build: pass direct exports to package compilers

2026-08-12 18:42:22 +09:00
parent b373c445bd
commit edd3f4ee83
13 changed files with 678 additions and 611 deletions
--- a/4
+++ b/4
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ BYTEID_WW_TARGETS = $(BYTEID_WW_TESTS:%=wwtest/%)
 # Ww-native sep-driver/tool observers: single-file ww tests under
 # test/sep/ on the test/testenv helper package, porting the residual
 # 989_sep* driver-observer C carriers. These are compiler/driver
-# gates (module trees, sepwork artifact layout, composed //ww:module
-# units, link rejects), NOT byteid suites: they run under
+# gates (module trees, sepwork artifact layout, owner-only units and direct
+# export arguments, link rejects), NOT byteid suites: they run under
 # test-compiler beside the surviving residual carriers.
 SEP_WW_TESTS = test/sep/sepbuild_test.ww test/sep/sepimport_test.ww \
 	  test/sep/seplink_test.ww test/sep/sepscratch_test.ww \
--- a/cmd/w6c/main.c
+++ b/cmd/w6c/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,41 @@ slurp(const char *path, char **outbuf, u64 *outlen)
 	return 0;
 }

+struct importin {
+	const char *path;
+	const char *file;
+	char *buf;
+	u64 len;
+};
+
+static Node *
+parseinput(Arena *a, const char *file, char *buf, u64 len,
+    const char *mod, const char *testsupport, int *bad)
+{
+	Lex l;
+	Parser p;
+	lexinit(&l, a, file, buf, len);
+	parserinit(&p, a, &l);
+	p.testmodule = testsupport;
+	if (mod != NULL) {
+		p.pathmod = mod;
+		p.curmod = mod;
+	}
+	Node *f = parsefile(&p);
+	*bad = l.errs || p.errs;
+	return f;
+}
+
+static void
+appendnodes(Node **head, Node **tail, Node *list)
+{
+	if (list == NULL) return;
+	if (*head == NULL) *head = list;
+	else (*tail)->next = list;
+	while (list->next != NULL) list = list->next;
+	*tail = list;
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -33,6 +68,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int sepmode = 0;		/* -c: #22 M3 separate-compile / primary-
 				 * only codegen (emit imported==0 decls
 				 * only; treat `.wwi` deps as external) */
+	struct importin *imports = calloc((size_t)argc, sizeof *imports);
+	if (imports == NULL) {
+		fputs("w6c: out of memory\n", stderr);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	int nimports = 0;
 	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *a = argv[i];
 		if (strcmp(a, "-o") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
@@ -49,6 +90,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			testsupport = argv[++i];
 		} else if (strcmp(a, "-c") == 0) {
 			sepmode = 1;
+		} else if (strcmp(a, "--import") == 0) {
+			if (i + 2 >= argc) {
+				fputs("w6c: --import requires path and file\n", stderr);
+				return 2;
+			}
+			imports[nimports].path = argv[++i];
+			imports[nimports].file = argv[++i];
+			nimports++;
 		} else if (a[0] == '-') {
 			fprintf(stderr, "w6c: unknown flag %s\n", a);
 			return 2;
@@ -60,9 +109,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 	if (src == NULL) {
-		fputs("usage: w6c [-T] [-c] [-I out.wwi] [-o out.s] file.ww\n", stderr);
+		fputs("usage: w6c [-T] [-c] [-I out.wwi] "
+		    "[--import path dep.wwi]... [-o out.s] file.ww\n", stderr);
 		return 2;
 	}
+	if (nimports > 0 && !sepmode) {
+		fputs("w6c: --import requires -c\n", stderr);
+		return 2;
+	}
+	for (int i = 0; i < nimports; i++) {
+		if (imports[i].path[0] == '\0') {
+			fputs("w6c: --import path is empty\n", stderr);
+			return 2;
+		}
+		if (i > 0 && strcmp(imports[i-1].path, imports[i].path) >= 0) {
+			fputs("w6c: --import paths must be sorted and unique\n", stderr);
+			return 2;
+		}
+	}
 	if (testsupport != NULL && (!sepmode
 	    || (strcmp(testsupport, "test") != 0
 		&& strcmp(testsupport, "__wwtest") != 0))) {
@@ -70,24 +134,38 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return 2;
 	}

+	Arena *a = newarena();
+	Checker c;
+	Cg cg;
+
+	Node *head = NULL, *tail = NULL;
+	for (int i = 0; i < nimports; i++) {
+		if (slurp(imports[i].file, &imports[i].buf,
+		    &imports[i].len) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "w6c: import %s: cannot read %s\n",
+			    imports[i].path, imports[i].file);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		int bad = 0;
+		Node *f = parseinput(a, imports[i].file, imports[i].buf,
+		    imports[i].len, imports[i].path, testsupport, &bad);
+		if (bad) return 1;
+		appendnodes(&head, &tail, f->list);
+	}
+
 	char *buf;
 	u64 len;
 	if (slurp(src, &buf, &len) < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "w6c: %s: cannot read\n", src);
 		return 1;
 	}
-
-	Arena *a = newarena();
-	Lex l;
-	Parser p;
-	Checker c;
-	Cg cg;
-
-	lexinit(&l, a, src, buf, len);
-	parserinit(&p, a, &l);
-	p.testmodule = testsupport;
-	Node *file = parsefile(&p);
-	if (l.errs || p.errs) return 1;
+	int bad = 0;
+	Node *file = parseinput(a, src, buf, len, NULL, testsupport, &bad);
+	if (bad) return 1;
+	if (head != NULL) {
+		tail->next = file->list;
+		file->list = head;
+	}

 	check_init(&c, a);
 	c.is_test = testmode;
@@ -128,6 +206,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)

 	if (of != stdout) fclose(of);
 	freearena(a);
+	for (int i = 0; i < nimports; i++) free(imports[i].buf);
+	free(imports);
 	free(buf);
 	return 0;
 }
--- a/cmd/w6c/wwi.c
+++ b/cmd/w6c/wwi.c
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 * wwi.c — `.wwi` export-data producer (w6c -I): a re-parseable ww-prototype
 * rendering of a package's EXPORTED surface. Since the sep-compile flip
 * (epic #22) this is the LIVE import path — the driver runs one `w6c -c -I`
- * per package and feeds each dep's `.wwi` to its importers as import scope;
- * the combined.ww amalgamator is gone.
+ * per package and feeds each dep's `.wwi` to its importers through a separate
+ * canonical `--import` input; the combined.ww amalgamator is gone.
 *
 * Specs: .ai/rob-M2-spec.md (producer) + .ai/drew-M2-checkexported.md
 * (check_exported_type). Two load-bearing choices follow them:
--- a/cmd/ww/main.c
+++ b/cmd/ww/main.c
@@ -495,21 +495,15 @@ enumerate_dir_ww(const char *dirpath, int variant, const char *test_package,
 * package's `.wwi` interface is materialized and every package is
 * compiled on its own (`w6c -c`), then the `.o` set is flat-linked.
 *
- * Each w6c pass is BOTH consumer (reads dep `.wwi` as import scope) AND
- * producer (writes this package's `.wwi` for its importers via -I), so
- * a package's interface is materialized as a side effect of compiling
- * it. Reverse-topo order guarantees a package's deps' `.wwi` exist
- * before it compiles.
+ * Each w6c pass is BOTH consumer (reads each direct dep `.wwi` through a
+ * separate --import argument) AND producer (writes this package's `.wwi`
+ * for its importers via -I). Reverse-topo order guarantees a package's
+ * deps' `.wwi` exist before it compiles.
 *
- * The load-bearing rule (ken #56, rob-resolved): every dep is tagged by
- * its FULL DOTTED import path on prepend (`//ww:module <path>`), so the
- * definer's qualified symbol (#53) equals the consumer's qualified
- * reference (#40) and the sep `.o`s link. A dep is NEVER bare-embedded.
- *
- * Only DIRECT dependency artifacts are prepended. A `.wwi` relocates the
- * recursively reachable public foreign type/const facts required by its own
- * API, retaining their origin modules without turning them into source
- * imports. Full transitive reachability remains a linker concern.
+ * Only DIRECT dependency artifacts enter a compile action. The canonical
+ * import path paired with each `.wwi` preserves qualified symbol identity;
+ * a `.wwi` relocates the public foreign type/const facts required by its own
+ * API. Full transitive reachability remains a linker concern.
 */
 #define SEP_MAXPKG 256

@@ -529,6 +523,7 @@ struct seppkg {
 	int  failed;		/* discovery/compile failure reaches this action */
 	int  test_support;	/* compiler-generated -T support package */
 	int  loaded;		/* directory membership/name loaded exactly once */
+	int  export_changed;	/* staged export differs from committed export */
 	int  emit_context;	/* first verified resolution context */
 	unsigned char context_state[SEP_MAXCONTEXT]; /* 0 new, 1 active, 2 checked */
 	struct ImportSet bindings; /* first context's canonical import bindings */
@@ -701,6 +696,7 @@ sep_find_or_add_variant(struct sepgraph *g, const char *path,
 	p->failed = 0;
 	p->test_support = 0;
 	p->loaded = 0;
+	p->export_changed = 0;
 	p->emit_context = -1;
 	memset(p->context_state, 0, sizeof p->context_state);
 	p->bindings.paths = NULL;
@@ -1315,9 +1311,8 @@ sep_validate_module_closure(struct sepgraph *g, const int *order, int n,
 }

 /* Emit one of pi's own source files into the sep-unit under the
- * //ww:module-reset primary boundary. Imports were already resolved to
- * directory-package edges and their direct `.wwi` files were prepended;
- * no source outside pi's sorted owned-source set may enter this unit. */
+ * //ww:module-reset primary boundary. No source or export outside pi's
+ * sorted owned-source set may enter this unit. */
 static int
 sep_emit_body(FILE *out, const char *path, const char *modpath)
 {
@@ -1348,13 +1343,11 @@ sep_emit_body(FILE *out, const char *path, const char *modpath)
 	return 0;
 }

-/* Compose pi's sep-unit at `unitf`: its byte-sorted DIRECT dependency
- * `.wwi`s, each tagged by its dotted path, then pi's own body under
- * //ww:module-reset. Compiler exports are self-contained for public type
- * facts; the linker separately retains the reachable archive closure. */
+/* Compose pi's sep-unit at `unitf` from only pi's byte-sorted sources.
+ * Direct exports are separate compiler inputs; the linker separately retains
+ * the reachable archive closure. */
 static int
-sep_compose_unit(struct sepgraph *g, int pi, const char *scratch,
-    const char *unitf)
+sep_compose_unit(struct sepgraph *g, int pi, const char *unitf)
 {
 	if (g->pkg[pi].emit_context < 0
 	    || g->pkg[pi].emit_context >= g->ncontext)
@@ -1364,28 +1357,6 @@ sep_compose_unit(struct sepgraph *g, int pi, const char *scratch,
 		fprintf(stderr, "ww: cannot open %s\n", unitf);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	for (int k = 0; k < g->pkg[pi].ndeps; k++) {
-		int dj = g->pkg[pi].deps[k];
-		char wwi[SEP_ARTIFACT_MAX];
-		sep_fname(g, dj, scratch, ".wwi", wwi, sizeof wwi);
-		FILE *wf = fopen(wwi, "rb");
-		if (wf == NULL) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "ww: missing %s\n", wwi);
-			fclose(u);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		int bad = fprintf(u, "//ww:module %s\n", g->pkg[dj].path) < 0;
-		int ch;
-		while (!bad && (ch = fgetc(wf)) != EOF)
-			if (fputc(ch, u) == EOF) bad = 1;
-		if (ferror(wf) || fputc('\n', u) == EOF) bad = 1;
-		if (fclose(wf) != 0) bad = 1;
-		if (bad) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "ww: cannot compose package unit %s\n", unitf);
-			fclose(u);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
 	int bodyrc = 0;
 	if (g->pkg[pi].is_dir) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < g->pkg[pi].nsources && bodyrc == 0; i++)
@@ -1467,11 +1438,11 @@ archive_o(const char *objpath, const char *apath)

