<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Tool cache on Alwaldend</title><link>https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/tool-cache/</link><description>Recent content in Tool cache on Alwaldend</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/tool-cache/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Explicit tool installation</title><link>https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/tool-cache/spec/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/tool-cache/spec/</guid><description>&lt;span id="explicit-tool-installation"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h2 id="purpose"&gt;Purpose&lt;a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#purpose" aria-label="Heading self-link"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Record AL&amp;rsquo;s explicit source-built installation boundary after removal of the&#10;private executable cache.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;h2 id="requirements"&gt;Requirements&lt;a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#requirements" aria-label="Heading self-link"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 id="requirement-use-explicit-source-built-installation"&gt;Requirement: Use explicit source-built installation&lt;a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#requirement-use-explicit-source-built-installation" aria-label="Heading self-link"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;AL SHALL be built by Bazel and installed only through an explicitly requested&#10;installation target. It SHALL NOT expose &lt;code&gt;al tool&lt;/code&gt; or maintain a private executable&#10;cache. Updating source SHALL NOT change an installed executable automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;h4 id="scenario-update-an-installed-command"&gt;Scenario: Update an installed command&lt;a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#scenario-update-an-installed-command" aria-label="Heading self-link"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHEN&lt;/strong&gt; an operator requests the repository&amp;rsquo;s AL install target&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THEN&lt;/strong&gt; the installer atomically copies the current source-built executable.&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;/ul&gt;&#10;&lt;h4 id="scenario-invoke-the-removed-tool-subcommand"&gt;Scenario: Invoke the removed tool subcommand&lt;a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#scenario-invoke-the-removed-tool-subcommand" aria-label="Heading self-link"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHEN&lt;/strong&gt; a caller invokes &lt;code&gt;al tool&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THEN&lt;/strong&gt; AL reports usage failure without inspecting a tool cache.&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;/ul&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>