Merge pull request #919 from ocaml/revert-918-opam-update-depext

Revert "Run `opam update --depext` before installing system dependencies"

Author: smorimoto

dist/index.js

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import {
   OPAM_DISABLE_SANDBOXING,
   PLATFORM,
 } from "./constants.js";
-import { installUnixSystemPackages } from "./unix.js";
+import {
+  installUnixSystemPackages,
+  updateUnixPackageIndexFiles,
+} from "./unix.js";
 
 export async function retrieveLatestOpamRelease() {
   const semverRange = ALLOW_PRERELEASE_OPAM ? "*" : "<2.4.0";
@@ -85,9 +88,18 @@ async function acquireOpam() {
 
 async function initializeOpam() {
   await core.group("Initialise opam state", async () => {
-    await exec("opam", ["update", "--depexts"]);
     if (PLATFORM !== "windows") {
-      await installUnixSystemPackages();
+      try {
+        await installUnixSystemPackages();
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof Error) {
+          core.notice(
+            `An error has been caught in some system package index files, so the system package index files have been re-synchronised, and the system package installation has been retried: ${error.message.toLocaleLowerCase()}`,
+          );
+        }
+        await updateUnixPackageIndexFiles();
+        await installUnixSystemPackages();
+      }
     }
     const extraOptions = [];
     if (PLATFORM === "windows") {

packages/setup-ocaml/src/opam.ts

@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ export async function installUnixSystemPackages() {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export async function updateUnixPackageIndexFiles() {
+  const isGitHubRunner = process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS === "true";
+  if (isGitHubRunner) {
+    if (PLATFORM === "linux") {
+      await exec("sudo", ["apt-get", "update"]);
+    } else if (PLATFORM === "macos") {
+      await exec("brew", ["update"]);
+    }
+  }
+}