feat: packagechooserq is built with the ISO (build-calamares-modules.sh) instead of a committed .so; the Steamify page is left out when Calamares' version differs from the one it was built for

.gitignore

@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/libboost_*
 archiso/airootfs/etc/steammachine-iso-build
 archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/modules/
 archiso/airootfs/etc/modules-load.d/steamify-fremont-poweroff.conf
+archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq/

TODO.md

@@ -4,24 +4,19 @@
 
 1. **Steamify installer page** (2026-09-28, working end to end; see
    `AGENTS.md` for the module/build/testing details and gotchas behind
-   this). `packagechooserq` (custom QML) is built out of tree and baked
+   this). `packagechooserq` (custom QML) is built with each ISO by
-   straight into `archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq/`.
+   `build-calamares-modules.sh` into `archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq/`.
    `netinstall` (checkbox tree) stays as a manually-swappable fallback
    (`steamify-cachyos-dev/share/sn.sh` + `nisteamify.conf`) for when the
    module can't load, but isn't wired into `calamares-online.sh`
    automatically yet.
    - **Still open**:
-     - Bake the `packagechooserq` *build* into the ISO build pipeline
+     - The Summary step shows raw ids ("Install option: gaming,theme,...")
-       itself (a `build-calamares-modules.sh` step: install
+       for the Steamify page: the `prettyStatus()` override described in
-       `cachyos-calamares-next`, build out of tree, install into
+       `AGENTS.md` (labels from `items.json`) was never in the committed
-       `airootfs`) instead of committing a prebuilt `.so`, so it always
+       `.so` (it has no `items.json` string) and its source is lost. Add it
-       matches whatever Calamares version is current at build time.
+       as a patch that `build-calamares-modules.sh` applies to
-     - Version-mismatch fallback: after `calamares-online.sh`'s
+       `PackageChooserQmlViewStep.cpp`.
-       `pacman -Sy cachyos-calamares-next`, check the installed version
-       against what the module was built for; on a mismatch, switch
-       `settings.conf` to the `netinstall` page instead (generate its
-       groups conf from `--defaults --list` there too) rather than risk an
-       "Initialization Failed" module.
      - "Boot into gaming mode" as an opt-out sub-toggle under SteamOS
        conversion (agreed with the user) isn't implemented on either page
        yet — both still use the old Gaming/Desktop radio-row.
@@ -54,6 +49,12 @@
 
 ## Done
 
+- **packagechooserq built with the ISO** (2026-09-28):
+  `build-calamares-modules.sh` builds it in the build container/VM from
+  CachyOS's Calamares source against the current `cachyos-calamares-next`
+  (no prebuilt `.so` in git), with `built-for`; `calamares-online.sh` leaves
+  the Steamify page out when the Calamares it runs differs (the step then
+  installs everything on) instead of risking "Initialization Failed".
 - **Steamify 2.6.0** released (`--defaults`, install-time mode).
 - **Live session** (VM, `--fremont`): Vapor look and layout (Steam Deck
   wallpaper) at the live login; the power-off module is built for both ISO

archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq/module.desc

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# AUTO-GENERATED metadata file
-# Syntax is YAML 1.2
----
-type: "viewmodule"
-name: "packagechooserq"
-interface: "qtplugin"
-load: "libcalamares_viewmodule_packagechooserq.so"