 /* -w workdir freshness: a `-w DIR` workdir is a caller-owned persistent
 * package-artifact tree that replaces the fresh `.sepwork` scratch.
- * Staleness is pure content
- * identity, never mtime: a package is reused only when its freshly
- * composed unit byte-equals the committed unit AND the driver/tool copies
- * recorded in the dir byte-equal the live executables — every decision is
- * reproducible by hand with cmp(1) against plain files. Artifacts commit
+ * Staleness is pure content identity, never mtime: a package is reused only
+ * when its freshly composed unit byte-equals the committed unit, no direct
+ * dependency emitted a changed export, AND the driver/tool copies recorded in
+ * the dir byte-equal the live executables — every decision is reproducible by
+ * hand with cmp(1) against plain files. Artifacts commit
 * via temp + rename with the unit renamed last, so a killed build can
 * never leave a committed unit vouching for uncommitted artifacts. The
 * caller serializes invocations per workdir (Make target = one workdir)
@@ -1565,7 +1536,7 @@ static void
 workdir_stamp_text(char *buf, size_t bufsz, int is_test, int emit_asm)
 {
 	snprintf(buf, bufsz, "ww workdir fmt %d mode %s asm %d\n",
-	    is_test ? 6 : 5, is_test ? "test" : "build", emit_asm);
+	    is_test ? 7 : 6, is_test ? "test" : "build", emit_asm);
 }

 /* A stale global builder identity invalidates every committed unit voucher in
@@ -1601,8 +1572,8 @@ invalidate_workdir_units(const char *scratch)

 /* build_sep_plan — discover dependencies for every requested product in one
 * package universe, compile the dependency-first union once, then link each
- * root from its own complete reachable archive closure. The transitive
- * producer loop (one `w6c -c -I` per package, dep-first,
+ * root from its own complete reachable archive closure. The dependency-first
+ * producer loop (one `w6c -c -I` per package,
 * each DEP `.o` wrapped in its own deterministic `.a`), then a
 * reverse-topo `w6l` of each root `.o` + dep `.a` set + libwwrt.a. Side
 * files land in a cold `<stem>.sepwork` dir, or under the persistent
@@ -1913,12 +1884,17 @@ build_one_sep_impl(const char *src, int entry_is_dir,
 		const char *ca = warm ? anew : apath;
 		int needs_export = !g->pkg[pi].root || root_package;
 		int needs_archive = !g->pkg[pi].root || root_package;
-		if (sep_compose_unit(g, pi, scratch, cu) < 0) {
+		if (sep_compose_unit(g, pi, cu) < 0) {
 			g->pkg[pi].failed = 1;
 			any_failed = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (warm && !stale_all && file_equal(unitnew, unitf)
+		int deps_changed = 0;
+		for (int k = 0; k < g->pkg[pi].ndeps; k++)
+			if (g->pkg[g->pkg[pi].deps[k]].export_changed)
+				deps_changed = 1;
+		if (warm && !stale_all && !deps_changed
+		    && file_equal(unitnew, unitf)
 		    && file_is_reg(asmf)
 		    && (!needs_export || file_is_reg(wwi))
 		    && (emit_asm || (file_size_nonzero(obj)
@@ -1938,7 +1914,20 @@ build_one_sep_impl(const char *src, int entry_is_dir,
 		 * LOCAL type (the root is never imported), which the
 		 * export-check rejects. Skip -I for the root; its `.wwi`
 		 * is never consumed. */
-		char *cargv[12];
+		size_t cargvcap = (size_t)(12 + 3 * g->pkg[pi].ndeps);
+		char **cargv = calloc(cargvcap, sizeof *cargv);
+		char (*importfiles)[SEP_ARTIFACT_MAX] = NULL;
+		if (g->pkg[pi].ndeps > 0)
+			importfiles = calloc((size_t)g->pkg[pi].ndeps,
+			    sizeof *importfiles);
+		if (cargv == NULL || (g->pkg[pi].ndeps > 0
+		    && importfiles == NULL)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "ww: out of memory\n");
+			free(importfiles);
+			free(cargv);
+			free(order);
+			return 1;
+		}
 		int cpos = 0;
 		cargv[cpos++] = "w6c";
 		if (!needs_export && is_test && g->pkg[pi].root) {
@@ -1953,6 +1942,14 @@ build_one_sep_impl(const char *src, int entry_is_dir,
 			cargv[cpos++] = (char *)test_support_module;
 		}
 		cargv[cpos++] = "-c";
+		for (int k = 0; k < g->pkg[pi].ndeps; k++) {
+			int dj = g->pkg[pi].deps[k];
+			sep_fname(g, dj, scratch, ".wwi", importfiles[k],
+			    sizeof importfiles[k]);
+			cargv[cpos++] = "--import";
+			cargv[cpos++] = g->pkg[dj].path;
+			cargv[cpos++] = importfiles[k];
+		}
 		if (needs_export) {
 			cargv[cpos++] = "-I";
 			cargv[cpos++] = (char *)cw;
@@ -1961,13 +1958,19 @@ build_one_sep_impl(const char *src, int entry_is_dir,
 		cargv[cpos++] = (char *)cs;
 		cargv[cpos++] = (char *)cu;
 		cargv[cpos] = NULL;
-		if (run_argv(c6, cargv) != 0) {
+		int compilerc = run_argv(c6, cargv);
+		free(importfiles);
+		free(cargv);
+		if (compilerc != 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ww: w6c failed for %s\n",
 			    g->pkg[pi].path[0] ? g->pkg[pi].path : "(root)");
 			g->pkg[pi].failed = 1;
 			any_failed = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (needs_export)
+			g->pkg[pi].export_changed = !warm
+			    || !file_equal(wwinew, wwi);
 		if (!emit_asm) {
 			char *aargv[] = {"w6a", "-o", (char *)co,
 			    (char *)cs, NULL};
--- a/selfhost/cmd/w6c/main.ww
+++ b/selfhost/cmd/w6c/main.ww
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 	let sepmode: i32 = 0i32;	// -c: #22 M3 separate-compile / primary-
 					// only codegen (emit imported==0 decls
 					// only; treat `.wwi` deps as external)
+	let importpaths: []*u8 = alloc([], argc: u64)!;
+	importpaths.len = argc;
+	let importfiles: []*u8 = alloc([], argc: u64)!;
+	importfiles.len = argc;
+	let nimports: i32 = 0;

 	let i: i32 = 1;
 	for (i < argc) {
@@ -101,6 +106,16 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 			testsupport = argv[i];
 		} else { if (cstreq(a, "-c")) {
 			sepmode = 1i32;
+		} else { if (cstreq(a, "--import")) {
+			if (i + 2 >= argc) {
+				let m: str = "w6c: --import requires path and file\n";
+				os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
+				return 2;
+			};
+			importpaths[nimports] = argv[i + 1];
+			importfiles[nimports] = argv[i + 2];
+			nimports += 1;
+			i += 2;
 		} else { if (a[0u64] == 45u8) {
 			let m: str = "w6c: unknown flag\n";
 			os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
@@ -112,15 +127,35 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 				return 2;
 			};
 			src = a;
-		}; }; }; }; }; };
+		}; }; }; }; }; }; };
 		i += 1;
 	};

 	if (src == nil) {
-		let m: str = "usage: w6c_ww [-T] [-o out.s] file.ww\n";
+		let m: str = "usage: w6c_ww [-T] [-c] [-I out.wwi] [--import path dep.wwi]... [-o out.s] file.ww\n";
 		os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
 		return 2;
 	};
+	if (nimports > 0 && sepmode == 0) {
+		let m: str = "w6c: --import requires -c\n";
+		os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
+		return 2;
+	};
+	let importi: i32 = 0;
+	for (importi < nimports) {
+		if (importpaths[importi][0u64] == 0u8) {
+			let m: str = "w6c: --import path is empty\n";
+			os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
+			return 2;
+		};
+		if (importi > 0 && strings.compare(pathstr(importpaths[importi - 1]),
+		    pathstr(importpaths[importi])) >= 0) {
+			let m: str = "w6c: --import paths must be sorted and unique\n";
+			os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
+			return 2;
+		};
+		importi += 1;
+	};
 	if (testsupport != nil && (sepmode == 0
 		|| (!cstreq(testsupport, "test")
 			&& !cstreq(testsupport, "__wwtest")))) {
@@ -129,6 +164,46 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 		return 2;
 	};

+	let importhead: *node = nil;
+	let importtail: *node = nil;
+	importi = 0;
+	for (importi < nimports) {
+		let ibuf: *u8;
+		let ilen: u64;
+		ibuf, ilen = slurp(importfiles[importi]);
+		if (ibuf == nil) {
+			let pre: str = "w6c: import ";
+			let mid: str = ": cannot read ";
+			let nl: str = "\n";
+			let ipath: str = pathstr(importpaths[importi]);
+			let ifile: str = pathstr(importfiles[importi]);
+			os.write(2, pre.ptr, pre.len: u64);
+			os.write(2, ipath.ptr, ipath.len: u64);
+			os.write(2, mid.ptr, mid.len: u64);
+			os.write(2, ifile.ptr, ifile.len: u64);
+			os.write(2, nl.ptr, nl.len: u64);
+			return 1;
+		};
+		let il: lex;
+		lexinit(&il, strings.dup(pathstr(importfiles[importi])), ibuf, ilen);
+		let ips: parser;
+		parserinit(&ips, &il);
+		let imod: str = pathstr(importpaths[importi]);
+		ips.pathmod = imod;
+		ips.curmod = imod;
+		if (testsupport != nil) { ips.testmodule = pathstr(testsupport); };
+		let imported: *node = parsefile(&ips);
+		if (il.errs > 0 || ips.errs > 0) { return 1; };
+		let d: *node = imported.list;
+		if (d != nil) {
+			if (importhead == nil) { importhead = d; }
+			else { importtail.next = d; };
+			for (d.next != nil) { d = d.next; };
+			importtail = d;
+		};
+		importi += 1;
+	};
+
 	let buf: *u8;
 	let blen: u64;
 	buf, blen = slurp(src);
@@ -137,10 +212,22 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 		os.write(2, m.ptr, m.len: u64);
 		return 1;
 	};
+	let l: lex;
+	lexinit(&l, strings.dup(pathstr(src)), buf, blen);
+	let ps: parser;
+	parserinit(&ps, &l);
+	if (testsupport != nil) { ps.testmodule = pathstr(testsupport); };
+	let f: *node = parsefile(&ps);
+	// Gate cgen on parse-stage errors. Mirrors cmd/w6c/main.c's
+	// `if (l.errs || p.errs) return 1;` — broken AST otherwise reaches
+	// cgen and emits junk asm with a zero exit (silent miscompile).
+	if (l.errs > 0 || ps.errs > 0) { return 1; };
+	if (importhead != nil) {
+		importtail.next = f.list;
+		f.list = importhead;
+	};

-	// Redirect fd 1 to the output file before any cgen emit runs.
-	// cgen.ww writes directly to fd 1; dup2 lets us reuse it without
-	// threading a file descriptor through the emit helpers.
+	// cgen writes directly to fd 1; dup2 keeps that implementation private.
 	if (out != nil) {
 		let ofd: i32 = os.open(pathstr(out),
 		    os.flag.WRONLY | os.flag.CREATE | os.flag.TRUNC, 420i32);	// 0o644
@@ -158,24 +245,6 @@ export fn main(argc: i32, argv: **u8) i32 = {
 		os.close(ofd);
 	};

-	let nlen: u64 = cstrlen(src);
-	let view: str;
-	view.ptr = src;
-	view.len = nlen: i32;
-	let fname: str = strings.dup(view);
-
-	let l: lex;
-	lexinit(&l, fname, buf, blen);
-
-	let ps: parser;
-	parserinit(&ps, &l);
-	if (testsupport != nil) { ps.testmodule = pathstr(testsupport); };
-	let f: *node = parsefile(&ps);
-	// Gate cgen on parse-stage errors. Mirrors cmd/w6c/main.c's
-	// `if (l.errs || p.errs) return 1;` — broken AST otherwise reaches
-	// cgen and emits junk asm with a zero exit (silent miscompile).
-	if (l.errs > 0 || ps.errs > 0) { return 1; };
-
 	let testmodule: str;
 	if (testsupport != nil) { testmodule = pathstr(testsupport); };
 	let interfaceout: str;
--- a/selfhost/cmd/wcc/wwi.ww
+++ b/selfhost/cmd/wcc/wwi.ww
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // ww-prototype rendering of a package's EXPORTED surface. Since the
 // sep-compile flip (epic #22) this is the LIVE import path — the driver
 // runs one `w6c -c -I` per package and feeds each dep's `.wwi` to its
-// importers as import scope.
+// importers through a separate canonical `--import` input.
 //
 // wwstage twin of cmd/w6c/wwi.c — byte-identical output is a rule-10
 // requirement (`.wwi` is a cross-stage byte-id substrate). Specs:
--- a/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww
+++ b/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww
@@ -741,16 +741,12 @@ type lflags = struct {
 // every package on its own (`w6c -c`), then flat-links the `.o` set.
 // Separate compilation is the SOLE build path (E3-C1 flip, task #87).
 //
-// Each w6c pass is BOTH consumer (reads dep `.wwi` as import scope) AND
-// producer (writes this package's `.wwi` via -I). Reverse-topo order
-// guarantees a package's deps' `.wwi` exist before it compiles.
-//
-// Every direct dep is tagged by its FULL DOTTED import path on prepend
-// (`//ww:module <path>`), so the definer's qualified symbol equals the
-// consumer's qualified reference and the sep `.o`s link. A dependency's
-// compiler-owned `.wwi` carries its reachable public foreign type facts;
-// separately prepending transitive interfaces is neither necessary nor
-// allowed. The unit composition is byte-identical to the cstage driver.
+// Each w6c pass is BOTH consumer (reads each direct dep `.wwi` through a
+// separate --import argument) AND producer (writes this package's `.wwi`
+// via -I). Reverse-topo order guarantees a package's deps' `.wwi` exist.
+// The canonical import path paired with each self-contained export preserves
+// qualified symbol identity; transitive exports remain outside the compile
+// action. Unit composition is byte-identical to the cstage driver.

 def SEP_MAXPKG: i32 = 256;

@@ -775,6 +771,7 @@ type seppkg = struct {
 	failed: bool,
 	testsupport: bool,
 	loaded: bool,
+	exportchanged: bool,
 	emitcontext: i32,
 	contextstate: []u8,
 	bindings: []sepbind,
@@ -929,6 +926,7 @@ fn sepfindoraddvariant(g: *sepgraph, path: *u8, entry: *u8,
 	g.pkg[g.n].failed = false;
 	g.pkg[g.n].testsupport = false;
 	g.pkg[g.n].loaded = false;
+	g.pkg[g.n].exportchanged = false;
 	g.pkg[g.n].emitcontext = -1;
 	let cslot: []u8 = alloc([], SEP_MAXCONTEXT: u64)!;
 	cslot.len = SEP_MAXCONTEXT;
@@ -1546,8 +1544,8 @@ fn sepvalidatemoduleclosure(g: *sepgraph, order: []i32, n: i32,
 	return 0;
 };

-// Imported source never enters this body: its direct export data was
-// prepended above, while this package owns exactly its sorted source set.
+// No imported source or export enters this body: the package owns exactly its
+// sorted source set.
 fn sepwriteall(fd: i32, buf: *u8, n: u64) bool = {
 	match (os.writeall(fd, buf, n)) {
 	case let wrote: i64 => return wrote == n: i64;
@@ -1589,12 +1587,9 @@ fn sepemitbody(fd: i32, path: *u8, modpath: *u8) i32 = {
 	return 0;
 };

-// Compose pi's sep-unit at `unitf`: its byte-sorted DIRECT dependency
-// `.wwi`s, each tagged by its dotted path, then pi's own body under
-// //ww:module-reset. Compiler exports are self-contained for public type
-// facts; the linker separately retains the reachable archive closure.
-fn sepcomposeunit(g: *sepgraph, pi: i32, scratch: *u8,
-    unitf: *u8) i32 = {
+// Compose pi's sep-unit from only pi's byte-sorted sources. Direct exports are
+// separate compiler inputs; the linker retains the reachable archive closure.
+fn sepcomposeunit(g: *sepgraph, pi: i32, unitf: *u8) i32 = {
 	if (g.pkg[pi].emitcontext < 0
 	    || g.pkg[pi].emitcontext >= g.ncontext) { return -1; };
 	let u: i32 = os.open(pathstr(unitf), os.flag.WRONLY | os.flag.CREATE | os.flag.TRUNC, 420i32);	// 0o644
@@ -1602,31 +1597,6 @@ fn sepcomposeunit(g: *sepgraph, pi: i32, scratch: *u8,
 		cerr("ww: cannot open unit\n");
 		return -1;
 	};
-	let k: i32 = 0;
-	for (k < g.pkg[pi].ndeps) {
-		let dj: i32 = g.pkg[pi].deps[k];
-		let wwi: *u8 = sepfname(g, dj, scratch, ".wwi");
-		let wb: *u8;
-		let wn: u64;
-		wb, wn = slurp(wwi);
-		if (wb == nil) {
-			cerr("ww: missing wwi\n");
-			os.close(u);
-			return -1;
-		};
-		let dm: str = "//ww:module ";
-		if (!sepwriteall(u, dm.ptr, dm.len: u64)
-		    || !sepwriteall(u, g.pkg[dj].path,
-			cstrlen(g.pkg[dj].path))
-		    || !sepwriteall(u, "\n".ptr, 1u64)
-		    || !sepwriteall(u, wb, wn)
-		    || !sepwriteall(u, "\n".ptr, 1u64)) {
-			cerr("ww: cannot compose package unit\n");
-			os.close(u);
-			return -1;
-		};
-		k += 1;
-	};
 	let bodyrc: i32 = 0;
 	if (g.pkg[pi].isdir != 0) {
 		let i: i32 = 0;
@@ -1720,7 +1690,7 @@ fn archiveo(objpath: *u8, apath: *u8) i32 = {
 };

 // buildonesep — discover deps, reverse-topo,
-// the transitive producer loop (one `w6c -c -I` per package, dep-first,
+// the dependency-first producer loop (one `w6c -c -I` per package,
 // each dependency `.o` wrapped in its own deterministic per-package `.a`), then a
 // reverse-topo `w6l` of the root `.o` + dependency `.a` set + libwwrt.a.
 // Side files land in a cold `<stem>.sepwork` scratch dir. Twin of cstage
@@ -1728,9 +1698,10 @@ fn archiveo(objpath: *u8, apath: *u8) i32 = {

 // A `-w DIR` workdir is a caller-owned persistent package-artifact tree
 // that replaces the fresh `.sepwork` scratch. Staleness is pure content
-// identity, never mtime: a package is reused only when its freshly
-// composed unit byte-equals the committed unit AND the driver/tool copies
-// recorded in the dir byte-equal the live executables — every decision is
+// identity, never mtime: a package is reused only when its freshly composed
+// unit byte-equals the committed unit, no direct dependency emitted a changed
+// export, AND the driver/tool copies recorded in the dir byte-equal the live
+// executables — every decision is
 // reproducible by hand with cmp(1) against plain files. Artifacts commit
 // via temp + rename with the unit renamed last, so a killed build can
 // never leave a committed unit vouching for uncommitted artifacts. The
@@ -1840,14 +1811,14 @@ fn copyfileatomic(src: *u8, dst: *u8) i32 = {
 fn workdirstamptext(istest: i32, emitasm: i32) str = {
 	if (istest != 0) {
 		if (emitasm != 0) {
-			return "ww workdir fmt 6 mode test asm 1\n";
+			return "ww workdir fmt 7 mode test asm 1\n";
 		};
-		return "ww workdir fmt 6 mode test asm 0\n";
+		return "ww workdir fmt 7 mode test asm 0\n";
 	};
 	if (emitasm != 0) {
-		return "ww workdir fmt 5 mode build asm 1\n";
+		return "ww workdir fmt 6 mode build asm 1\n";
 	};
-	return "ww workdir fmt 5 mode build asm 0\n";
+	return "ww workdir fmt 6 mode build asm 0\n";
 };

 fn stampmatches(path: *u8, want: str) bool = {
@@ -2338,15 +2309,23 @@ fn buildonesepimpl(selfdir: *u8, src: *u8, entryisdir: i32,
 		};
 		let needsexport: bool = !g.pkg[pi].root || rootpackage;
 		let needsarchive: bool = !g.pkg[pi].root || rootpackage;
-		if (sepcomposeunit(g, pi, scratch, cu) < 0) {
+		if (sepcomposeunit(g, pi, cu) < 0) {
 			g.pkg[pi].failed = true;
 			anyfailed = true;
 			oi += 1;
 			continue;
 		};
+		let depschanged: bool = false;
+		let changedk: i32 = 0;
+		for (changedk < g.pkg[pi].ndeps) {
+			if (g.pkg[g.pkg[pi].deps[changedk]].exportchanged) {
+				depschanged = true;
+			};
+			changedk += 1;
+		};
 		let fresh: bool = false;
 		if (warm) {
-			if (!staleall) {
+			if (!staleall && !depschanged) {
 				fresh = fileequal(unitnew, unitf);
 				if (fresh) { fresh = fileisreg(asmf); };
 				if (fresh) {
@@ -2390,6 +2369,7 @@ fn buildonesepimpl(selfdir: *u8, src: *u8, entryisdir: i32,
 			let alen: u64 = 8u64;
 			if (!needsexport) { alen = 6u64; if (roott) { alen = 9u64; }; };
 			if (supportt) { alen += 2u64; };
+			alen += (g.pkg[pi].ndeps: u64) * 3u64;
 			let argv: []str = alloc([], alen)!;
 			append(argv, "w6c");
 			if (roott) {
@@ -2402,6 +2382,14 @@ fn buildonesepimpl(selfdir: *u8, src: *u8, entryisdir: i32,
 				append(argv, testsupportmodule);
 			};
 			append(argv, "-c");
+			let importk: i32 = 0;
+			for (importk < g.pkg[pi].ndeps) {
+				let dj: i32 = g.pkg[pi].deps[importk];
+				append(argv, "--import");
+				append(argv, pathstr(g.pkg[dj].path));
+				append(argv, pathstr(sepfname(g, dj, scratch, ".wwi")));
+				importk += 1;
+			};
 			if (needsexport) {
 				append(argv, "-I");
 				append(argv, pathstr(cw));
@@ -2430,6 +2418,11 @@ fn buildonesepimpl(selfdir: *u8, src: *u8, entryisdir: i32,
 				continue;
 			};
 		};
+		if (needsexport) {
+			if (!warm || !fileequal(wwinew, wwi)) {
+				g.pkg[pi].exportchanged = true;
+			};
+		};
 		if (emitasm == 0) {
 			let argv: []str = alloc([], 4u64)!;
 			append(argv, "w6a");
--- a/test/byteid/wwi_test.ww
+++ b/test/byteid/wwi_test.ww
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ package wwi_test;
 // 10): the `w6c -I <out.wwi>` producer IS the live import path, and
 // `.wwi` is a cross-stage byte-id substrate pinned directly. POSITIVE:
 // for ascii/strings/getopt (drew2-audited leak-free), drive the target
-// as the PRIMARY module of a driver-combined unit, then (1) w6c -c -I and
+// as the PRIMARY owner-only driver unit with separate direct exports, then
+// (1) w6c -c -I and
 // w6c_ww -c -I both succeed, (2) cs.wwi == ww.wwi byte-for-byte, (3) the
 // emitted .wwi re-parses (wwdump -a exit 0). getopt is the recursion
 // stressor. A synth fixture covers the decl-kinds + type-nodes no lib
@@ -28,10 +29,10 @@ package wwi_test;
 // producer->importer flow on BOTH stages: (a) the dep `.wwi` package
 // line equals the real leaf, (b) the dep `.wwi` is byte-identical
 // across stages, (c) a root importing the dep RESOLVES on both stages
-// and the two importer `.s` are byte-identical. The composed units are
-// fed straight to w6c / w6c_ww (not `ww build`): the producer-unit
-// shape `//ww:module-reset <path>` + body is exactly what the driver's
-// sep_emit_body emits.
+// and the two importer `.s` are byte-identical. The owner units and
+// separate exports are fed straight to w6c / w6c_ww (not `ww build`):
+// the producer-unit shape `//ww:module-reset <path>` + body is exactly
+// what the driver's sep_emit_body emits.

 import os;
 import os.exec;
@@ -88,18 +89,40 @@ fn m2positive(pkg: str) void = {
 	let co: testenv.commandout;
 	testenv.runcommand(td, td, "drv", av, lifetime(), &co);

-	let comb: str = strings.concat(td, "/", pkg,
-		".sepwork/__root.unit.ww");
+	let work: str = strings.concat(td, "/", pkg, ".sepwork/");
+	let comb: str = strings.concat(work, "__root.unit.ww");
 	if (!testenv.exists(comb)) { fail(pkg, "no resolved unit"); };

 	let cs: str = strings.concat(td, "/cs.wwi");
 	let ws: str = strings.concat(td, "/ww.wwi");
-	// The driver-composed unit uses package separators and may contain the
-	// same compiler-owned origin fact through multiple direct interfaces;
-	// exact fact interning is intentionally tied to -c package mode.
-	let cav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c"), "-c", "-I", cs, comb];
+	let deps: []str = [];
+	if (testenv.same(pkg, "ascii")) { append(deps, "strings"); };
+	if (testenv.same(pkg, "strings")) {
+		append(deps, "bytes"); append(deps, "encoding.utf8");
+		append(deps, "os"); append(deps, "types");
+	};
+	if (testenv.same(pkg, "getopt")) {
+		append(deps, "encoding.utf8"); append(deps, "fmt");
+		append(deps, "io"); append(deps, "os"); append(deps, "strings");
+	};
+	if (deps.len == 0) { abort("unknown m2 package"); };
+	let cav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c"), "-c"];
+	let di: i32 = 0;
+	for (di < deps.len) {
+		append(cav, "--import"); append(cav, deps[di]);
+		append(cav, strings.concat(work, deps[di], ".wwi"));
+		di += 1;
+	};
+	append(cav, "-I"); append(cav, cs); append(cav, comb);
 	if (!runok(td, "w6c", cav)) { fail(pkg, "w6c -c -I rejected"); };
-	let wav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c_ww"), "-c", "-I", ws, comb];
+	let wav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c_ww"), "-c"];
+	di = 0;
+	for (di < deps.len) {
+		append(wav, "--import"); append(wav, deps[di]);
+		append(wav, strings.concat(work, deps[di], ".wwi"));
+		di += 1;
+	};
+	append(wav, "-I"); append(wav, ws); append(wav, comb);
 	if (!runok(td, "w6c_ww", wav)) { fail(pkg, "w6c_ww -c -I rejected"); };

 	if (!testenv.same(testenv.readfile(cs), testenv.readfile(ws))) {
@@ -318,22 +341,21 @@ fn leafrow(tag: str, path: str, leaf: str, body: str, want: str) void = {
 		fail(tag, "w6c vs w6c_ww .wwi differ (rule 10)");
 	};

-	// Leg c — a root importing the dep RESOLVES on both stages
-	// (pre-fix: "package main does not match import path" REJECT). The
-	// dep `.wwi` is prepended under //ww:module <path>, exactly as the
-	// driver composes an importer unit.
+	// Leg c — a root importing the dep RESOLVES from a separate export on
+	// both stages (pre-fix: "package main does not match import path"
+	// REJECT).
 	testenv.writefile(root, strings.concat(
-		"//ww:module ", path, "\n",
-		testenv.readfile(cswwi), "\n",
 		"//ww:module-reset\n",
 		"package main;\n",
 		"import ", path, ";\n",
 		"export fn main() i32 = { return 42; };\n"));
-	let rcav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c"), "-c", "-o", rcss, root];
+	let rcav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c"), "-c", "--import", path,
+		cswwi, "-o", rcss, root];
 	if (!runok(td, "csroot", rcav)) {
 		fail(tag, "w6c rejected the import (BUG-C)");
 	};
-	let rwav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c_ww"), "-c", "-o", rwws, root];
+	let rwav: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c_ww"), "-c", "--import", path,
+		wwwwi, "-o", rwws, root];
 	if (!runok(td, "wsroot", rwav)) {
 		fail(tag, "w6c_ww rejected the import (BUG-C)");
 	};
--- a/test/package/package_test.ww
+++ b/test/package/package_test.ww
@@ -726,8 +726,9 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 	let prodwork: str = strings.concat(prodout, ".sepwork/");
 	let produnit: str = readfile(strings.concat(prodwork,
 		"pkg.unit.ww"));
-	assert(has(produnit, "//ww:module api\n"));
-	assert(!has(produnit, "//ww:module implementation\n"));
+	assert(has(produnit, "//ww:module-reset pkg\n"));
+	assert(!has(produnit, "//ww:module "));
+	assert(!has(produnit, "IMPLEMENTATION_SOURCE"));
 	assert(!has(produnit, "__same"));
 	assert(!has(produnit, "__external"));
 	assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(prodwork, "__same.unit.ww")));
@@ -807,30 +808,20 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		let externalproduction: str = readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			"__ww-test-001-external-production.unit.ww"));
 		assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(externalbin, ".sepwork")));
-		assert(has(sameunit, "//ww:module api\n"));
-		assert(has(sameunit, "//ww:module __same\n"));
-		assert(has(sameunit, "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(sameunit, "//ww:module implementation\n"));
-		assert(!has(sameunit, "//ww:module __external\n"));
+		assert(!has(sameunit, "//ww:module "));
 		assert(os.exists(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			"__external.unit.ww")));
 		assert(has(sameunit, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_A"));
 		assert(has(sameunit, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_Z"));
 		assert(has(sameunit, "SAME_TEST_SOURCE"));
 		assert(!has(sameunit, "EXTERNAL_TEST_SOURCE"));
-		assert(has(externalunit, "//ww:module pkg\n"));
-		assert(has(externalunit, "//ww:module __external\n"));
-		assert(has(externalunit, "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(externalunit, "//ww:module api\n"));
-		assert(!has(externalunit, "//ww:module implementation\n"));
-		assert(!has(externalunit, "//ww:module __same\n"));
+		assert(!has(externalunit, "//ww:module "));
 		assert(has(externalunit, "EXTERNAL_TEST_SOURCE"));
 		assert(!has(externalunit, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_A"));
 		assert(!has(externalunit, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_Z"));
 		assert(has(externalproduction, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_A"));
 		assert(has(externalproduction, "PACKAGE_PRODUCTION_Z"));
-		assert(has(externalproduction, "//ww:module api\n"));
-		assert(!has(externalproduction, "//ww:module implementation\n"));
+		assert(!has(externalproduction, "//ww:module "));
 		assert(!has(externalproduction, "SAME_TEST_SOURCE"));
 		assert(!has(externalproduction, "EXTERNAL_TEST_SOURCE"));
 		assert(!has(readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork, "api.unit.ww")),
@@ -872,6 +863,30 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 				"__ww-test-001-external.unit.ww") == 1);
 			assert(occurrences(ctrace,
 				"-T --test-support-module") == 2);
+			let samecompile: str = linecontaining(ctrace,
+				"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww");
+			let externalcompile: str = linecontaining(ctrace,
+				"__ww-test-001-external.unit.ww");
+			let productioncompile: str = linecontaining(ctrace,
+				"__ww-test-001-external-production.unit.ww");
+			assert(same(samecompile, strings.concat(
+				"-T --test-support-module test -c --import __same ",
+				sharedwork, "__same.wwi --import api ", sharedwork,
+				"api.wwi --import test ", sharedwork, "test.wwi -o ",
+				sharedwork, "__ww-test-000-same.s ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww")));
+			assert(same(externalcompile, strings.concat(
+				"-T --test-support-module test -c --import __external ",
+				sharedwork, "__external.wwi --import pkg ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external-production.wwi --import test ",
+				sharedwork, "test.wwi -o ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external.s ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external.unit.ww")));
+			assert(same(productioncompile, strings.concat(
+				"-c --import api ", sharedwork, "api.wwi -I ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external-production.wwi -o ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external-production.s ", sharedwork,
+				"__ww-test-001-external-production.unit.ww")));
 			let ltrace: str = readfile(linkertrace);
 			assert(occurrences(ltrace, "\n") == 2);
 			let samelink: str = linecontaining(ltrace,
@@ -1204,43 +1219,33 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 			alphaartifact, ".unit.ww"));
 		let betaunit: str = readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			betaartifact, ".unit.ww"));
-		assert(has(commonunit, "//ww:module leaf\n"));
-		assert(!has(commonunit, "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(has(alphaunit, "//ww:module common\n"));
-		assert(!has(alphaunit, "//ww:module leaf\n"));
+		assert(has(commonunit, "//ww:module-reset common\n"));
+		assert(!has(commonunit, "//ww:module "));
+		assert(!has(alphaunit, "//ww:module "));
 		assert(has(alphaunit, "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_A"));
 		assert(has(alphaunit, "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_Z"));
-		assert(has(betaunit, "//ww:module common\n"));
-		assert(has(betaunit, "//ww:module alpha\n"));
-		assert(!has(betaunit, "//ww:module leaf\n"));
+		assert(!has(betaunit, "//ww:module "));
+		assert(has(betaunit, "MULTIDIR_BETA"));
 		assert(!has(commonunit, "DEPENDENCY_TEST_FILE_MUST_NOT_COMPILE"));
 		let roots: []str = [readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			rootkeys[0], ".unit.ww")), readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			rootkeys[1], ".unit.ww")), readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			rootkeys[2], ".unit.ww")), readfile(strings.concat(sharedwork,
 			rootkeys[3], ".unit.ww"))];
-		assert(has(roots[0], "//ww:module _alpha_same\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[0], "//ww:module common\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[0], "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[0], "//ww:module leaf\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[0], "//ww:module alpha\n"));
+		assert(!has(roots[0], "//ww:module "));
 		assert(has(roots[0], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_A"));
 		assert(has(roots[0], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_Z"));
-		assert(has(roots[1], "//ww:module alpha\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[1], "//ww:module _alpha_external\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[1], "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[1], "//ww:module common\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[1], "//ww:module _alpha_same\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[2], "//ww:module _beta_same\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[2], "//ww:module common\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[2], "//ww:module alpha\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[2], "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[2], "//ww:module leaf\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[2], "//ww:module beta\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[3], "//ww:module beta\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[3], "//ww:module _beta_external\n"));
-		assert(has(roots[3], "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(!has(roots[3], "//ww:module common\n"));
+		assert(has(roots[0], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_SAME"));
+		assert(!has(roots[0], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_EXTERNAL"));
+		assert(!has(roots[1], "//ww:module "));
+		assert(has(roots[1], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_EXTERNAL"));
+		assert(!has(roots[1], "MULTIDIR_ALPHA_A"));
+		assert(!has(roots[2], "//ww:module "));
+		assert(has(roots[2], "MULTIDIR_BETA"));
+		assert(has(roots[2], "MULTIDIR_BETA_SAME"));
+		assert(!has(roots[3], "//ww:module "));
+		assert(has(roots[3], "MULTIDIR_BETA_EXTERNAL"));
+		assert(!has(roots[3], "MULTIDIR_BETA_SAME"));
 		let products: []str = ["leaf", "common", alphaartifact, betaartifact,
 			"_alpha_same", "_alpha_external", "_beta_same",
 			"_beta_external", "test"];
@@ -1625,13 +1630,7 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		let ri: i32 = 0;
 		for (ri < keys.len) {
 			let unit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work, keys[ri], ".unit.ww"));
-			assert(has(unit, "//ww:module __wwtest\n"));
-			if (ri == 1 || ri == 2) {
-				assert(has(unit, "//ww:module test\n"));
-			};
-			if (ri == 3) {
-				assert(has(unit, "//ww:module consumer\n"));
-			};
+			assert(!has(unit, "//ww:module "));
 			let runav: []str = [bins[ri]];
 			runcommand(root, strings.concat("mixed-run-", stages[si], "-",
 				keys[ri]), runav,
@@ -1748,8 +1747,8 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 	let cbin: str = readfile(bin);
 	let rootunit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work,
 		"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww"));
-	assert(has(rootunit, "//ww:module p00\n"));
-	assert(!has(rootunit, "//ww:module p01\n"));
+	assert(has(rootunit, "//ww:module-reset\npackage target;"));
+	assert(!has(rootunit, "//ww:module "));
 	let linkargs: str = readfile(trace);
 	assert(linkargs.len > 8192);
 	assert(!has(linkargs, ".wwi\n"));
@@ -2075,8 +2074,7 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 			"__ww-test-000-external-production.unit.ww"));
 		let supportunit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work,
 			"__wwtest.unit.ww"));
-		assert(has(rootunit, "//ww:module test\n"));
-		assert(has(rootunit, "//ww:module __wwtest\n"));
+		assert(!has(rootunit, "//ww:module "));
 		assert(has(rootunit, "USER_TEST_EXTERNAL"));
 		assert(!has(rootunit, "USER_TEST_PACKAGE_A"));
 		assert(!has(rootunit, "USER_TEST_PACKAGE_Z"));
@@ -2115,121 +2113,52 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 	clean(root);
 };

