Re: [PATCH] gitlab-ci.yml: Avoid some submodules to speed up the CI a little bit

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 26/01/2021 13.08, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On 1/21/21 6:44 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> Since the meson build system rework, the configure script prefers the
>> git submodules over the system libraries. So we are testing compilation
>> with capstone, fdt and libslirp as a submodule all over the place,
>> burning CPU cycles by recompiling these third party modules and wasting
>> some network bandwidth in the CI by cloning the submodules each time.
>> Let's stop doing that in at least a couple of jobs and use the system
>> libraries instead.
>>
>> While we're at it, also install meson in the Fedora container, since
>> it is new enough already, so we do not need to check out the meson
>> submodule here.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   .gitlab-ci.yml                               | 6 +++++-
>>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker      | 1 +
>>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker | 1 +
>>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker       | 3 +++
>>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker   | 1 +
>>   5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> So now which are the jobs left building from git submodule clone?

All the jobs which don't have a depending test stage jobs should still use 
the submodules, e.g. build-oss-fuzz, build-tci, etc.
Also the centos7-based jobs still use all submodules, e.g. 
build-crypto-old-nettle etc.

  Thomas