archiso/airootfs/usr/local/bin/calamares-online.sh

@@ -83,8 +83,21 @@ EOF
     # Steamify: its page (packagechooserq@steamifypage, right after the
     # packages page) and its step (modules/shellprocess_steamify.conf) before
     # the installer cleans up after itself.
+    # The page's module is built for one cachyos-calamares-next
+    # (build-calamares-modules.sh); the pacman -Sy above may have brought
+    # another, which it might not load in ("Initialization Failed" blocks the
+    # installer). Then leave the page out: the step installs the page's
+    # default, everything on.
+    local built installed
+    built="$(cat /usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq/built-for 2>/dev/null)"
+    installed="$(pacman -Q cachyos-calamares-next | cut -d' ' -f2)"
+    local page=(-e 's/^  - netinstall$/&\n  - packagechooserq@steamifypage/')
+    if [[ -z "$built" || "$built" != "$installed" ]]; then
+        echo "Steamify page left out: built for cachyos-calamares-next ${built:-?}, running $installed." >> "$log"
+        page=()
+    fi
     sudo sed -i -e 's/^- id:       cleanup_calamares$/- id:       steamifypage\n  module:   packagechooserq\n  config:   packagechooserq_steamifypage.conf\n\n- id:       steamify\n  module:   shellprocess\n  config:   shellprocess_steamify.conf\n\n&/' \
-        -e 's/^  - netinstall$/&\n  - packagechooserq@steamifypage/' \
+        "${page[@]}" \
         -e 's/^  - shellprocess@cleanup_calamares$/  - shellprocess@steamify\n&/' /etc/calamares/settings.conf
     exec pkexec-wrapper calamares -D6 >> $log
 }

build-calamares-modules.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# build-calamares-modules.sh: builds Calamares' packagechooserq module (the
+# QML page the Steamify page runs in) for the ISO. CachyOS's
+# cachyos-calamares-next leaves it out of its own build, so it's built here,
+# out of tree, from CachyOS's Calamares source against the installed
+# cachyos-calamares-next, and installed into airootfs. Run as root in the
+# build container, before buildiso.sh: the package comes from the same repos
+# at the same time as the ISO's, so the module matches the ISO's Calamares.
+# Records the version it was built for next to it (calamares-online.sh
+# compares that with the Calamares it ends up with).
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+dest=archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/calamares/modules/packagechooserq
+src_url=https://github.com/CachyOS/cachyos-calamares/archive/refs/heads/cachyos.tar.gz
+
+pacman -S --needed --noconfirm cachyos-calamares-next cmake extra-cmake-modules \
+    qt6-declarative qt6-tools qt6-svg kcoreaddons yaml-cpp base-devel >/dev/null
+work="$(mktemp -d)"
+mkdir -p "$work/src" "$work/cmake"
+# The module and the packagechooser sources it shares (Config, PackageModel),
+# plus the CMake helper its CMakeLists includes, which Calamares doesn't install.
+curl -fsSL "$src_url" -o "$work/calamares.tar.gz"
+tar -xzf "$work/calamares.tar.gz" --strip-components=3 -C "$work/src" \
+    cachyos-calamares-cachyos/src/modules/packagechooserq cachyos-calamares-cachyos/src/modules/packagechooser
+tar -xzf "$work/calamares.tar.gz" --strip-components=2 -C "$work/cmake" \
+    cachyos-calamares-cachyos/CMakeModules/AppStreamHelper.cmake
+# KF6CoreAddons before Calamares: Calamares' CMake config needs its target.
+cat > "$work/src/CMakeLists.txt" << EOF
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(steamify_packagechooserq LANGUAGES CXX)
+set(WITH_QML ON)
+set(WITH_QT6 ON)
+set(qtname Qt6)
+set(QT_VERSION_SUFFIX -qt6)
+find_package(ECM REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH \${ECM_MODULE_PATH} /usr/lib/cmake/Calamares $work/cmake \${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets Qml Quick)
+find_package(KF6CoreAddons REQUIRED)
+find_package(Calamares REQUIRED)
+add_subdirectory(packagechooserq)
+EOF
+cmake -S "$work/src" -B "$work/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release > "$work/cmake.log" 2>&1 ||
+    { tail -30 "$work/cmake.log"; exit 1; }
+make -s -C "$work/build" -j"$(nproc)"
+install -Dm755 "$work/build/packagechooserq/libcalamares_viewmodule_packagechooserq.so" "$dest/libcalamares_viewmodule_packagechooserq.so"
+install -Dm644 "$work/build/packagechooserq/module.desc" "$dest/module.desc"
+pacman -Q cachyos-calamares-next | cut -d' ' -f2 > "$dest/built-for"
+rm -rf "$work"
+echo "packagechooserq built for cachyos-calamares-next $(cat "$dest/built-for")."