c` refuses a whole irep over a pool entry the
target cannot represent. The question was asked of the compiler alone, and a
build config can write the define on the build:

```ruby
MRuby::CrossBuild.new('target') do |conf|
  conf.defines << 'MRB_NO_FLOAT'
end
```

`Command::Compiler#all_flags` puts `build.defines` on every command line, so
the target compiles without floats while `cc.has_define?` says it does not. It
borrowed a `host` that answers otherwise, and the `mrbc` of that host wrote a
float pool entry the target refused to load:

```console
$ rake -m test
.........(unknown):0: irep load error (ScriptError)
```

Read both lists, the way `Build#has_define?` reads them. `Build#has_define?`
itself cannot be asked here: it refuses until the gems are set up, and a cross
build binds its `mrbc` as it is declared.

The question also moves to `MRBC_DEFINES`, which the comparison and the
defines the generated build carries now both read, so a second define that
decides what a pool entry may hold is one entry rather than three places.
`MRuby::CrossBuild` settled the build it borrows `mrbc` from as it was
declared, and where the config had written no `host` yet, it generated one
under that name. `MRuby::Build#initialize` reopens a name already taken
rather than initialising it afresh, so the `host` the config went on to
declare landed on the generated build and kept its `disable_libmruby`. No
`libmruby.a` rule was defined for `host`, and `tasks/presym.rake` asked for
one:

```console
$ rake
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'build/host/lib/libmruby.a'
```

Ask the question once instead, from the Rakefile, where the config has been
read whole: `MRuby.resolve_mrbc_hosts` binds every cross build before any gem
is set up, so a `host` written after a cross build is as visible as one
written before it, and the defines the answer turns on are still the ones the
config alone has written.

A cross target that cannot borrow a declared `host` now borrows a build
generated under a name of this code's own, `mrbc/default` or `mrbc/no-float`,
named for the `MRBC_DEFINES` it carries rather than for the target that asked
for it first. Targets that give the same answer share a build, and it belongs
to none of them.

The name is one a build config does not write, so nothing generated here takes
a name the config wants, and `build/mrbc` is where `mrbc` built for its own
sake goes, which is where `build_config/mrbc.rb` already puts it. `build/host`
is left to a `host` the config declares, so an ordinary `host` build no longer
meets a `MRB_NO_GEMS` object a config of cross builds alone left behind.

Two things follow for a config of cross builds alone. No `host` target is left
for `rake install` and `rake install_bin` to name, so they fall back to every
target the config did declare. And `tasks/presym.rake` reads `mrbc_build` to
leave the generated build's objects to it, which a cross target named `mrbc`
holds in its own directory and would otherwise scan as its own: 62 files
against 49.
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Walkthrough

The build system defers cross-build mrbc resolution until configuration completes. It reuses compatible providers, shares generated providers by define set, rejects collisions, and adjusts installation task routing when no host target exists.

Changes

mrbc host resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Deferred cross-build binding
lib/mruby/build.rb, Rakefile
Configuration now resolves mrbc providers after all targets are declared. Cross-builds report an explicit error when binding remains incomplete.
Compatible provider selection and generation
lib/mruby/build.rb
Builds identify mrbc providers and compare relevant defines. Compatible hosts or generated providers are reused. Internal providers are shared by define set.
Installation task routing
tasks/install.rake, tasks/presym.rake
Installation tasks use host-specific dependencies when a host exists and all-target dependencies otherwise. The presym comment describes generated mrbc builds without a reusable host.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to af796

A cross build that declares its own mrbc provider may currently ignore it and use a different provider instead, which can cause the build to compile with the wrong tool or fail. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Rakefile
  participant MRuby
  participant CrossBuild
  participant ProviderBuild
  Rakefile->>MRuby: resolve_mrbc_hosts
  MRuby->>CrossBuild: bind_mrbc_host
  CrossBuild->>ProviderBuild: check mrbc supply and compatible defines
  ProviderBuild-->>CrossBuild: reusable provider or generated provider
  CrossBuild-->>MRuby: bind mrbc provider
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In `@lib/mruby/build.rb`:
- Around line 676-678: Update the MRB_NO_FLOAT compatibility predicate in
bind_mrbc_host to include build-level defines from Build#defines alongside
compiler defines, using an initialization-safe check that compares names before
any “=” value suffix. Do not invoke Build#has_define? before defines_final!;
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A cross build borrows `mrbc` from a declared `host` on one question:
whether it answers `MRB_NO_FLOAT` the way the target does. It never asks
whether that `host` has a `mrbc` at all, so a `host` with
`disable_libmruby` and no `mruby-bin-mrbc` is borrowed anyway, and the
target's own `mrblib` rule fails inside `Build#mrbcfile` with a message
that names `host` twice and the target not at all:

```ruby
MRuby::Build.new('host') do |conf|
  conf.toolchain
  conf.disable_libmruby
end

MRuby::CrossBuild.new('cross') do |conf|
  conf.toolchain
  conf.gem :core => "mruby-bin-mruby"
end
```

```console
external mrbc or mruby-bin-mrbc gem in current('host') or 'host' build is required
```

Everywhere else `bind_mrbc_host` generates a build when the declared
`host` will not do: where there is none, and where it answers otherwise
on the defines in `MRBC_DEFINES`. Only "it has none to lend" fell
through to the raise.

Ask that too. `Build#supplies_mrbc?` says whether a build has a `mrbc`
to hand out, which is the question `Build#mrbcfile` already puts to
`host` on behalf of a native build: one it was given, one
`create_mrbc_build` generated for it, or one it builds from the gem.
`bind_mrbc_host` asks it before the defines are compared, and a `host`
that answers no is passed over for the generated build the answer
names, `mrbc/default` here, the way a `host` that answers otherwise on
the defines already is. The `host` itself is left as it is written.

The config above now builds, with `mrbc` generated under `build/mrbc`.
A `host` that carries the gem, one given an external `mrbcfile`, one
with `libmruby`, and a config with no `host` bind as before, and a cross
build with its own external `mrbcfile` still asks nothing of `host`.
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In `@lib/mruby/build.rb`:
- Around line 645-646: Update CrossBuild#mrbcfile to return super when either
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Comment thread lib/mruby/build.rb
Comment on lines 645 to +646
def mrbcfile
mrbcfile_external? ? super : MRuby::targets[@mrbc_host].mrbcfile
return super if mrbcfile_external?

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve a cross build's local mruby-bin-mrbc provider.

CrossBuild#mrbcfile bypasses Build#mrbcfile unless mrbcfile_external? is true. A cross build that declares mruby-bin-mrbc now ignores its local provider. bind_mrbc_host then binds a host or generated provider instead.

Return super and skip binding when supplies_mrbc? is true.

Proposed fix
 def mrbcfile
-  return super if mrbcfile_external?
+  return super if supplies_mrbc?
   unless `@mrbc_host`
     fail "the `mrbc' for '#{`@name`}' is not bound yet; `MRuby.resolve_mrbc_hosts' " \
          "binds it once the whole build config has been read"
   end
   MRuby::targets[`@mrbc_host`].mrbcfile
 end

 def bind_mrbc_host(mrbc_builds)
-  return if mrbcfile_external?
+  return if supplies_mrbc?

Also applies to: 679-680

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In `@lib/mruby/build.rb` around lines 645 - 646, Update CrossBuild#mrbcfile to
return super when either mrbcfile_external? or supplies_mrbc? is true, and
ensure bind_mrbc_host skips rebinding for supplies_mrbc? so the cross build’s
local mruby-bin-mrbc provider is preserved.

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