fix(void): carry python3-pysocks and constrain the audio and SOCKS floors

Void's stock python3-PyAudio (0.2.12_5) and python3-pysocks (1.7.0_8) sit
below the project floors (pyaudio>=0.2.13, PySocks>=1.7.1). voculinux
depended on both by bare name, which an installed stock package already
satisfies, so a user who had the stock packages was never upgraded.

- add packaging/void/srcpkgs/python3-pysocks: PySocks 1.7.1 from the PyPI
  sdist that uv.lock pins (sha256 3f8804571ebe159c380ac6de37643bb4685970655d3bba243530d6558b799aa0)
- voculinux depends on python3-PyAudio>=0.2.14_1 and python3-pysocks>=1.7.1_1
- the install smoke installs the stock packages first, then voculinux, and
  fails unless each reads back as its carried pkgver
- tests: each constraint must name its carried template's current version
  and revision; the stock version must sit below the floor; the depends
  parser refuses malformed tokens instead of stripping them
- docs: "Version floors" in packaging/void/README.md; a pointer in
  docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md

Refs #16

docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md

@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ is not `repository-key.plist`. The private key is never committed; only the
 public `.plist` is. Key generation and the check that a private key matches the
 committed public key are in `packaging/void/README.md`.
 
+The carried Void templates in `packaging/void/srcpkgs/` track the project's own
+pins. `python3-PyAudio` and `python3-pysocks` replace stock Void packages below
+the floors in `pyproject.toml`, and `voculinux` depends on each with a `>=`
+constraint. When a floor or a carried version changes, change the template and
+its constraint in the same pull request: the offline tests in
+`tests/test_void_small_deps.py` and `tests/test_void_app_template.py` fail
+until they agree. The reasoning is in `packaging/void/README.md`, "Version floors".
+
 ## Quick Release Checklist
 
 Use this checklist for every release:

packaging/void/README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ packaging/void/
     ├── python3-pywhispercpp/  ticket #26: whisper.cpp Python binding
     ├── python3-pynput/        ticket #25: the input library Void does not ship
     ├── python3-PyAudio/       ticket #25: the audio binding, updated past Void's copy
+    ├── python3-pysocks/       spec #16 gap: the SOCKS module, updated past Void's copy
     └── voculinux              ticket #27: the application
 ```
 
@@ -33,9 +34,45 @@ packaging/void/
 | Template | Ticket | Notes |
 |---|---|---|
 | `python3-pywhispercpp` | #26 | Vulkan backend on by default; see below |
-| `python3-pynput`, `python3-PyAudio` | #25 | Dependencies Void does not ship at the needed version |
+| `python3-pynput` | #25 | A dependency Void does not ship |
+| `python3-PyAudio`, `python3-pysocks` | spec #16 gap | Void's copies are below the project floors; see [Version floors](#version-floors) |
 | `voculinux` | #27 | The app, from the canonical release sdist; see below |
 
+## Version floors
+
+`pyproject.toml` declares floors that Void's own packages do not meet. On
+2026-11-06 the stock packages on void-packages master were:
+
+| Package | Stock Void | Project floor | Carried template | `voculinux` depends |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `python3-PyAudio` | 0.2.12_5 | `pyaudio>=0.2.13` | 0.2.14_1 | `python3-PyAudio>=0.2.14_1` |
+| `python3-pysocks` | 1.7.0_8 | `PySocks>=1.7.1,<2` | 1.7.1_1 | `python3-pysocks>=1.7.1_1` |
+
+The gap is closed in the personal repository, not hidden. The carried
+templates build the versions `uv.lock` pins, and `voculinux` names each one
+with a `>=` constraint in the xbps `name>=version_revision` form (the xbps-src
+manual lists `<`, `>`, `<=` and `>=`). A bare name would be satisfied by the
+stock package a user already has, so xbps would leave it in place and the app
+would run below its floor. With the constraint, xbps takes the carried
+template from the signed repository instead. Dependency verification stays on.
+
+The install smoke checks the upgrade, not just a clean install: it installs
+the stock packages from Void first, then `voculinux`, and fails unless each
+package reads back as its carried pkgver.
+`tests/test_void_app_template.py` requires every constraint to name its
+template's current version and revision, so a template bump without a
+`depends` bump fails offline. `tests/test_void_small_deps.py` requires the
+stock version below the floor and the carried version at or above it.
