How to set pacman-mirrors when building an ISO through github actions?

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I am building a Manjaro ISO in GITHUB ACTIONS

Building your custom Manjaro ISO via Github Actions CI - YouTube

manjaro/manjaro-iso-action: Install prerequisites for building Manjaro on ubuntu (github.com)

I watched these 2 and did not found where to configure pacman-mirrors. Another problem is that github actions do not work in China (my country) so I want to know which mirror is fastest and recommended

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This is my build.yaml:

name: kde_iso_build

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  prepare-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - 
        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
        with:
          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
      - 
        id: time
        uses: nanzm/get-time-action@v1.1
        with:
          format: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
    outputs:
      release_tag: ${{ steps.time.outputs.time }}
  build-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    needs: [prepare-release]
    strategy:
      matrix:
        EDITION: [kde]
        BRANCH: [testing]
        SCOPE: [minimal]
    steps:
      - 
        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
        with:
          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
      - 
        id: time
        uses: nanzm/get-time-action@v1.1
        with:
          format: 'YY-MM-DD'   
      -
        name: image-build-upload
        uses: manjaro/manjaro-iso-action@main
        with:
          edition: ${{ matrix.edition }}
          branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
          scope: ${{ matrix.scope }}
          version: ${{ steps.time.outputs.time }}-development
          kernel: linux518
          code-name: "Testing-Build"
          release-tag: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_tag }}
      -
        name: rollback
        if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
        run: |
          echo ${{ github.token }} | gh auth login --with-token
          gh release delete ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.release_tag }} -y --repo ${{ github.repository }}
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Maybe the answer is envirionment variable

You are using a custom iso-profile - not the default Manjaro - right?

I don’t know if it will work - so my apology beforehand - for a perhaps stupid suggestion.

pacman-mirrors package is installed - but the mirrorlist is not used to install the packages.

The variable build_mirror is set in manjaro-tools.conf and defines which mirror is used for building the iso.so setting it in your profile.conf may override this value

build_mirror=<your-preferred-mirror>
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I know I should edit build_mirror in /etc/manjaro-tools/manjaro-tools.conf

but this is in

GITHUB ACTIONS

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Use sed commands in the actions to edit the file.

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Environment variables are applied in the sequence in which they are set.

The buildiso script will read the manjaro-tools.conf then the iso-profile.conf and therefor you can overwrite the build_mirror variable set in manjaro-tools.conf by setting it again in your profile.conf.

You can test it locally without building by using the -qv arguments.

Copy the file

cp /usr/bin/buildiso $HOME/.local/bin then edit the file and insert like below

edit the file and in the show_profile() function insert the line

msg2 "build mirror: %s" "${build_mirror}"

the run

buildiso -qv -p <your-custom-profile-name>

A few lines below ==> BUILD QUEUE: you will see the content of the build_mirror variable.

Try setting another url in the profile

build_mirror=https://xyx

Save and rerun - note the build_mirror changed

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