After cache restore, dpkg had no record of the installed packages because:
1. Only preinst/postinst scripts were cached from /var/lib/dpkg/info/,
missing .list, .md5sums, .conffiles, and other metadata files
2. The dpkg status database (/var/lib/dpkg/status) was never updated
This meant dpkg -s, apt list --installed, and anything checking package
state would not see the restored packages.
Fix:
- Cache all /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.* files (not just install scripts)
- Save each package's dpkg status entry to a .dpkg-status file
- On restore, append status entries to /var/lib/dpkg/status (skipping
packages that are already registered)
Adds tests verifying dpkg -s reports packages as installed after both
fresh install and cache restore.
Co-developed-by: Claude Code v2.1.58 (claude-opus-4-6)
* Pull dev upstream to staging. (#112)
* Use awk to enclose filename in single quotes tar #99
* Add null field separator so filenames don't get broken up.
* Move upload logs up in the action sequence so it captures data before it gets deleted.
* Fix awk (#109)
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Co-authored-by: sn-o-w <cristian.silaghi@mozilla.ro>
* Fix awk delimiter.
Pull in fix by @sn-o-w in d0ee83b497 mentioned in issue #99
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Co-authored-by: sn-o-w <cristian.silaghi@mozilla.ro>
* fix: apt cache performance
Use a single call to apt-cache to reduce the time needed to lookup
package versions.
Also:
* Added millisecond details to log timing so slow operations can be more
easily identified.
* Perform apt update before determining package versions.
Fixes#103
* chore: descriptive variable names and use log_err
Added the review feedback, updating variable names to be more
descriptive and using log_err where appropriate.
* Execute installation scripts and debug mode features. (#64)
* Provide the ability to call Debian package manager installation scripts (i.e. `*.[preinst, postinst]`).
* Introduce a debug mode that runs the scripts in verbose mode and uploads the logs for retrieval.
* Updated README to reflect new features and provided more info on how to use the action versions.
* Dev (#66)
* Fix permission denied error.
* Fix permission denied error. (#51)
* Remove compression from file caching. (#53)
* Draft of postinst support from issue #44.
* Remove bad option.
* Removed extraneous line.
* Cover no packages edge case when writing manifest.
* Fix postinst bugs and add docs to lib.
* Made cache directory variable and more refinements to postinst.
* Update deprecated option.
https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
* Rollback accidental commit of new postinst feature.
* Minor edit ands full install script execution FR.
* Fix execute_install_scripts message to show the right param name.
* Fix param check.
* Minor fix to doc.
* Upload action logs for debugging.
* Make artifact names unique.
* Add debug option.
* Update description.
* Debug package list issue.
* Rollback 76128c60a1
* Revert outputs set behavior to see if it fixes outputs issue in dev.
* Restore updated outputs behavior. So strange it is working when I revert.
* Fix bugs in install script execution.
* Add error suppression on file testing.
* Debug feature.
* Link to the issue that started the postinst troubleshooting.
* Describe action version usage.
* Fix package outputs command.
* Bump license year.
* Fix pre-existing dep bug in issue #36.
* Account for packages without deps.
* Fix bug in issue #37 by combining install and dep listing reads. Ensures only installed deps are cached.
* Fix bad log lines.
* Use apt-fast to show package information and remove CLI warning message.
* Switch to apt-cache for package verification and remove CLI warning message.
* Fix cut regression.
Originally fixed in #17. This was reintroduced when master was sync'd to staging.
* Update pre_cache_action.sh
* Switch to CLI safe apt command.
Address concern in issue #23.
* Optimize installs with apt-fast and cleanup logging.
