Draft of postinst support from issue #44.

action.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Version will create a new cache and install packages.'
     required: false
     default: '' 
+  execute_postinst:
+    description: 'Execute Debian package postinst script upon restore. Required by some packages.'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
   refresh:
     description: 'Option to refresh / upgrade the packages in the same cache.'
     required: false
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ runs:
           ~/cache-apt-pkgs \
           / \
           "${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}" \
+          "${{ inputs.execute_postinst }}" \
           ${{ inputs.packages }}
         function create_list { local list=$(cat ~/cache-apt-pkgs/manifest_${1}.log | tr '\n' ','); echo ${list:0:-1}; };
         echo "::set-output name=package-version-list::$(create_list main)"

install_and_cache_pkgs.sh

@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ source "${script_dir}/lib.sh"
 # Directory that holds the cached packages.
 cache_dir="${1}"
 
+# Cache and execute post install scripts on restore.
+execute_postinst="${2}"
+
 # List of the packages to use.
-input_packages="${@:2}"
+input_packages="${@:3}"
 
 # Trim commas, excess spaces, and sort.
 normalized_packages="$(normalize_package_list "${input_packages}")"
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ done
 
 log_empty_line
 
+# Post install script install location.
+postinst_filepath="/tmp/deb-ctrl-data/postinst"
+postinst_dirpath=$(dirname ${postinst_filepath})
+mkdir -r "${postinst_dirpath}"
+
 installed_package_count=$(wc -w <<< "${installed_packages}")
 log "Caching ${installed_package_count} installed packages..."
 for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
@@ -70,12 +78,23 @@ for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
   if test ! -f "${cache_filepath}"; then
     read installed_package_name installed_package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${installed_package}")
     log "  * Caching ${installed_package_name} to ${cache_filepath}..."
+    
     # Pipe all package files (no folders) to Tar.
     dpkg -L "${installed_package_name}" |
       while IFS= read -r f; do     
         if test -f $f || test -L $f; then echo "${f:1}"; fi;  #${f:1} removes the leading slash that Tar disallows
       done |
       sudo xargs tar -cf "${cache_filepath}" -C /
+
+    # Append post install scripts if enabled and available.
+    if test "${execute_postinst}" == "true"; then
+      dpkg -e pkg "${postinst_dirpath}"
+      if test -f "${postinst_filepath}"; then
+        tar -caf "${cache_filepath}" "${postinst_filepath}"
+        rm "${postinst_filepath}"
+      fi
+    fi
+
     log "    done (compressed size $(du -h "${cache_filepath}" | cut -f1))."
   fi
 

post_cache_action.sh

@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@ cache_restore_root="${2}"
 # Indicates that the cache was found.
 cache_hit="${3}"
 
+# Cache and execute post install scripts on restore.
+execute_postinst="${4}"
+
 # List of the packages to use.
-packages="${@:4}"
+packages="${@:5}"
 
 script_dir="$(dirname -- "$(realpath -- "${0}")")"
 
 if [ "$cache_hit" == true ]; then
-  ${script_dir}/restore_pkgs.sh ~/cache-apt-pkgs "${cache_restore_root}"
+  ${script_dir}/restore_pkgs.sh ~/cache-apt-pkgs "${cache_restore_root}" "${execute_postinst}"
 else
-  ${script_dir}/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh ~/cache-apt-pkgs ${packages}
+  ${script_dir}/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh ~/cache-apt-pkgs "${execute_postinst}" ${packages}
 fi
 
 log_empty_line

restore_pkgs.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ cache_dir="${1}"
 # Typically filesystem root '/' but can be changed for testing.
 cache_restore_root="${2}"
 
+# Cache and execute post install scripts on restore.
+execute_postinst="${3}"
+
 cache_filepaths="$(ls -1 "${cache_dir}" | sort)"
 log "Found $(echo ${cache_filepaths} | wc -w) files in the cache."
 for cache_filepath in ${cache_filepaths}; do
@@ -33,10 +36,24 @@ log_empty_line
 # Only search for archived results. Manifest and cache key also live here.
 cached_pkg_filepaths=$(ls -1 "${cache_dir}"/*.tar | sort)
 cached_pkg_filecount=$(echo ${cached_pkg_filepaths} | wc -w)
+
+# Post install script restore location.
+postint_filepath="/tmp/deb-ctrl-data/postinst"
+
 log "Restoring ${cached_pkg_filecount} packages from cache..."
 for cached_pkg_filepath in ${cached_pkg_filepaths}; do
   log "- $(basename "${cached_pkg_filepath}") restoring..."
+
   sudo tar -xf "${cached_pkg_filepath}" -C "${cache_restore_root}" > /dev/null
+
+  if test "${execute_postinst}" == "true"; then
+    # Execute post install script if available.
+    if test -f "${postint_filepath}"; then
+      sh -x ${postint_filepath}
+      rm -fr ${postint_filepath}
+    fi
+  fi
+
   log "  done"
 done
 log "done"