-@test fn diamond_test_dependency_compiles_once() void = {
-	let root: str = fresh();
-	let shared: str = strings.concat(root, "/shared");
-	let left: str = strings.concat(root, "/left");
-	let right: str = strings.concat(root, "/right");
-	let target: str = strings.concat(root, "/diamond");
-	assert(os.mkdir(shared, 448i32) == 0);
-	assert(os.mkdir(left, 448i32) == 0);
-	assert(os.mkdir(right, 448i32) == 0);
-	assert(os.mkdir(target, 448i32) == 0);
-	writefile(strings.concat(shared, "/shared.ww"),
-		"package shared;\nexport fn value() i32 = { return 20; };\n");
-	writefile(strings.concat(left, "/left.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package left;\nimport shared;\n",
-		"export fn value() i32 = { return shared.value(); };\n"));
-	writefile(strings.concat(right, "/right.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package right;\nimport shared;\n",
-		"export fn value() i32 = { return shared.value() + 1; };\n"));
-	writefile(strings.concat(target, "/diamond.ww"),
-		"package diamond;\nfn local() i32 = { return 1; };\n");
-	writefile(strings.concat(target, "/diamond_test.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package diamond;\nimport left;\nimport right;\n",
-		"@test fn one_shared_compile() void = {\n",
-		" assert(left.value() + right.value() + local() == 42);\n};\n"));
-	let trace: str = strings.concat(root, "/compiler.trace");
-	let wrapper: str = strings.concat(root, "/trace-w6c.sh");
-	writefile(trace, "");
-	writeexecutable(wrapper, strings.concat(
-		"#!/bin/sh\n",
-		"printf '%s\\n' \"$*\" >> \"$WW_PACKAGE_TRACE\"\n",
-		"exec \"$WW_PACKAGE_W6C\" \"$@\"\n"));
-	let baseenv: []str = os.getenvs();
-	let env: []str = alloc([], (baseenv.len + 3): u64)!;
-	let ei: i32 = 0;
-	for (ei < baseenv.len) {
-		if (!strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_W6C=")
-			&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_PACKAGE_TRACE=")
-			&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_PACKAGE_W6C=")) {
-			append(env, baseenv[ei]);
-		};
-		ei += 1;
-	};
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_W6C=", wrapper));
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_PACKAGE_TRACE=", trace));
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_PACKAGE_W6C=", driver("w6c")));
-	let bin: str = strings.concat(root, "/diamond.test");
-	let av: []str = [driver("ww"), "test", "-c", "-o", bin,
-		"-I", root, target];
-	let out: commandout;
-	runcommandenv(root, "diamond-build", av, env,
-		(120i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &out);
-	expectexit(&out, 0);
-	assert(occurrences(readfile(trace), "shared.unit.ww") == 1);
-	let work: str = strings.concat(bin, ".sepwork/");
-	let unit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work,
-		"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww"));
-	assert(has(unit, "//ww:module left\n"));
-	assert(has(unit, "//ww:module right\n"));
-	assert(!has(unit, "//ww:module shared\n"));
-	assert(has(readfile(strings.concat(work, "left.unit.ww")),
-		"//ww:module shared\n"));
-	assert(has(readfile(strings.concat(work, "right.unit.ww")),
-		"//ww:module shared\n"));
-	assert(os.exists(strings.concat(work, "shared.a")));
-	let runav: []str = [bin];
-	runcommand(root, "diamond-run", runav,
-		(60i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &out);
-	expectexit(&out, 0);
-	assert(has(out.stdout, "one_shared_compile ... ok\n"));
-	clean(root);
-};
-
@test fn exact_package_tool_argv_stage_parity() void = {
 	let root: str = fresh();
 	let source: str = strings.concat(root, "/source tree");
 	let runtime: str = strings.concat(root, "/runtime library");
-	let leaf: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3");
-	let dep: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_dep_7f3");
+	let base: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_base_7f3");
+	let left: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_left_7f3");
+	let right: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_right_7f3");
 	let target: str = strings.concat(source, "/ww_root_parity_target_7f3");
 	let tools: str = strings.concat(root, "/tool wrappers");
 	assert(os.mkdir(source, 448i32) == 0);
 	assert(os.mkdir(runtime, 448i32) == 0);
-	let copyav: []str = ["/bin/cp", "-R", strings.concat(repo(), "/lib/."),
-		source];
-	let copyout: commandout;
-	runcommand(root, "copy-source-library", copyav,
-		(30i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &copyout);
-	expectexit(&copyout, 0);
-	assert(copyout.stderr.len == 0);
-	let support: str = strings.concat(source, "/test/run.ww");
-	let supportbody: str = readfile(support);
-	assert(os.remove(support) == 0);
-	writefile(support, strings.concat("// WW_SRCLIB fixture marker\n",
-		supportbody));
 	writefile(strings.concat(runtime, "/libwwrt.a"),
 		readfile(strings.concat(repo(), "/out/lib/libwwrt.a")));
-	assert(os.mkdir(leaf, 448i32) == 0);
-	assert(os.mkdir(dep, 448i32) == 0);
+	assert(os.mkdir(base, 448i32) == 0);
+	assert(os.mkdir(left, 448i32) == 0);
+	assert(os.mkdir(right, 448i32) == 0);
 	assert(os.mkdir(target, 448i32) == 0);
 	assert(os.mkdir(tools, 448i32) == 0);
-	writefile(strings.concat(leaf, "/leaf.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3;\n",
-		"export fn value() i32 = { return 40; };\n"));
-	writefile(strings.concat(dep, "/dep.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package ww_root_parity_dep_7f3;\n",
-		"import ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3;\n",
+	let basea: str = strings.concat(
+		"package ww_root_parity_base_7f3;\n",
+		"export fn value() i32 = { return 20; };\n");
+	let basez: str = strings.concat(
+		"package ww_root_parity_base_7f3;\n",
+		"fn private_value() i32 = { return 99; };\n");
+	let leftbody: str = strings.concat(
+		"package ww_root_parity_left_7f3;\n",
+		"import ww_root_parity_base_7f3;\n",
+		"import ww_root_parity_base_7f3;\n",
 		"export fn value() i32 = { return ",
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.value() + 2; };\n"));
-	writefile(strings.concat(target, "/target.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package ww_root_parity_target_7f3;\n",
-		"import ww_root_parity_dep_7f3;\n",
-		"fn value() i32 = { return ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.value(); };\n"));
-	writefile(strings.concat(target, "/target_test.ww"), strings.concat(
-		"package ww_root_parity_target_7f3;\n",
-		"@test fn exact_argv() void = { assert(value() == 42); };\n"));
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.value(); };\n");
+	let rightbody: str = strings.concat(
+		"package ww_root_parity_right_7f3;\n",
+		"import ww_root_parity_base_7f3;\n",
+		"export fn value() i32 = { return ",
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.value() + 1; };\n");
+	let rootbody: str = strings.concat(
+		"package main;\n",
+		"import ww_root_parity_right_7f3;\n",
+		"import ww_root_parity_left_7f3;\n",
+		"fn main() i32 = { return ww_root_parity_left_7f3.value() + ",
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.value() + 1; };\n");
+	writefile(strings.concat(base, "/a.ww"), basea);
+	writefile(strings.concat(base, "/z.ww"), basez);
+	writefile(strings.concat(left, "/left.ww"), leftbody);
+	writefile(strings.concat(right, "/right.ww"), rightbody);
+	writefile(strings.concat(target, "/main.ww"), rootbody);

 	let compilerwrapper: str = strings.concat(tools, "/w6c wrapper.sh");
 	let assemblerwrapper: str = strings.concat(tools, "/w6a wrapper.sh");
@@ -2262,19 +2191,43 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		"for arg in \"$@\"; do printf '<%s>' \"$arg\" >> ",
 			"\"$WW_ARGV_FAILURE_TRACE\"; done\n",
 		"printf '\\n' >> \"$WW_ARGV_FAILURE_TRACE\"\n",
-		"exit 23\n"));
+		"owner=\n",
+		"for arg in \"$@\"; do if [ \"$arg\" = ",
+			"\"$WW_ARGV_MISSING_OWNER\" ]; then owner=1; fi; done\n",
+		"if [ -n \"$owner\" ]; then\n",
+		" mv -- \"$WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT\" ",
+			"\"$WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT.saved\" || exit 24\n",
+		" \"$WW_ARGV_REAL_COMPILER\" \"$@\"\n",
+		" rc=$?\n",
+		" mv -- \"$WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT.saved\" ",
+			"\"$WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT\" || exit 25\n",
+		" exit $rc\n",
+		"fi\n",
+		"exec \"$WW_ARGV_REAL_COMPILER\" \"$@\"\n"));

-	let stages: []str = ["ww", "ww_ww"];
-	let compilers: []str = ["w6c", "w6c_ww"];
-	let assemblers: []str = ["w6a", "w6a_ww"];
-	let linkers: []str = ["w6l", "w6l_ww"];
-	let tags: []str = ["c", "ww"];
-	let bin: str = strings.concat(root, "/published test binary");
+	let stages: []str = ["ww", "ww", "ww_ww", "ww_ww"];
+	let compilers: []str = ["w6c", "w6c", "w6c_ww", "w6c_ww"];
+	let assemblers: []str = ["w6a", "w6a", "w6a_ww", "w6a_ww"];
+	let linkers: []str = ["w6l", "w6l", "w6l_ww", "w6l_ww"];
+	let tags: []str = ["c1", "c2", "ww1", "ww2"];
+	let bin: str = strings.concat(root, "/published binary");
 	let workroot: str = strings.concat(bin, ".sepwork");
 	let work: str = strings.concat(workroot, "/");
-	let referenceunit: str = "";
-	let referencewwi: str = "";
-	let referencearchive: str = "";
+	let artifacts: []str = ["ww_root_parity_base_7f3",
+		"ww_root_parity_left_7f3", "ww_root_parity_right_7f3"];
+	let unitartifacts: []str = ["ww_root_parity_base_7f3",
+		"ww_root_parity_left_7f3", "ww_root_parity_right_7f3", "__root"];
+	let wantunits: []str = [strings.concat(
+		"//ww:module-reset ww_root_parity_base_7f3\n", basea,
+		"\n//ww:module-reset ww_root_parity_base_7f3\n", basez, "\n"),
+		strings.concat("//ww:module-reset ww_root_parity_left_7f3\n",
+			leftbody, "\n"),
+		strings.concat("//ww:module-reset ww_root_parity_right_7f3\n",
+			rightbody, "\n"),
+		strings.concat("//ww:module-reset\n", rootbody, "\n")];
+	let referenceunits: []str = ["", "", "", ""];
+	let referenceexports: []str = ["", "", ""];
+	let referencearchives: []str = ["", "", ""];
 	let referencebin: str = "";
 	let referencecompiler: str = "";
 	let referenceassembler: str = "";
@@ -2316,7 +2269,13 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 				&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei],
 					"WW_ARGV_REAL_ASSEMBLER=")
 				&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei],
-					"WW_ARGV_REAL_LINKER=")) {
+					"WW_ARGV_REAL_LINKER=")
+				&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei],
+					"WW_ARGV_FAILURE_TRACE=")
+				&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei],
+					"WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT=")
+				&& !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei],
+					"WW_ARGV_MISSING_OWNER=")) {
 				append(env, baseenv[ei]);
 			};
 			ei += 1;
@@ -2336,72 +2295,89 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		append(env, strings.concat("WW_ARGV_REAL_LINKER=",
 			driver(linkers[si])));

-		let av: []str = [driver(stages[si]), "test", "-c", "-o", bin,
+		let av: []str = [driver(stages[si]), "build", "-o", bin,
 			target];
 		let out: commandout;
 		runcommandenv(root, strings.concat("exact-argv-", tags[si]), av, env,
 			(120i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &out);
 		expectexit(&out, 0);
 		assert(out.stderr.len == 0);
-		let rootunit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww"));
-		let depunit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.unit.ww"));
-		assert(has(rootunit, "//ww:module ww_root_parity_dep_7f3\n"));
-		assert(!has(rootunit, "//ww:module ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3\n"));
-		assert(has(depunit, "//ww:module ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3\n"));
-		assert(os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.wwi")));
-		assert(os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.a")));
-		assert(os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.wwi")));
-		assert(os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.a")));
-		assert(has(readfile(strings.concat(work, "test.unit.ww")),
-			"// WW_SRCLIB fixture marker\n"));
-		assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.wwi")));
-		assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.a")));
+		let ui: i32 = 0;
+		for (ui < unitartifacts.len) {
+			let unit: str = readfile(strings.concat(work, unitartifacts[ui],
+				".unit.ww"));
+			assert(same(unit, wantunits[ui]));
+			assert(!has(unit, "//ww:module "));
+			if (si == 0) { referenceunits[ui] = strings.dup(unit); }
+			else { assert(same(referenceunits[ui], unit)); };
+			ui += 1;
+		};
+		let ai: i32 = 0;
+		for (ai < artifacts.len) {
+			let exportf: str = readfile(strings.concat(work, artifacts[ai],
+				".wwi"));
+			let archive: str = readfile(strings.concat(work, artifacts[ai],
+				".a"));
+			if (si == 0) {
+				referenceexports[ai] = strings.dup(exportf);
+				referencearchives[ai] = strings.dup(archive);
+			} else {
+				assert(same(referenceexports[ai], exportf));
+				assert(same(referencearchives[ai], archive));
+			};
+			ai += 1;
+		};
+		assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(work, "__root.wwi")));
+		assert(!os.exists(strings.concat(work, "__root.a")));
 		assert(os.exists(bin));

 		let ctrace: str = readfile(compilertrace);
 		let atrace: str = readfile(assemblertrace);
 		let ltrace: str = readfile(linkertrace);
-		assert(occurrences(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.unit.ww>")) == 1);
-		assert(occurrences(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.unit.ww>")) == 1);
-		assert(occurrences(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww>")) == 1);
-		assert(pos(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.unit.ww>"))
-			< pos(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-				"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.unit.ww>")));
-		assert(pos(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.unit.ww>"))
-			< pos(ctrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-				"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww>")));
-		assert(has(ctrace, strings.concat("BEGIN<-c><-I><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.wwi><-o><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.s><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.unit.ww>")));
-		assert(has(ctrace, strings.concat(
-			"BEGIN<-T><--test-support-module><test><-c><-o><", work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.s><", work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.unit.ww>")));
+		assert(occurrences(ctrace, "\n") == 4);
+		let baseline: str = strings.concat("BEGIN<-c><-I><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi><-o><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.s><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.unit.ww>");
+		let leftline: str = strings.concat("BEGIN<-c><--import>",
+			"<ww_root_parity_base_7f3><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi><-I><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.wwi><-o><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.s><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.unit.ww>");
+		let rightline: str = strings.concat("BEGIN<-c><--import>",
+			"<ww_root_parity_base_7f3><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi><-I><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.wwi><-o><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.s><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.unit.ww>");
+		let rootline: str = strings.concat("BEGIN<-c><--import>",
+			"<ww_root_parity_left_7f3><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.wwi><--import>",
+			"<ww_root_parity_right_7f3><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.wwi><-o><", work,
+			"__root.s><", work, "__root.unit.ww>");
+		assert(same(linecontaining(ctrace,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.unit.ww"), baseline));
+		assert(same(linecontaining(ctrace,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.unit.ww"), leftline));
+		assert(same(linecontaining(ctrace,
+			"ww_root_parity_right_7f3.unit.ww"), rightline));
+		assert(same(linecontaining(ctrace, "__root.unit.ww"), rootline));
+		assert(!has(rootline, "ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi"));
+		assert(occurrences(atrace, "\n") == 4);
 		assert(has(atrace, strings.concat("BEGIN<-o><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.o><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.s>")));
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.o><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.s>")));
 		assert(occurrences(ltrace, "\n") == 1);
 		assert(has(ltrace, strings.concat("BEGIN<-o><", bin, "><", work,
-			"__ww-test-000-same.o>")));
-		assert(has(ltrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.a>")));
-		assert(has(ltrace, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.a>")));
-		assert(has(ltrace, strings.concat("<", work, "test.a>")));
+			"__root.o>")));
+		ai = 0;
+		for (ai < artifacts.len) {
+			assert(occurrences(ltrace, strings.concat("<", work, artifacts[ai],
+				".a>")) == 1);
+			ai += 1;
+		};
 		assert(has(ltrace, strings.concat("<", runtime, "/libwwrt.a>")));
 		assert(!has(ltrace, strings.concat("<", repo(),
 			"/out/lib/libwwrt.a>")));
@@ -2410,14 +2386,9 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		let runav: []str = [bin];
 		runcommand(root, strings.concat("exact-argv-run-", tags[si]), runav,
 			(60i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &out);
-		expectexit(&out, 0);
-		assert(has(out.stdout, "exact_argv ... ok\n"));
+		expectexit(&out, 42);
+		assert(out.stdout.len == 0 && out.stderr.len == 0);
 		if (si == 0) {
-			referenceunit = strings.dup(rootunit);
-			referencewwi = strings.dup(readfile(strings.concat(work,
-				"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.wwi")));
-			referencearchive = strings.dup(readfile(strings.concat(work,
-				"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.a")));
 			referencebin = strings.dup(readfile(bin));
 			referencecompiler = strings.dup(ctrace);
 			referenceassembler = strings.dup(atrace);
@@ -2425,13 +2396,6 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 			referenceout = strings.dup(out.stdout);
 			referenceerr = strings.dup(out.stderr);
 		} else {
-			assert(same(referenceunit, rootunit));
-			assert(same(referencewwi,
-				readfile(strings.concat(work,
-					"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.wwi"))));
-			assert(same(referencearchive,
-				readfile(strings.concat(work,
-					"ww_root_parity_dep_7f3.a"))));
 			assert(same(referencebin, readfile(bin)));
 			assert(same(referencecompiler, ctrace));
 			assert(same(referenceassembler, atrace));
@@ -2442,7 +2406,7 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		clean(workroot);
 		clean(bin);

-		let failenv: []str = alloc([], (env.len + 2): u64)!;
+		let failenv: []str = alloc([], (env.len + 4): u64)!;
 		ei = 0;
 		for (ei < env.len) {
 			if (!strings.hasprefix(env[ei], "WW_W6C=")
@@ -2454,13 +2418,21 @@ fn workescape(s: str) str = {
 		};
 		append(failenv, strings.concat("WW_W6C=", failurewrapper));
 		append(failenv, strings.concat("WW_ARGV_FAILURE_TRACE=", failuretrace));
+		append(failenv, strings.concat("WW_ARGV_MISSING_EXPORT=", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi"));
+		append(failenv, strings.concat("WW_ARGV_MISSING_OWNER=", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_left_7f3.unit.ww"));
 		runcommandenv(root, strings.concat("exact-argv-fail-", tags[si]), av,
 			failenv, (120i64 * (time.second: i64)): time.duration, &out);
 		expectexit(&out, 1);
-		assert(has(out.stderr,
-			"ww: w6c failed for ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3\n"));
-		assert(has(readfile(failuretrace), strings.concat("<-I><", work,
-			"ww_root_parity_leaf_7f3.wwi>")));
+		let wantfailure: str = strings.concat(
+			"w6c: import ww_root_parity_base_7f3: cannot read ", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi\n",
+			"ww: w6c failed for ww_root_parity_left_7f3\n");
+		assert(same(out.stderr, wantfailure));
+		assert(has(readfile(failuretrace), strings.concat(
+			"<--import><ww_root_parity_base_7f3><", work,
+			"ww_root_parity_base_7f3.wwi>")));
 		if (si == 0) { referencefailure = strings.dup(out.stderr); }
 		else { assert(same(referencefailure, out.stderr)); };
 		clean(workroot);
--- a/test/sep/importdir_test.ww
+++ b/test/sep/importdir_test.ww
@@ -88,25 +88,22 @@ fn samefile(a: str, b: str, why: str) void = {
 	let cwork: str = strings.concat(stems[0], ".sepwork/");
 	let cwork2: str = strings.concat(stems[1], ".sepwork/");
 	let wwork: str = strings.concat(stems[2], ".sepwork/");
-	let bariface: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(cwork, "example.bar.wwi"));
-	let fooiface: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(cwork, "example.foo.wwi"));
 	let foounit: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(cwork,
 		"example.foo.unit.ww"));
-	let wantfoo: str = strings.concat("//ww:module example.bar\n", bariface,
-		"\n//ww:module-reset example.foo\n", afoosrc,
+	let wantfoo: str = strings.concat("//ww:module-reset example.foo\n", afoosrc,
 		"\n//ww:module-reset example.foo\n", zfoosrc, "\n");
 	if (!testenv.same(foounit, wantfoo)
-		|| testenv.has(foounit, "DECOY_FILE")) {
-		fail("foo unit is not its sorted, owned source set plus direct bar export");
+		|| testenv.has(foounit, "DECOY_FILE")
+		|| testenv.has(foounit, "//ww:module ")) {
+		fail("foo unit is not exactly its sorted, owned source set");
 	};
-	let wantroot: str = strings.concat("//ww:module example.foo\n", fooiface,
-		"\n//ww:module-reset\n", appsrc, "\n");
+	let wantroot: str = strings.concat("//ww:module-reset\n", appsrc, "\n");
 	if (!testenv.same(wantroot, testenv.readfile(strings.concat(cwork,
 		"__root.unit.ww")))) {
-		fail("root unit is not direct-foo-only");
+		fail("root unit is not exactly its owned source");
 	};
 	let keys: []str = ["example.base", "example.bar", "example.foo"];
-	let suffixes: []str = [".wwi", ".a"];
+	let suffixes: []str = [".unit.ww", ".wwi", ".a"];
 	i = 0;
 	for (i < keys.len) {
 		let j: i32 = 0;
@@ -120,6 +117,10 @@ fn samefile(a: str, b: str, why: str) void = {
 		};
 		i += 1;
 	};
+	samefile(strings.concat(cwork, "__root.unit.ww"), strings.concat(cwork2,
+		"__root.unit.ww"), "root unit changed across clean C builds");
+	samefile(strings.concat(cwork, "__root.unit.ww"), strings.concat(wwork,
+		"__root.unit.ww"), "root unit differs between stages");
 	samefile(stems[0], stems[1], "C executables are not deterministic");
 	samefile(stems[0], stems[2], "C/WW executables differ");

--- a/test/sep/localbuild_test.ww
+++ b/test/sep/localbuild_test.ww
@@ -286,12 +286,11 @@ fn rejectstable(dir: str, label: str, target: str, needle: str) void = {
 	    || testenv.has(apiiface, "hidden")) {
 		fail("self-contained", "api export leaked unrelated or private declarations");
 	};
-	let expectedunit: str = strings.concat("//ww:module api\n", apiiface,
-		"\n//ww:module-reset\n", mainsrc, "\n");
+	let expectedunit: str = strings.concat("//ww:module-reset\n", mainsrc, "\n");
 	if (!testenv.same(expectedunit, testenv.readfile(strings.concat(cwork,
 	    "__root.unit.ww"))) || !testenv.same(expectedunit,
 	    testenv.readfile(strings.concat(wwork, "__root.unit.ww")))) {
-		fail("self-contained", "consumer compiler input was not direct-api-only");
+		fail("self-contained", "consumer unit was not exactly its owned source");
 	};
 	if (!testenv.exists(strings.concat(cwork, "implementation.a"))
 	    || !testenv.exists(strings.concat(cwork, "dimensions.a"))) {
@@ -405,10 +404,12 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		};
 		let unit: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(scratch,
 			"__root.unit.ww"));
-		let lp: i32 = testenv.pos(unit, "//ww:module left\n");
-		let rp: i32 = testenv.pos(unit, "//ww:module right\n");
-		if (lp < 0 || rp < 0 || lp >= rp) {
-			fail("diamond", "dependency traversal did not byte-sort imports");
+		let rootbody: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(main, "/main.ww"));
+		let wantroot: str = strings.concat("//ww:module-reset\n", rootbody,
+			"\n");
+		if (!testenv.same(unit, wantroot) || testenv.has(unit,
+			"//ww:module ")) {
+			fail("diamond", "root unit contains non-owned export text");
 		};
 		let sharedunit: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(scratch,
 			"shared.unit.ww"));
@@ -426,8 +427,7 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		};
 		if (testenv.occurrences(leftiface, "export type token") != 1
 		    || testenv.occurrences(rightiface, "export type token") != 1
-		    || testenv.occurrences(unit, "export type token") != 2
-		    || testenv.occurrences(unit, "//ww:module shared\n") != 2) {
+		    || testenv.has(unit, "export type token")) {
 			fail("diamond", "origin fact closure did not merge deterministically");
 		};
 		i += 1;
@@ -452,43 +452,6 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		fail("diamond", "shuffled enumeration changed package units");
 	};

-	// Count actual compiler actions, rather than inferring interning from
-	// artifact names. The wrapper is selected through the production
-	// driver's existing tool override and records one row per w6c process.
-	let trace: str = strings.concat(td, "/compiler.trace");
-	let wrapper: str = strings.concat(td, "/trace-w6c.sh");
-	testenv.writefile(trace, "");
-	testenv.writeexecutable(wrapper, strings.concat(
-		"#!/bin/sh\n",
-		"printf '%s\\n' \"$*\" >> \"$WW_LOCALBUILD_TRACE\"\n",
-		"exec \"$WW_LOCALBUILD_W6C\" \"$@\"\n"));
-	let baseenv: []str = os.getenvs();
-	let env: []str = alloc([], (baseenv.len + 3): u64)!;
-	let ei: i32 = 0;
-	for (ei < baseenv.len) {
-		if (!strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_W6C=")
-		    && !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_LOCALBUILD_TRACE=")
-		    && !strings.hasprefix(baseenv[ei], "WW_LOCALBUILD_W6C=")) {
-			append(env, baseenv[ei]);
-		};
-		ei += 1;
-	};
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_W6C=", wrapper));
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_LOCALBUILD_TRACE=", trace));
-	append(env, strings.concat("WW_LOCALBUILD_W6C=",
-		testenv.driver("w6c")));
-	let countedout: str = strings.concat(td, "/diamond-counted");
-	let countedav: []str = [testenv.driver("ww"), "build", "-I", treea,
-		"-o", countedout, main];
-	let counted: testenv.commandout;
-	testenv.runcommandenv(td, td, "diamond_compile_count", countedav,
-		env, tmo(), &counted);
-	if (counted.termination != exec.termination.EXIT || counted.code != 0) {
-		fail("diamond", "instrumented build failed");
-	};
-	if (testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(trace), "shared.unit.ww") != 1) {
-		fail("diamond", "shared package was not compiled exactly once");
-	};
 	testenv.clean(td);
 };

@@ -604,10 +567,11 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 				"__root.unit.ww"));
 			let depunit: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work,
 				"dep.unit.ww"));
-			if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module dep\n")
-			    || testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module leaf\n")
-			    || !testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module leaf\n")) {
-				fail("library-roots", "compiler inputs crossed the direct-export boundary");
+			if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module-reset\npackage main;")
+			    || testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module ")
+			    || !testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module-reset dep\npackage dep;")
+			    || testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module ")) {
+				fail("library-roots", "package units contain non-owned export text");
 			};
 			if (!testenv.exists(strings.concat(work, "leaf.wwi"))
 			    || !testenv.exists(strings.concat(work, "leaf.a"))
@@ -636,7 +600,8 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 				fail("library-roots", "compiler actions were not deterministic postorder");
 			};
 			if (!testenv.has(ctrace, strings.concat(
-				"BEGIN<-c><-I><", work, "dep.wwi><-o><", work,
+				"BEGIN<-c><--import><leaf><", work, "leaf.wwi><-I><", work,
+				"dep.wwi><-o><", work,
 				"dep.s><", work, "dep.unit.ww>"))
 			    || testenv.occurrences(atrace, "\n") != 3
 			    || !testenv.has(atrace, strings.concat("BEGIN<-o><", work,
@@ -758,7 +723,8 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 			runav) != 42) {
 			fail("library-roots", "empty override did not use default roots");
 		};
-		if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module types\n")
+		if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module-reset\npackage main;")
+		    || testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module ")
 		    || !testenv.exists(strings.concat(emptywork, "types.wwi"))
 		    || !testenv.exists(strings.concat(emptywork, "types.a"))
 		    || testenv.occurrences(ctrace, strings.concat("<", emptywork,
@@ -904,10 +870,11 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		let depunitpath: str = strings.concat(work, "/dep.unit.ww");
 		let rootunit: str = testenv.readfile(rootunitpath);
 		let depunit: str = testenv.readfile(depunitpath);
-		if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module dep\n")
-		    || testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module leaf\n")
-		    || !testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module leaf\n")) {
-			fail("driver-identity", "warm units crossed the direct-export boundary");
+		if (!testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module-reset\npackage main;")
+		    || testenv.has(rootunit, "//ww:module ")
+		    || !testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module-reset dep\npackage dep;")
+		    || testenv.has(depunit, "//ww:module ")) {
+			fail("driver-identity", "warm units contain non-owned export text");
 		};
 		if (!testenv.exists(strings.concat(work, "/leaf.wwi"))
 		    || !testenv.exists(strings.concat(work, "/leaf.a"))
@@ -923,7 +890,7 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 			"/.wwtool.w6a")), testenv.readfile(assembler))
 		    || !testenv.same(testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work,
 			"/.wwtool.stamp")),
-			"ww workdir fmt 5 mode build asm 0\n")) {
+			"ww workdir fmt 6 mode build asm 0\n")) {
 			fail("driver-identity", "persistent artifacts or identities are incomplete");
 		};
 		let coldwwi: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work, "/dep.wwi"));
@@ -934,10 +901,12 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		let coldlinker: str = testenv.readfile(linkertrace);
 		if (testenv.occurrences(coldcompiler, "\n") != 3
 		    || !testenv.has(coldcompiler, strings.concat(
-			"BEGIN<-c><-I><", work, "/dep.wwi.new><-o><", work,
+			"BEGIN<-c><--import><leaf><", work, "/leaf.wwi><-I><", work,
+			"/dep.wwi.new><-o><", work,
 			"/dep.s.new><", work, "/dep.unit.new>"))
 		    || !testenv.has(coldcompiler, strings.concat(
-			"BEGIN<-c><-o><", work, "/__root.s.new><", work,
+			"BEGIN<-c><--import><dep><", work, "/dep.wwi><-o><", work,
+			"/__root.s.new><", work,
 			"/__root.unit.new>"))
 		    || testenv.occurrences(coldassembler, "\n") != 3
 		    || !testenv.has(coldassembler, strings.concat(
@@ -964,21 +933,62 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 			fail("driver-identity", "cold binary returned the wrong value");
 		};

+		testenv.writefile(strings.concat(leaf, "/extra.ww"), strings.concat(
+			"package leaf;\n",
+			"export fn unchanged_api() i32 = { return 1; };\n"));
+		testenv.runcommandenv(cwd, td, strings.concat("driver-export-change-",
+			tags[si]), av, env, tmo(), &out);
+		if (out.termination != exec.termination.EXIT || out.code != 0
+		    || out.stderr.len != 0) {
+			fail("driver-identity", "dependency export-change build failed");
+		};
+		let changedexportcompiler: str = testenv.readfile(compilertrace);
+		let changedexportassembler: str = testenv.readfile(assemblertrace);
+		if (testenv.occurrences(changedexportcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
+			"/leaf.unit.new>")) != 2
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedexportcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
+			"/dep.unit.new>")) != 2
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedexportcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
+			"/__root.unit.new>")) != 1
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedexportcompiler, "\n") != 5
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedexportassembler, "\n") != 5) {
+			fail("driver-identity", "changed export did not stop at an unchanged importer export");
+		};
+		if (code(cwd, strings.concat("driver-export-change-run-", tags[si]),
+			runav) != 42) {
+			fail("driver-identity", "export-change binary returned the wrong value");
+		};
+		let changedexportbin: str = testenv.readfile(bin);
+		let beforewarmcompiler: str = strings.dup(changedexportcompiler);
+		let beforewarmassembler: str = strings.dup(changedexportassembler);
+
 		testenv.runcommandenv(cwd, td, strings.concat("driver-warm-",
 			tags[si]), av, env, tmo(), &out);
 		if (out.termination != exec.termination.EXIT || out.code != 0
 		    || out.stderr.len != 0
-		    || !testenv.same(coldcompiler, testenv.readfile(compilertrace))
-		    || !testenv.same(coldassembler, testenv.readfile(assemblertrace))
-		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(linkertrace), "\n") != 2
+		    || !testenv.same(beforewarmcompiler, testenv.readfile(compilertrace))
+		    || !testenv.same(beforewarmassembler, testenv.readfile(assemblertrace))
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(linkertrace), "\n") != 3
 		    || !testenv.same(rootunit, testenv.readfile(rootunitpath))
-		    || !testenv.same(coldwwi, testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work,
-			"/dep.wwi")))
-		    || !testenv.same(coldarchive, testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work,
-			"/dep.a")))
-		    || !testenv.same(coldbin, testenv.readfile(bin))) {
+		    || !testenv.same(changedexportbin, testenv.readfile(bin))) {
 			fail("driver-identity", "unchanged warm build did not reuse packages");
 		};
+		assert(os.remove(strings.concat(leaf, "/extra.ww")) == 0);
+		testenv.runcommandenv(cwd, td, strings.concat("driver-export-restore-",
+			tags[si]), av, env, tmo(), &out);
+		if (out.termination != exec.termination.EXIT || out.code != 0
+		    || out.stderr.len != 0
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(compilertrace), strings.concat(
+			"<", work, "/leaf.unit.new>")) != 3
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(compilertrace), strings.concat(
+			"<", work, "/dep.unit.new>")) != 3
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(compilertrace), strings.concat(
+			"<", work, "/__root.unit.new>")) != 1
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(compilertrace), "\n") != 7
+		    || testenv.occurrences(testenv.readfile(assemblertrace), "\n") != 7
+		    || !testenv.same(coldbin, testenv.readfile(bin))) {
+			fail("driver-identity", "restored export did not rebuild only its direct importer");
+		};

 		assert(os.remove(copied[si]) == 0);
 		testenv.writeexecutable(copied[si], strings.concat(driverbytes,
@@ -994,14 +1004,14 @@ fn writediamond(td: str, reverse: bool) str = {
 		let changedassembler: str = testenv.readfile(assemblertrace);
 		let changedlinker: str = testenv.readfile(linkertrace);
 		if (testenv.occurrences(changedcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"/leaf.unit.new>")) != 2
+			"/leaf.unit.new>")) != 4
 		    || testenv.occurrences(changedcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
-			"/dep.unit.new>")) != 2
+			"/dep.unit.new>")) != 4
 		    || testenv.occurrences(changedcompiler, strings.concat("<", work,
 			"/__root.unit.new>")) != 2
-		    || testenv.occurrences(changedcompiler, "\n") != 6
-		    || testenv.occurrences(changedassembler, "\n") != 6
-		    || testenv.occurrences(changedlinker, "\n") != 3) {
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedcompiler, "\n") != 10
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedassembler, "\n") != 10
+		    || testenv.occurrences(changedlinker, "\n") != 5) {
 			fail("driver-identity", "driver change reused stale package actions");
 		};
 		if (!testenv.same(testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work,
--- a/test/sep/sepbuild_test.ww
+++ b/test/sep/sepbuild_test.ww
@@ -3,26 +3,24 @@ package sepbuild_test;
 // `ww build` sep-driver layout observers, both stages. Ports of the
 // retired native carriers test/wcc/989_sepbuild_run.c,
 // 989_seproot_export_run.c, 989_sepstructdef_run.c and
-// 989_wwispread_sep.c; every assertion preserved.
+// 989_wwispread_sep.c; assertions retained where their production boundary
+// remains live.
 //
 // sepbuild (#46 commit-3) — build_one_sep END-TO-END on the real lib
 // chain root -> os -> {rt,time} (transitive-closure discovery + topo):
 // build+run exit 7 both stages; {time,rt,os}.wwi + __root.s
 // materialize (#69: the root is compiled without -I, so no
 // __root.wwi); per-package .s/.wwi/.unit.ww and the final binary
-// byte-id cs vs ww; the KEYSTONE (spec 3.1) recompiles the driver's
-// own non-leaf .unit.ww with each dep's .wwi section replaced by that
-// dep's full directory bodies and requires byte-identical .s — the
-// proof the .wwi conveys exactly the dep facts P's codegen needs;
-// `ww run` routes through the same sole sep path (exit 7 both
+// byte-id cs vs ww; every .unit.ww is the package's own sorted source
+// set; `ww run` routes through the same sole sep path (exit 7 both
 // stages).
 //
 // seproot (#69 BUG-1) — a ROOT whose `export fn use(a: *t)` names an
 // unexported local `type t` builds (exit 37 both stages) because the
 // root is compiled WITHOUT the -I .wwi-producer flag: __root.wwi must
-// NOT exist; replaying the driver's own __root.unit.ww through
-// w6c/w6c_ww with -I must REJECT (the isolated bug) while -c -o alone
-// must accept; __root.s carries the exported fn.
+// NOT exist; replaying the driver's own __root.unit.ww plus c.wwi
+// through w6c/w6c_ww with -I must REJECT (the isolated bug) while -c
+// -o alone must accept; __root.s carries the exported fn.
 //
 // sepstructdef (#70 BUG-2) — a dep exporting aggregate-init defs
 // (struct-lit + array-lit) sep-builds and links (exit 20 both
@@ -69,80 +67,6 @@ fn samefile(label: str, what: str, a: str, b: str) void = {
 	};
 };

-// A package directory's *.ww bodies (less *test.ww), byte-sorted, each
-// newline-terminated — mirrors the driver's body enumeration so the
-// substituted bodies-unit matches the sep-unit structurally.
-fn dirbodies(dir: str) str = {
-	let out: str = "";
-	let names: []str = testenv.listdir(dir);
-	let i: i32 = 0;
-	for (i < names.len) {
-		if (strings.hassuffix(names[i], ".ww")
-			&& !strings.hassuffix(names[i], "test.ww")) {
-			out = strings.concat(out,
-				testenv.readfile(strings.concat(dir, "/", names[i])),
-				"\n");
-		};
-		i += 1;
-	};
-	return out;
-};
-
-// Byte-offset borrow: strings.sub is rune-indexed, and the driver
-// units embed lib comment bytes outside ASCII, so rune indices would
-// mis-address the byte cursor below (readfile's borrow idiom).
-fn bslice(s: str, start: i32, end: i32) str = {
-	assert(start <= end && end <= s.len);
-	let r: str;
-	r.ptr = s.ptr + (start: u64);
-	r.len = end - start;
-	return r;
-};
-
-// Transform a driver sep-unit into a bodies-unit: every `//ww:module
-// <path>` dep section (its .wwi content) is replaced by <path>'s full
-// directory bodies (dots -> slashes under libdir); the trailing
-// `//ww:module-reset` primary body is copied verbatim. The keystone's
-// other arm.
-fn composebodies(unit: str, libdir: str) str = {
-	let out: str = "";
-	let n: i32 = unit.len;
-	let i: i32 = 0;
-	for (i < n) {
-		let j: i32 = i;
-		for (j < n && unit[j] != '\n') { j += 1; };
-		let line: str = bslice(unit, i, j);
-		if (strings.hasprefix(line, "//ww:module-reset")) {
-			out = strings.concat(out, bslice(unit, i, n));
-			return out;
-		};
-		if (strings.hasprefix(line, "//ww:module ")) {
-			out = strings.concat(out, line, "\n");
-			let path: str = bslice(line, 12, line.len);
-			let d: []u8 = alloc([], (path.len + 1): u64)!;
-			let k: i32 = 0;
-			for (k < path.len) {
-				if (path[k] == '.') { append(d, '/'); }
-				else { append(d, path[k]); };
-				k += 1;
-			};
-			out = strings.concat(out, dirbodies(strings.concat(libdir,
-				"/", strings.frombytes(d))));
-			i = j + 1;
-			for (i < n) {
-				let e: i32 = i;
-				for (e < n && unit[e] != '\n') { e += 1; };
-				if (strings.hasprefix(bslice(unit, i, e),
-					"//ww:module")) { break; };
-				i = e + 1;
-			};
-			continue;
-		};
-		i = j + 1;
-	};
-	return out;
-};
-
@test fn sepbuild() void = {
 	let td: str = testenv.fresh();
 	let rootww: str = strings.concat(td, "/root.ww");
@@ -200,34 +124,6 @@ fn composebodies(unit: str, libdir: str) str = {
 	samefile("sepbuild", "the final binary",
 		strings.concat(td, "/prog.cs"), strings.concat(td, "/prog.ww"));

-	// KEYSTONE through the driver, non-leaf packages only (leaves have
-	// no dep sections, so their keystone is vacuous)
-	let libdir: str = strings.concat(testenv.repo(), "/lib");
-	let keypkgs: []str = ["os", "__root"];
-	let kp: i32 = 0;
-	for (kp < keypkgs.len) {
-		let unit: str = testenv.readfile(strings.concat(td,
-			"/prog.cs.sepwork/", keypkgs[kp], ".unit.ww"));
-		let bodiesf: str = strings.concat(td, "/", keypkgs[kp],
-			".bodies.ww");
-		testenv.writefile(bodiesf, composebodies(unit, libdir));
-		let bodiess: str = strings.concat(td, "/", keypkgs[kp],
-			".bodies.s");
-		let av: []str = [testenv.driver("w6c"), "-c", "-o", bodiess,
-			bodiesf];
-		if (runcode(td, strings.concat("key_", keypkgs[kp]), av) != 0) {
-			fail("sepbuild", strings.concat(keypkgs[kp], " bodies -c failed"));
-		};
-		if (!testenv.same(testenv.readfile(bodiess),
-			testenv.readfile(strings.concat(td, "/prog.cs.sepwork/",
-				keypkgs[kp], ".s")))) {
-			fail("sepbuild", strings.concat(keypkgs[kp],
-				" bodies.s != driver sep.s (the .wwi does not convey ",
-				"the dep facts P needs)"));
-		};
-		kp += 1;
-	};
-
 	// `ww run` routes through the sole sep path on both stages
 	let cav: []str = [testenv.driver("ww"), "run", rootww];
 	let rccs: i32 = runcode(td, "run_cs", cav);
@@ -309,19 +205,20 @@ fn composebodies(unit: str, libdir: str) str = {
 	// with -I the export-check FIRES (the isolated bug); without it the
 	// post-fix invocation accepts. Both compilers.
 	let unit: str = strings.concat(td, "/prog.cs.sepwork/__root.unit.ww");
+	let ciface: str = strings.concat(td, "/prog.cs.sepwork/c.wwi");
 	let comps: []str = ["w6c", "w6c_ww"];
 	let c: i32 = 0;
 	for (c < 2) {
 		let wwi: str = strings.concat(td, "/nv.", comps[c], ".wwi");
 		let asmf: str = strings.concat(td, "/nv.", comps[c], ".s");
-		let rav: []str = [testenv.driver(comps[c]), "-c", "-I", wwi,
-			"-o", asmf, unit];
+		let rav: []str = [testenv.driver(comps[c]), "-c", "--import", "c",
+			ciface, "-I", wwi, "-o", asmf, unit];
 		if (runcode(td, strings.concat("nvI_", comps[c]), rav) == 0) {
 			fail("seproot", strings.concat(comps[c], " -c -I accepted the ",
 				"root export-over-unexported-type (vacuous gate)"));
 		};
-		let aav: []str = [testenv.driver(comps[c]), "-c", "-o", asmf,
-			unit];
+		let aav: []str = [testenv.driver(comps[c]), "-c", "--import", "c",
+			ciface, "-o", asmf, unit];
 		if (runcode(td, strings.concat("nvO_", comps[c]), aav) != 0) {
 			fail("seproot", strings.concat(comps[c], " -c -o (no -I) ",
 				"rejected the root unit (post-fix invocation)"));
--- a/test/tool/wwdump_test.ww
+++ b/test/tool/wwdump_test.ww
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ package wwdump_test;
 // wwdump_ww's exit code is deliberately NOT gated: the diagnostics
 // land on stderr regardless, and the armed bail flips the exit code —
 // the line count is the one signal stable across the fold sequence.
-// #90 sep-feed: import-bearing fixtures feed their RESOLVED sep unit
-// (`ww build -S` composes <stem>.sepwork/__root.unit.ww); the
+// #90 sep-feed: `ww build -S` resolves import-bearing fixtures to an
+// owner unit and direct exports; this raw wwdump-only gate explicitly
+// composes those artifacts because wwdump has no package-input CLI. The
 // import-free test/wcc/901_*.ww companions stay raw-fed.
 //
 // wwdumpgate (#52, F15 c4) — the -c and -r arms gate on parse-stage
@@ -93,11 +94,30 @@ fn countdiag(stderr: str) i32 = {
 				fail(classes[i], strings.concat(rels[i],
 					": no resolved sep unit (ww build -S failed)"));
 			};
-			src = strings.concat(stem, ".sepwork/__root.unit.ww");
-			if (!testenv.exists(src)) {
+			let work: str = strings.concat(stem, ".sepwork/");
+			let owner: str = strings.concat(work, "__root.unit.ww");
+			if (!testenv.exists(owner)) {
 				fail(classes[i], strings.concat(rels[i],
 					": __root.unit.ww missing after ww build -S"));
 			};
+			let deps: []str = [];
+			if (i == 0) { append(deps, "math.checked"); append(deps, "types"); };
+			if (i == 1) {
+				append(deps, "ascii"); append(deps, "os"); append(deps, "strconv");
+			};
+			if (i == 3) { append(deps, "fnmatch"); };
+			if (i == 4) { append(deps, "math.random"); append(deps, "test"); };
+			let composed: str = "";
+			let di: i32 = 0;
+			for (di < deps.len) {
+				composed = strings.concat(composed, "//ww:module ", deps[di],
+					"\n", testenv.readfile(strings.concat(work, deps[di],
+					".wwi")), "\n");
+				di += 1;
+			};
+			composed = strings.concat(composed, testenv.readfile(owner));
+			src = strings.concat(td, "/wwdump.raw.ww");
+			testenv.writefile(src, composed);
 		};
 		let co: testenv.commandout;
 		let av: []str = [testenv.driver("wwdump_ww"), "-c", src];