+
+Known limit: xbps has one comparator per dependency, so PySocks' `<2` cannot
+be written. The carried 1.7.1 satisfies it. A future Void `python3-pysocks`
+2.x would also satisfy `>=1.7.1_1`, so it is not excluded by the dependency.
+
+When a project floor rises, or Void's stock package reaches the floor, change
+the carried template and its constraint in the same pull request. The
+stock-below-floor test fails once Void catches up, which is the signal to
+retire the carried template deliberately.
+
 ## python3-pywhispercpp
 
 Version `1.5.0`, pinned to the same version `install.sh`
@@ -70,9 +107,11 @@ upstream. Read [Version mapping](#version-mapping) and [Checksum](#checksum)
 before changing `version`, `_tag` or `checksum`.
 
 - **Runtime deps** are Void's own interpreter, GTK and desktop bindings,
-  the packaged Python libraries, the three templates from tickets #25
-  and #26 (`python3-pynput`, `python3-PyAudio`, `python3-pywhispercpp`),
-  and the helper tools the app shells out to: PipeWire (capture), `wtype`
+  the packaged Python libraries, the carried templates (`python3-pynput`,
+  `python3-PyAudio`, `python3-pysocks` and `python3-pywhispercpp`; the audio
+  binding and SOCKS module are version-constrained, see
+  [Version floors](#version-floors)), and the helper tools the app shells
+  out to: PipeWire (capture), `wtype`
   (direct typing on niri), `wl-clipboard`, `xdotool` and
   `pulseaudio-utils`. `ibus` is not a dependency: it cannot inject on
   niri. Every name was verified to exist in current void-packages; the
@@ -156,11 +195,14 @@ host Void install and nothing is published. Stages, in order, each fails the run
    with `xlint`, built with `xbps-src`, the sdist resolved by `xbps-src show`;
 4. `sign`: the packages indexed and signed, with no network;
 5. `install`: in a clean image with no key, an unsigned install is refused, the
-   signed repository is trusted, `voculinux` installs, `voculinux --version`
-   shows the version, the payload checks pass (desktop entry, icon, marker, no
-   models, no pre-rename names, the Vulkan backend, no host-native CPU tuning),
-   and the imports load (`pynput` through its dummy backend, `evdev`, `gi` with
-   Gtk 3, `pywhispercpp.model`, `pyaudio`, and the app's own modules, which keep their retained internal name).
+   signed repository is trusted, Void's stock `python3-PyAudio` and
+   `python3-pysocks` are installed, then `voculinux` installs and upgrades both
+   to the carried versions (see [Version floors](#version-floors)),
+   `voculinux --version` shows the version, the payload checks pass (desktop
+   entry, icon, marker, no models, no pre-rename names, the Vulkan backend, no
+   host-native CPU tuning), and the imports load (`pynput` through its dummy
+   backend, `evdev`, `gi` with Gtk 3, `pywhispercpp.model`, `pyaudio`, `socks`,
+   and the app's own modules, which keep their retained internal name).
 
 `tests/test_void_smoke_gate.py` asserts offline that the gate stays wired to
 every `srcpkgs` template.

packaging/void/container-release.sh

@@ -137,12 +137,24 @@ phase_install() {
 	xbps-query voculinux >/dev/null 2>&1 && fail "voculinux was installed by the untrusted attempt"
 	echo "refused without the key, as required (rc=$REFUSAL_RC)"
 
-	echo "== trust the staged key, then install voculinux from the signed repository"
+	echo "== trust the staged key"
 	cp "$XBPS_STAGE"/keys/*.plist /var/db/xbps/keys/
+
+	echo "== stock Void packages below the project floors, as a user who has them already"
+	xbps-install -y --repository="$OFFICIAL" -S python3-PyAudio python3-pysocks >/dev/null
+
+	echo "== install voculinux from the signed repository; the floors must upgrade the stock packages"
 	xbps-install -y --repository="$XBPS_STAGE/repo" --repository="$OFFICIAL" -S voculinux >/dev/null
 	xbps-query voculinux | grep -qx "pkgver: voculinux-${XBPS_VERSION}_1" ||
 		fail "installed package is not voculinux-${XBPS_VERSION}_1"
 	echo "installed: voculinux-${XBPS_VERSION}_1"
+	for PKG in python3-PyAudio python3-pysocks; do
+		PKGFILE=$(ls "$PKG_STAGE"/"$PKG"-[0-9]*.x86_64.xbps | head -n1)
+		PKGVER=$(basename "$PKGFILE" .x86_64.xbps)
+		xbps-query "$PKG" | grep -qx "pkgver: $PKGVER" ||
+			fail "$PKG is not $PKGVER after voculinux: the stock package was not upgraded"
+		echo "upgraded to the carried template: $PKGVER"
+	done
 
 	echo "== the renamed binary reports its version"
 	VERSION_OUT=$(voculinux --version 2>&1) || fail "voculinux --version exited non-zero"
@@ -155,7 +167,7 @@ phase_install() {
 		case "$PKG" in
 		voculinux) payload_voculinux "$PKGFILE" ;;
 		python3-pywhispercpp) payload_pywhispercpp "$PKGFILE" ;;
-		python3-pynput | python3-PyAudio) ;; # checked by import below
+		python3-pynput | python3-PyAudio | python3-pysocks) ;; # checked by import below
 		*) fail "no smoke recipe for package $PKG; add one alongside its template" ;;
 		esac
 	done
@@ -168,6 +180,7 @@ phase_install() {
 	python3 -c "import gi; gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0'); from gi.repository import Gtk; print('gi ok: Gtk', Gtk.get_major_version(), Gtk.get_minor_version())"
 	python3 -c "from pywhispercpp.model import Model; print('pywhispercpp.model ok')"
 	python3 -c "import pyaudio; print('pyaudio ok')"
+	python3 -c "import socks; print('pysocks ok')"
 	python3 -c "import vocalinux.main, vocalinux.speech_recognition.recognition_manager; print('vocalinux imports ok')"
 	echo "INSTALL SMOKE OK: voculinux $VERSION installed from the signed repository"
 }

packaging/void/smoke.sh

@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ HERE=$(cd -- "$HERE" && pwd)
 # Dependency order: the app last. tests/test_void_smoke_gate.py fails if this
 # list drifts from packaging/void/srcpkgs.
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # read as data by build-release.sh, which parses this line
-PKGS="python3-PyAudio python3-pynput python3-pywhispercpp voculinux"
+PKGS="python3-PyAudio python3-pynput python3-pysocks python3-pywhispercpp voculinux"
 
 exec "$HERE/build-release.sh" smoke

packaging/void/srcpkgs/python3-pysocks/template

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-pysocks'
+# Carried for the personal repository: Void's python3-pysocks is 1.7.0, below
+# the project floor PySocks>=1.7.1 (pyproject.toml). The version and checksum
+# are the PyPI sdist that uv.lock pins. See packaging/void/README.md.
+pkgname=python3-pysocks
+version=1.7.1
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
+short_desc="Python3 SOCKS client module"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/Anorov/PySocks"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/P/PySocks/PySocks-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3f8804571ebe159c380ac6de37643bb4685970655d3bba243530d6558b799aa0
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}

packaging/void/srcpkgs/voculinux/template

@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ makedepends="python3-devel"
 # direct typing on niri, wl-clipboard (wl-copy, wl-paste) for clipboard
 # paths, xdotool for X11 and the XWayland fallback, pulseaudio-utils for
 # pactl source listing. ibus is not a dependency: it is excluded on niri.
-depends="python3 python3-gobject python3-cairo gtk+3 libayatana-appindicator gobject-introspection python3-numpy python3-requests python3-pysocks python3-psutil python3-evdev python3-xlib python3-tqdm python3-platformdirs python3-PyAudio python3-pynput python3-pywhispercpp pipewire wtype wl-clipboard xdotool pulseaudio-utils"
+# python3-PyAudio and python3-pysocks are version-constrained. Void's stock
+# packages (0.2.12_5, 1.7.0_8) sit below the project floors, and a bare name is
+# already satisfied by a stock package a user has installed, so it would never
+# be upgraded to the carried template. Each >= names the carried template's
+# version and revision; tests/test_void_app_template.py keeps them in step.
+depends="python3 python3-gobject python3-cairo gtk+3 libayatana-appindicator gobject-introspection python3-numpy python3-requests python3-pysocks>=1.7.1_1 python3-psutil python3-evdev python3-xlib python3-tqdm python3-platformdirs python3-PyAudio>=0.2.14_1 python3-pynput python3-pywhispercpp pipewire wtype wl-clipboard xdotool pulseaudio-utils"
 short_desc="Free, offline voice dictation for Linux"
 maintainer="Xavier Karma <xavier@bongbetic.com>"
 license="AGPL-3.0-only"

tests/test_void_app_template.py

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import re
 import tomllib
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
+
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 VOID = REPO_ROOT / "packaging" / "void"
 SRC = VOID / "srcpkgs"
@@ -128,6 +130,19 @@ VERIFIED_VOID_PACKAGES = frozenset(
 #: never by hiding it behind one of these.
 FORBIDDEN_VARS = ("noverifypydeps", "nopyprovides")
 
+#: Carried templates whose stock Void package sits below the project floor
+#: (tests/test_void_small_deps.py, GAP_PACKAGES). voculinux must require each
+#: one as name>=<carried version>_<revision>. A bare name is satisfied by the
+#: stock package a user already has, so it would never be upgraded.
+GAP_DEPENDS = ("python3-PyAudio", "python3-pysocks")
+
+#: One xbps dependency token: a bare name, or name, comparator and
+#: version_revision. The whole token must match; a malformed token such as
+#: "python3-PyAudio>=" is refused, never stripped down to its name.
+DEPENDS_TOKEN = re.compile(
+    r"(?P<name>[A-Za-z0-9+._-]+)(?:(?P<op>>=|<=|>|<)(?P<version>[0-9][A-Za-z0-9.]*_[0-9]+))?"
+)
+
 
 def _template_text() -> str:
     """Read the raw template file."""
@@ -193,6 +208,31 @@ def _project_dependencies() -> list:
     return list(data["project"]["dependencies"])
 
 
+def _depends_tokens(value: str) -> list:
+    """Validated tokens of an xbps depends value; a malformed token fails the test."""
+    tokens = []
+    for token in value.split():
+        if token.startswith("${"):
+            continue
+        assert DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch(token), f"malformed dependency token: {token!r}"
+        tokens.append(token)
+    return tokens
+
+
+def _depends_names(value: str) -> set:
+    """Package names of an xbps depends value, with any version constraint removed."""
+    return {DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch(token).group("name") for token in _depends_tokens(value)}
+
+
+def _carried_pkgver(name: str) -> str:
+    """The pkgver a carried template builds: its version and revision, as written."""
+    text = (SRC / name / "template").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    version = re.search(r"^version=(\S+)$", text, re.M)
+    revision = re.search(r"^revision=(\d+)$", text, re.M)
+    assert version and revision, f"{name} template lacks a version or revision"
+    return f"{version.group(1)}_{revision.group(1)}"
+
+
 def test_app_template_lives_in_void_packages_layout() -> None:
     """The app template sits where xbps-src expects it: srcpkgs/<pkgname>."""
     assert TEMPLATE.is_file(), f"{TEMPLATE} is missing"
@@ -275,7 +315,7 @@ def test_checksum_is_a_recorded_digest_or_the_build_placeholder() -> None:
 
 def test_every_project_dependency_is_covered() -> None:
     """pyproject.toml runtime deps plus substrate must all resolve to depends."""
-    depends = set(_template_vars()["depends"].split())
+    depends = _depends_names(_template_vars()["depends"])
     uncovered = []
     for clause in _project_dependencies():
         pip_name = re.match(r"^([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)", clause).group(1).lower().replace("_", "-")
@@ -293,14 +333,37 @@ def test_template_dependencies_exist_in_void_packages() -> None:
     variables = _template_vars()
     referenced = set()
     for key in ("depends", "hostmakedepends", "makedepends", "checkdepends"):
-        for token in variables.get(key, "").split():
-            if token.startswith("${"):
-                continue
-            referenced.add(token)
+        referenced |= _depends_names(variables.get(key, ""))
     unknown = sorted(referenced - VERIFIED_VOID_PACKAGES)
     assert not unknown, f"template references unverified packages: {unknown}"
 
 
+def test_depends_tokens_are_validated_not_stripped() -> None:
+    """A constrained token is accepted only in full; a truncated one is malformed."""
+    assert DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch("python3-PyAudio>=0.2.14_1")
+    assert DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch("python3-pysocks")
+    for malformed in ("python3-PyAudio>=", "python3-PyAudio>=0.2.14", ">=0.2.14_1"):
+        assert not DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch(malformed), malformed
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            _depends_tokens(malformed)
+
+
+def test_gap_packages_are_version_constrained_to_their_carried_templates() -> None:
+    """voculinux requires name>=<carried pkgver>, never the bare name.
+
+    A bare name is satisfied by the stock package a user already has (below the
+    floor), so it would keep the stock package. The constraint must track the
+    carried template: bumping its version or revision without this line fails.
