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Michael Bolin c7bcb90f9b package: include zsh fork in Codex package (#23756)
## Why

The package layout gives Codex a stable place for runtime helpers that
should travel with the entrypoint. `shell_zsh_fork` still required users
to configure `zsh_path` manually, even though we already publish
prebuilt zsh fork artifacts.

This PR builds on #24129 and uses the shared DotSlash artifact fetcher
to include the zsh fork in Codex packages when a matching target
artifact exists. Packaged Codex builds can then discover the bundled
fork automatically; the user/profile `zsh_path` override is removed so
the feature uses the package-managed artifact instead of a legacy path
knob.

## What Changed

- Added `scripts/codex_package/codex-zsh`, a checked-in DotSlash
manifest for the current macOS arm64 and Linux zsh fork artifacts.
- Taught `scripts/build_codex_package.py` to fetch the matching zsh fork
artifact and install it at `codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh` when available
for the selected target.
- Added package layout validation for the optional bundled zsh resource.
- Added `InstallContext::bundled_zsh_path()` and
`InstallContext::bundled_zsh_bin_dir()` for package-layout resource
discovery.
- Threaded the packaged zsh path through config loading as the runtime
`zsh_path` for packaged installs, and removed the config/profile/CLI
override path.
- Kept the packaged default zsh override typed as `AbsolutePathBuf`
until the existing runtime `Config::zsh_path` boundary.
- Updated app-server zsh-fork integration tests to spawn
`codex-app-server` from a temporary package layout with
`codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh`, matching the new packaged discovery path
instead of setting `zsh_path` in config.
- Switched package executable copying from metadata-preserving `copy2()`
to `copyfile()` plus explicit executable bits, which avoids macOS
file-flag failures when local smoke tests use system binaries as inputs.

## Testing

To verify that the `zsh` executable from the Codex package is picked up
correctly, first I ran:

```shell
./scripts/build_codex_package.py
```

which created:

```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/
```

so then I ran:

```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/bin/codex exec --enable shell_zsh_fork 'run `echo $0`'
```

which reported the following, as expected:

```
/private/var/folders/vw/x2knqmks50sfhfpy27nftl900000gp/T/codex-package-pms94kdp/codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh
```



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# 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:
```text
.
├── codex-package.json
├── bin
│ └── <entrypoint>[.exe]
├── codex-resources
│ ├── bwrap # Linux only
│ ├── zsh/bin/zsh # supported Unix targets 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.
If `--target` is omitted, the builder uses the release target for the current
host platform. On Linux, that default is a musl target to match Codex release
artifacts; pass a GNU Linux target explicitly for native glibc local builds. If
`--package-dir` is omitted, the builder creates a new temporary directory and
prints its path after the package is built.
The `--variant` flag selects the package entrypoint. Supported variants are
`codex` and `codex-app-server`. The `version` field in `codex-package.json` is
read from `[workspace.package].version` in `codex-rs/Cargo.toml`.
## Source-built artifacts
Artifacts built from this repository are built by the package builder in one
grouped `cargo build` command per package when they are needed and no prebuilt
override was provided:
- all targets: the selected entrypoint, unless `--entrypoint-bin` is provided
- Linux targets: `bwrap`, unless `--bwrap-bin` is provided
- Windows targets: `codex-command-runner` and `codex-windows-sandbox-setup`,
unless the corresponding prebuilt helper flags are provided
The default cargo profile is `dev-small` because local iteration should favor
fast, small builds. Release jobs should pass `--cargo-profile release` and an
explicit target. Release jobs that already built and signed/notarized the
entrypoint should pass `--entrypoint-bin` so the package contains that exact
binary instead of rebuilding it.
Release jobs that already built package resource binaries should also pass the
corresponding resource flags: `--bwrap-bin` for Linux packages, and
`--codex-command-runner-bin` plus `--codex-windows-sandbox-setup-bin` for
Windows packages. This keeps package archive creation as a pure staging step
after signing instead of rebuilding resources.
When the builder source-builds an entrypoint for a Darwin or Linux target, it
downloads and verifies the matching Codex-built V8 release pair before invoking
Cargo and sets `RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE` plus `RUSTY_V8_SRC_BINDING_PATH` for that
build. Windows targets keep Cargo's release-build MSVC artifact path. Explicit
overrides remain authoritative when both variables are already set. Set
`V8_FROM_SOURCE=1` to leave the build with the `v8` crate source-build path.
`rg` is not built from this repository, so the builder fetches it from the
DotSlash manifest at `scripts/codex_package/rg`. Downloaded archives are cached
under `$TMPDIR/codex-package/<target>-rg` and are reused only after the recorded
size and SHA-256 digest have been verified. Pass `--rg-bin` to use a local
ripgrep executable instead.
The patched zsh fork used by `shell_zsh_fork` is fetched from the DotSlash
manifest at `scripts/codex_package/codex-zsh` when the selected target has a
matching prebuilt artifact. Downloaded archives are cached under
`$TMPDIR/codex-package/<target>-zsh` and installed at
`codex-resources/zsh/bin/zsh`.