Helix Depends Build Debug Summary

Problem Summary

The Helix dependency build system stalls at the check-sources stage with no visible output. The issue occurs very early in the make -j1 process, before any actual package compilation starts. Logs like log-openssl.txt do not appear initially.

Diagnostics Performed

• Verified that no logs are being written in build/*/log-*.txt
• Confirmed the stall point with make -j1 V=1
• Used strace to determine the build was idling during check-sources
• Verified files were being created in work/download and work/build for OpenSSL
• Identified presence of .openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz.hash indicating partial progress

Things to Try

• Check for network stalls:

  curl -v https://github.com

• Inspect tarball and hash:

  sha256sum work/download/openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz
  cat work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/openssl/*/.openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz.hash
        

• Force rebuild of a package:

  rm -rf work/download/openssl-1.0.1k*
  rm -rf work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/openssl
  make HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu openssl V=1
        

• Manually fetch source tarball if needed

  curl -LO https://.../openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz

• Use verbose or debug make flags to trace:

  make -j1 HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu V=1 > buildlog.txt 2>&1
  make -j1 -d HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > tracedebug.log 2>&1
        

Next Steps

Continue debugging by narrowing which source or hash check is stalling. Use verbose logs or disable parts of the build (like QT) to reduce the scope. Consider inspecting depends/packages/*.mk for broken URLs or hash mismatches.