This requires zero validation because the package index does not affect functionality at all (unless you actually use the package index - but then you obviously don't want one with broken links)īy holding on to an obsolete package index with broken links to, you're forcing every user who wants to install a couple extra packages to start with apt update which wastes 'agent time resources' = exactly what you're trying to we need to either re-open this issue or file a more specific one. I'm asking for github to provide images where the package index has already been apt updated ONCE for everyone. Sudo apt update - it would affect 100% builds and most of them don't use apt install at all, thus wasting agent time resources, that's why we don't include it as a pre-build step.ĭon't get me wrong: I'm NOT requesting to automatically prefix every workflow with apt update, that would indeed be a massive duplication and waste of resources.

On the other hand you could and should provide images that have already been apt UPDATEd images at least a couple times a day - exactly like all 'normal' Ubuntu systems. I understand deploying a new apt UPGRADEd image requires significant validation time. (upgraded to openjdk-11-jre_11.0.9+10-0ubuntu1_amd64)Ĭurrently, we deploy a new image once a week or two, but sometimes external factors block a deployment and there is nothing we can do from our side. They're not, one has to manually update them as part of the job.Īfter the python3-pil_7.0.0-4ubuntu0.1_b example above, here's the new broken link of the day: Packages/package lists in the image are up to date. Running the aforementioned commands as part of the job setup, because it has to be done anyway.Updating the packages in the Ubuntu images more frequently, so that sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade executes faster.This solved the problem, but I noticed it also increased the CI time quite considerably, because a ton of packages had to be upgraded. My solution was to add sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade before anything else is done: Recently, I observed the following job failures on Ubuntu 18.04:Īt first I thought it was a spurious error, but then I realized that the true cause was outdated packages/package lists.