remove __pycache__ from the recipe list, and fix the hostlibffi recipe so it displays correctly in ./toolchain status

recipes/hostlibffi/__init__.py

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class LibffiRecipe(Recipe):
         for arch in self.filtered_archs:
             self.build(arch)
 
+        # since we don't run cache_execution, call this here for `status`
+        self.update_state("{}.build_all".format(self.name), True)
+
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         if self.has_marker("patched"):
             return

toolchain.py

@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ def cache_execution(f):
             return
         print("{} {}".format(f.__name__.capitalize(), self.name))
         f(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        state[key] = True
-        state[key_time] = str(datetime.utcnow())
+        self.update_state(key, True)
     return _cache_execution
 
 
@@ -779,6 +778,19 @@ class Recipe(object):
         self.delete_marker("building")
         self.set_marker("build_done")
 
+    def update_state(self, key, value):
+        """Update entry in state database
+
+        This is usually done in the @cache_execution decorator
+        to log an action and its time of occurrence,
+        but it needs to be done manually in recipes.
+
+        sets key = value, and key.at = current_datetime
+        """
+        key_time = "{}.at".format(key)
+        self.ctx.state[key] = value
+        self.ctx.state[key_time] = str(datetime.utcnow())
+
     @cache_execution
     def build_all(self):
         filtered_archs = self.filtered_archs
@@ -828,6 +840,15 @@ class Recipe(object):
         if hasattr(self, postbuild):
             getattr(self, postbuild)()
 
+    def update_state(self, key, value):
+        """Update entry in state database
+
+        Also adds the time of update
+        """
+        key_time = "{}.at".format(key)
+        self.ctx.state[key] = value
+        self.ctx.state[key_time] = str(datetime.utcnow())
+
     @cache_execution
     def make_lipo(self, filename, library=None):
         if library is None: