cache M4 source tarball to avoid test failures because of download pr…

…oblems
bartoldeman · Oct 12, 2020 · 9439233 · 9439233
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    - name: Cache source files in /tmp/sources
+      id: cache-sources
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: /tmp/sources
+        key: eb-sourcepath
+
     - name: set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
@@ -137,7 +144,8 @@ jobs:
           eb --search '^CVS-' | grep '/CVS-'
 
           # try installing M4 with system toolchain (requires ConfigureMake easyblock + easyconfig)
-          eb --prefix /tmp/$USER/$GITHUB_SHA M4-1.4.18.eb
+          # use /tmp/sources because that has cached downloads (see cache step above)
+          eb --prefix /tmp/$USER/$GITHUB_SHA --sourcepath /tmp/sources M4-1.4.18.eb
 
   test-sdist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04