soarpkgs Test Playground

Test repository for validating the soarpkgs build system before deploying to production.

Structure

soarpkgs-test/
├── .github/workflows/
│   ├── matrix_builds.yaml      # Reusable build workflow (from soarpkgs)
│   ├── build-on-change.yaml    # Trigger on recipe changes
│   └── manual-build.yaml       # Manual trigger for testing
├── binaries/                   # Static binaries -> bincache
│   ├── hello/
│   │   └── static.yaml         # Simple C binary (fast build)
│   └── jq/
│       └── static.yaml         # Download pre-built jq
└── packages/                   # AppImages, archives -> pkgcache
    └── hello-appimage/
        └── appimage.yaml       # Simple AppImage

Quick Start

1. Create a new GitHub repository (e.g., pkgforge/soarpkgs-test)

2. Copy this directory to the new repo:

   cd soarpkgs-test
   git init
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial test repo"
   git remote add origin git@github.com:pkgforge/soarpkgs-test.git
   git push -u origin main

3. Set up required secrets in the new repo:

   • RO_GHTOKEN - Read-only GitHub token for API requests
   • RO_GLTOKEN - Read-only GitLab token (optional)
   • MINISIGN_KEY - Minisign private key for signing (optional)
   • MINISIGN_SIGKEY - Minisign signature key (optional)

4. Go to Actions tab and run workflows

Workflows

Manual Build Test

Best for testing individual recipes:

1. Go to Actions → "Manual Build Test"
2. Select a recipe and host
3. Run workflow

Build on Change

Automatically builds when recipes change:

• Triggered on push to main
• Detects which recipes changed
• Routes to bincache or pkgcache based on path

Test Recipes

Recipe	Type	Build Time	Tests
binaries/hello/static.yaml	static	~30s	musl-gcc compilation
binaries/jq/static.yaml	static	~10s	Pre-built download
packages/hello-appimage/appimage.yaml	appimage	~1m	AppImage creation

Cache Routing

• binaries/**/*.yaml → ghcr.io/pkgforge/bincache-test
• packages/**/*.yaml → ghcr.io/pkgforge/pkgcache-test

What Gets Tested

1. sbuild download - Fetches from pkgforge/sbuilder releases
2. sbuild info - Recipe parsing and host compatibility
3. sbuild build - Full package build with:
   • Checksum generation
   • GHCR push
   • Optional signing
4. bincache/pkgcache separation - Correct routing based on path
5. Matrix builds - Multi-arch builds (x86_64, aarch64)