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codex/scripts/codex_package

Codex package builder

This package contains the implementation behind scripts/build_codex_package.py. The top-level script is the stable executable entry point; these modules keep the package-building logic split by responsibility.

The builder creates a canonical Codex package directory:

.
├── codex-package.json
├── bin
│   └── codex[.exe]
├── codex-resources
│   ├── bwrap                             # Linux only
│   ├── codex-command-runner.exe          # Windows only
│   └── codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe   # Windows only
└── codex-path
    └── rg[.exe]

The package directory is the primary artifact. Archive formats such as .tar.gz, .tar.zst, and .zip are serializations of that directory.

Source-built artifacts

Artifacts built from this repository are always built by the package builder in one grouped cargo build command per package:

  • all targets: codex
  • Linux targets: bwrap
  • Windows targets: codex-command-runner and codex-windows-sandbox-setup

The default cargo profile is dev-small because local iteration should favor fast, small builds. Release jobs should pass --cargo-profile release.

rg is not built from this repository, so the builder fetches it from the DotSlash manifest at codex-cli/bin/rg. Downloaded archives are cached under $TMPDIR/codex-package/<target>-rg and are reused only after the recorded size and SHA-256 digest have been verified. Pass --rg-bin to use a local ripgrep executable instead.