Refresh apt package index before installing additional_packages - #185
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The runner image's baked-in apt package lists can lag behind the live Ubuntu archive. When a package gets a security update, the old .deb is removed from the mirror pool -- only the current version stays available. Installing straight from the stale cached index (without an apt-get update first) then 404s on the now-evicted old version, even though a perfectly good current build exists. Observed on puppetlabs-tomcat's Spec job: apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev failed fetching libcurl4-openssl-dev_8.5.0-2ubuntu10.11_amd64.deb (404), while libcurl4-openssl-dev_8.5.0-2ubuntu10.12_amd64.deb was live on the mirror at the same time. This affects any module using the additional_packages input, not just tomcat. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
module_ci.yml's "Install additional packages" step runssudo apt-get install -y ${{ inputs.additional_packages }}without anapt-get updatefirst..debis removed from the mirror pool — only the current version stays available.Observed failure
On
puppetlabs-tomcatPR #587's Spec job,apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-devfailed:At the same time,
libcurl4-openssl-dev_8.5.0-2ubuntu10.12_amd64.debwas live onazure.archive.ubuntu.com. The.11build had been superseded and removed from the pool; the runner's cached index just hadn't caught up.This affects any module using the
additional_packagesinput (confirmed bothpuppetlabs-tomcatandpuppetlabs-serviceuse it), and will recur any time a package referenced there gets a point-release update between runner-image builds.Fix
Run
sudo apt-get updateimmediately before the install, in both places this step appears (setup_matrixandspecjobs).Test plan
puppetlabs-tomcatPR (#587) and confirm theInstall additional packagesstep succeeds🤖 Generated with Claude Code