From 8df6d2b8e2cf23e2cec5d8fc47eaa5157b862621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: araq <araq4k@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:38:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] progress

---
 compiler/deps.nim         | 10 +++++-----
 compiler/modulegraphs.nim |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compiler/deps.nim b/compiler/deps.nim
index 7f3dfb797b..8c380926e4 100644
--- a/compiler/deps.nim
+++ b/compiler/deps.nim
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ proc traverseDeps(c: var DepContext; pair: FilePair; current: Node) =
 
 proc generateBuildFile(c: DepContext): string =
   ## Generate the .build.nif file for nifmake
-  createDir("nifcache")
-  result = "nifcache" / c.nodes[0].files[0].modname & ".build.nif"
-  #getNimcacheDir(c.config).string / c.nodes[0].files[0].modname & ".build.nif"
+  let nimcache = getNimcacheDir(c.config).string
+  createDir(nimcache)
+  result = nimcache / c.nodes[0].files[0].modname & ".build.nif"
 
   var b = nifbuilder.open(result)
   defer: b.close()
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ proc generateBuildFile(c: DepContext): string =
   b.addSymbolDef "nim_m"
   b.addStrLit getAppFilename()
   b.addStrLit "m"
-  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:nifcache"
+  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:" & nimcache
   # Add search paths
   for p in c.config.searchPaths:
     b.addStrLit "--path:" & p.string
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ proc generateBuildFile(c: DepContext): string =
   b.addSymbolDef "nim_nifc"
   b.addStrLit getAppFilename()
   b.addStrLit "nifc"
-  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:nifcache"
+  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:" & nimcache
   # Add search paths
   for p in c.config.searchPaths:
     b.addStrLit "--path:" & p.string
diff --git a/compiler/modulegraphs.nim b/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
index dda7f8a379..55f751cda7 100644
--- a/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
+++ b/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ proc loadCompilerProc*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string): PSym =
       if g.config.cmd in {cmdNifC, cmdM}:
         # First try system module (most compilerprocs are there)
         let systemFileIdx = g.config.m.systemFileIdx
-        if systemFileIdx != InvalidFileIdx:
+        if systemFileIdx != InvalidFileIdx and not g.withinSystem:
+          # Only try to load from NIF if the file exists (it may not during initial ic build)
           result = tryResolveCompilerProc(ast.program, name, systemFileIdx)
           if result != nil:
             strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, result)