allow using packages from a custom reform-debian-packages branch by setting...

allow using packages from a custom reform-debian-packages branch by setting REFORM_DEBIAN_PACKAGES_BRANCH in the gitlab web interface

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ variables:
   DIST:
     description: "distribution to build image for like testing, unstable and experimental"
     value: unstable
+  REFORM_DEBIAN_PACKAGES_BRANCH:
+    description: "if set, prefer *.deb packages created by the latest pipeline run from this reform-debian-packages branch"
+    value:
 
 build:
   script: |
@@ -16,9 +19,13 @@ build:
         echo "refusing to build image for anything but unstable on main branch" >&2
         exit 1
       fi
+      if [ -n "$REFORM_DEBIAN_PACKAGES_BRANCH" ]; then
+        echo "refusing to build image using packages from reform-debian-packages branch" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
     fi
     apt update -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange=true -o quiet::ReleaseInfoChange=true
-    apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install mmdebstrap genext2fs ca-certificates e2fsprogs pigz git mount parted apt-utils
+    apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install mmdebstrap genext2fs ca-certificates e2fsprogs pigz git mount parted apt-utils unzip
     if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status ]; then
       mount -t binfmt_misc binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
     fi

mkimage.sh

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ case "$MIRROR" in
 esac
 
 # make sure build tools are installed
-set -- mmdebstrap genext2fs e2fsprogs git mount parted
+set -- mmdebstrap genext2fs e2fsprogs git mount parted unzip
 if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" != arm64 ]; then
 	set -- "$@" arch-test qemu-user-static
 fi
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ done
 	"https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-ls1028a-uboot/-/raw/main/ls1028a-mhdpfw.bin" \
 	ls1028a-mhdpfw.bin "SHA1:fa96b9aa59d7c1e9e6ee1c0375d0bcc8f8e5b78c"
 
+if [ -n "${REFORM_DEBIAN_PACKAGES_BRANCH:+x}" ]; then
+	/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file \
+		"https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-debian-packages/-/jobs/artifacts/${REFORM_DEBIAN_PACKAGES_BRANCH}/download?file_type=archiv&job=reprepro" \
+		"archive.zip"
+	unzip -v -j archive.zip '*.deb' -d ./repo
+fi
+
 # create Packages and Release file for custom repo
 if [ -n "$(find repo -maxdepth 1 -name "*.deb" -print -quit)" ]; then
 	echo "I: Creating repository from *.deb in ./repo and serving via HTTP" >&2