Caching of apt lists now opt-in (apt_cache_full)#60
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I've removed the caches in this repo and re-ran https://github.com/cvmfs-contrib/github-action-cvmfs/actions/runs/22059249550/job/63735177944 Doesn't seem like the install step suffered much of a hit. With the old caching behavior it was around 20s, now 22 |
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Since there are not-so-well understood apt install failures from time to time, a workaround is to cache only the .deb files not the lists. If people are aware of the problem and don't mind an occasional failure + manual cache clear, the can opt into caching the lists with the apt_cache_full parameter. To be seen how much this this costs in time of running apt update.
For the long term, I think it'll be best to use either the cvmfs service container or a dedicated statically linked binary for this action and not use apt at all, but that'll take a few months.