+    """
+    tokens = _depends_tokens(_template_vars()["depends"])
+    for name in GAP_DEPENDS:
+        matching = [
+            token for token in tokens if DEPENDS_TOKEN.fullmatch(token).group("name") == name
+        ]
+        expected = f"{name}>={_carried_pkgver(name)}"
+        assert matching == [expected], f"depends must name {expected}; found {matching}"
+
+
 def test_no_stale_indicator_library_name() -> None:
     """The pre-rename libappindicator names do not exist in void-packages."""
     variables = _template_vars()

tests/test_void_pywhispercpp_template.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Offline policy tests for the Void template of the whisper.cpp binding (#26).
 
-Spec #16 packages three templates in void-packages layout under
+Spec #16 packages four carried templates in void-packages layout under
 ``packaging/void``; this ticket owns the hard one, ``python3-pywhispercpp``,
 built from the pinned PyPI source distribution with the Vulkan backend,
 shared libraries, and portable CPU flags. Ticket #28 builds the container

tests/test_void_small_deps.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Offline policy guards for the Void small-dependency templates (ticket #25).
 
-Spec #16 (seam 2) closes the two easy Void dependency gaps — the X11
-keyboard input library and the updated audio binding — as in-repo xbps
-templates in void-packages layout under the packaging tree, with the audio
-binding at or above the project's declared floor and no
-verification-disabling template options anywhere.
+Spec #16 (seam 2) closes the Void dependency gaps — the X11 keyboard input
+library, and the audio binding and SOCKS module that sit below the project's
+declared floors — as in-repo xbps templates in void-packages layout under the
+packaging tree, each at or above its floor, and no verification-disabling
+template options anywhere.
 
 These tests pin the templates to the project's own lockfile (`uv.lock`,
 `requirements/runtime.txt`, `pyproject.toml`) so a template that drifts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import re
 import tomllib
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
+
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 VOID = REPO_ROOT / "packaging" / "void"
 SRC = VOID / "srcpkgs"
@@ -25,10 +27,24 @@ PYPROJECT = REPO_ROOT / "pyproject.toml"
 RUNTIME = REPO_ROOT / "requirements" / "runtime.txt"
 LOCK = REPO_ROOT / "uv.lock"
 
-TEMPLATES = ("python3-pynput", "python3-PyAudio")
+TEMPLATES = ("python3-pynput", "python3-PyAudio", "python3-pysocks")
 
 #: uv.lock package name per template directory name.
-LOCK_NAMES = {"python3-pynput": "pynput", "python3-PyAudio": "pyaudio"}
+LOCK_NAMES = {
+    "python3-pynput": "pynput",
+    "python3-PyAudio": "pyaudio",
+    "python3-pysocks": "pysocks",
+}
+
+#: Carried templates that replace a stock Void package sitting below the
+#: project's floor: template -> (pip name, stock Void pkgver, the floor).
+#: The stock pkgvers were read from void-packages master on 2026-11-06
+#: (srcpkgs/python3-PyAudio/template 0.2.12_5, srcpkgs/python3-pysocks/template
+#: 1.7.0_8). Stock below the floor is what makes the gap real.
+GAP_PACKAGES = {
+    "python3-PyAudio": ("pyaudio", "0.2.12_5", (0, 2, 13)),
+    "python3-pysocks": ("pysocks", "1.7.0_8", (1, 7, 1)),
+}
 
 #: Void package names covering pynput's linux-marked install_requires
 #: (evdev>=1.3, python-xlib>=0.17, six) as recorded in uv.lock.
@@ -62,6 +78,7 @@ FORBIDDEN_VARS = ("noverifypydeps", "nopyprovides")
 EXPECTED_LICENSES = {
     "python3-pynput": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
     "python3-PyAudio": "MIT",
+    "python3-pysocks": "BSD-3-Clause",
 }
 
 #: Void Manual mandatory variables, plus the fetch inputs every template
@@ -165,7 +182,7 @@ def _void_pins() -> dict:
 
 
 def test_templates_live_in_void_packages_layout() -> None:
-    """Both templates sit where xbps-src expects them: srcpkgs/<pkgname>."""
+    """Every carried template sits where xbps-src expects it: srcpkgs/<pkgname>."""
     for name in TEMPLATES:
         template = SRC / name / "template"
         assert template.is_file(), f"{template} is missing"
@@ -203,10 +220,12 @@ def test_template_checksums_match_lock_sdist() -> None:
         assert _template_vars(name)["checksum"] == digest, name
 
 
-def test_audio_binding_satisfies_project_floor() -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", sorted(GAP_PACKAGES))
+def test_carried_templates_satisfy_project_floors(name: str) -> None:
     """The updated template meets the declared floor it was built to close."""
-    specifier = _project_specifier("pyaudio")
-    template = _version_tuple(_template_version("python3-PyAudio"))
+    pip_name, _, _ = GAP_PACKAGES[name]
+    specifier = _project_specifier(pip_name)
+    template = _version_tuple(_template_version(name))
     for operator, floor in re.findall(r"(>=|==|~=|>)\s*([\d][\d.]*)", specifier):
         if operator == ">":
             assert template > _version_tuple(floor), specifier
@@ -214,16 +233,20 @@ def test_audio_binding_satisfies_project_floor() -> None:
             assert template >= _version_tuple(floor), specifier
 
 
-def test_audio_binding_floor_was_not_relaxed() -> None:
-    """Void's 0.2.12 stays below the floor: the floor itself never moved."""
-    specifier = _project_specifier("pyaudio")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", sorted(GAP_PACKAGES))
+def test_stock_package_is_below_the_floor_and_the_floor_was_not_relaxed(name: str) -> None:
+    """Stock Void sits below the floor, so the gap is real; the floor never moved."""
+    pip_name, stock, floor = GAP_PACKAGES[name]
+    stock_version = _version_tuple(stock.split("_")[0])
+    assert stock_version < floor, f"{name}: stock {stock} is not below the floor {floor}"
+    specifier = _project_specifier(pip_name)
     lowers = [
-        _version_tuple(floor)
-        for operator, floor in re.findall(r"(>=|==|~=|>)\s*([\d][\d.]*)", specifier)
+        _version_tuple(bound)
+        for operator, bound in re.findall(r"(>=|==|~=|>)\s*([\d][\d.]*)", specifier)
         if operator in (">=", "==", "~=", ">")
     ]
-    assert lowers, f"pyaudio clause carries no lower bound: {specifier}"
-    assert min(lowers) >= (0, 2, 13), f"floor relaxed to hide the gap: {specifier}"
+    assert lowers, f"{pip_name} clause carries no lower bound: {specifier}"
+    assert min(lowers) >= floor, f"floor relaxed to hide the gap: {specifier}"
 
 
 def test_no_verification_disabling_options() -> None:

tests/test_void_smoke_gate.py

@@ -100,10 +100,38 @@ def test_the_ggml_scan_belongs_to_the_whisper_binding_only() -> None:
 
 
 def test_the_leaf_packages_are_imported_headless() -> None:
-    """PyAudio and pynput are proven by import: pynput's dummy backend needs no display."""
+    """PyAudio, pynput and pysocks are proven by import: pynput's dummy backend needs no display."""
     text = CONTAINER_RELEASE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     assert "import pyaudio" in text
     assert "PYNPUT_BACKEND=dummy" in text and "import pynput.keyboard" in text
+    assert "import socks" in text, "pysocks is proven by import"
+
+
+def test_every_gate_package_has_an_install_recipe() -> None:
+    """Each package the gate builds has a label of its own in the per-package case."""
+    text = CONTAINER_RELEASE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    start = text.index('case "$PKG" in')
+    block = text[start : text.index("esac", start)]
+    labels = set()
+    for match in re.finditer(r"^\s*([^)\n]+)\)", block, re.M):
+        labels.update(part.strip() for part in match.group(1).split("|"))
+    for name in _gate_packages():
+        assert name in labels, f"container-release.sh has no install recipe for {name}"
+
+
+def test_install_smoke_upgrades_the_stock_packages_below_the_floors() -> None:
+    """A user who already has Void's stock audio binding and SOCKS module must get
+    the carried ones: the smoke installs the stock packages first, then voculinux,
+    then checks each one reads back as the carried pkgver."""
+    text = CONTAINER_RELEASE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    stock = 'xbps-install -y --repository="$OFFICIAL" -S python3-PyAudio python3-pysocks'
+    assert stock in text, "the stock packages must be installed before voculinux"
+    assert text.index(stock) < text.index(
+        'xbps-install -y --repository="$XBPS_STAGE/repo" --repository="$OFFICIAL" -S voculinux'
+    ), "the stock install must precede the voculinux install"
+    assert (
+        'xbps-query "$PKG" | grep -qx "pkgver: $PKGVER"' in text
+    ), "each stock package must read back as the carried pkgver"
 
 
 def test_a_package_without_a_smoke_recipe_fails_the_release() -> None: