feat(local): detect dependency-cascade failures generally, not just RcppParallel #128

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pat-s merged 1 commit from t3code/detect-dependency-cascades into main 2026-07-16 08:23:55 +00:00

2026-07-15

feat(local): detect dependency-cascade failures generally, not just RcppParallel
The first trial-build gate run correctly went red: the 10 auto-proposed
tbb-stddef packages (BFpack, BayesERtools, GMLTM, ...) all fail while building
their shared `rstan` dependency, not in their own code -- the `tbb/tbb_stddef.h`
error is in rstan's Module.cpp. So a per-package makevars entry is useless for
them; they are blocked on rstan (which already has an entry). This is the same
cascade the RcppParallel `applies_to` guard catches, but the tbb-stddef
signature is generic and had no such pin.

Add `failing_dependency(error_text, package)`: when the log shows a DIFFERENT
package failed to compile ("Failed to build source package X", "compilation
failed for package 'X'", ...), that package is the real cause. build_triage_report
now blocks any package whose every failing build is such a cascade -- reported
as blocked_on the dependency, never proposed a bogus entry. A package that fails
in its OWN compilation is still proposed. This unifies the applies_to and
data-driven cases into one `blocked_packages` / `blocked_on` model.

- report/proposer/blocked_summary now count the actually-blocked packages
- blocked note shows even when a group also has genuine proposals
- tests cover the rstan-cascade vs own-compile split (with the real log strings)
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