package: gitlab-ci-multi-runner version: 1.4.2+dfsg-1 severity: important Hi. If a job includes a cache, then it appears that the initial working directory is some directory inside the cache, *not* the top of the project directory.
In trying to diagnose build failures I produced the following job: install_test: dependencies: - snapshot_package stage: test variables: DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive cache: key: "$CI_BUILD_NAME" paths: - apt_cache script: - ' if [ -d apt_cache/cache ]; then cd apt_cache/cache&&tar cf - . | (cd /build/unstable/var/cache/apt&& tar xpf - ); fi' - 'if [ -d apt_cache/lists ]; then cd apt_cache/lists&&tar cf - . |( cd /build/unstable/var/lib/apt/lists && tar xpf - ) ; fi' - mkdir /build/unstable/sbuild_out - git status - pwd - env - ls apt_cache - cp sbuild_out/*.deb /build/unstable/sbuild_out - schroot --directory / -c unstable apt-get update - schroot --directory / -c unstable -- apt-get -y --allow-downgrades -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confold" install ./sbuild_out/*.deb - mkdir -p apt_cache - cp -a /build/unstable/var/cache/apt/. apt_cache/cache - cp -a /build/unstable/var/lib/apt/lists/. apt_cache/lists tags: - debian And I get the following output: [0KRunning with gitlab-ci-multi-runner dev (1.4.2)[0;m [0;m[0KUsing Docker executor with image runner:latest ... [0;m[0KPulling docker image runner:latest ... [0;m[0;33mWARNING: Cannot pull the latest version of image runner:latest : Error: image library/runner not found [0;m[0;33mWARNING: Locally found image will be used instead. [0;mRunning on runner-99528d3b-project-1-concurrent-0 via gitlab-runner... [32;1mFetching changes...[0;m Removing sbuild_out/ HEAD is now at 84b1436 We're getting closer [32;1mChecking out 84b14360 as master...[0;m [32;1mChecking cache for install_test...[0;m [32;1mDownloading artifacts for snapshot_package (150)...[0;m Downloading artifacts from coordinator... ok [0;m id[0;m=150 responseStatus[0;m=200 OK token[0;m= [32;1m$ if [ -d apt_cache/cache ]; then cd apt_cache/cache&&tar cf - . | (cd /build/unstable/var/cache/apt&& tar xpf - ); fi[0;m [32;1m$ if [ -d apt_cache/lists ]; then cd apt_cache/lists&&tar cf - . |( cd /build/unstable/var/lib/apt/lists && tar xpf - ) ; fi[0;m [32;1m$ mkdir /build/unstable/sbuild_out[0;m [32;1m$ git status[0;m HEAD detached at 84b1436 Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) ../ ../../sbuild_out/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) [32;1m$ pwd[0;m /builds/hadron/hadron-operations/apt_cache/cache [32;1m$ env[0;m CI_PROJECT_NAME=hadron-operations CI_BUILD_TOKEN= HOSTNAME=runner-99528d3b-project-1-concurrent-0 CI_PROJECT_URL=https://gitlab.hadronindustries.com/hadron/hadron-operations CI_BUILD_BEFORE_SHA=84b143607c165d0dd2e9382d16b20764bc0402e6 CI_SERVER_VERSION=8.11.0 CI_BUILD_ID=151 OLDPWD=/builds/hadron/hadron-operations CI_PROJECT_ID=1 CI_RUNNER_ID=2 CI_PIPELINE_ID=576 CI_BUILD_REF_NAME=master CI_BUILD_REF=84b143607c165d0dd2e9382d16b20764bc0402e6 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin CI_BUILD_STAGE=test CI_PROJECT_DIR=/builds/hadron/hadron-operations CI_RUNNER_TAGS=debian PWD=/builds/hadron/hadron-operations/apt_cache/cache CI_SERVER_NAME=GitLab CI_PROJECT_PATH=hadron/hadron-operations GITLAB_CI=true CI_SERVER_REVISION=346e677 SHLVL=1 CI_BUILD_NAME=install_test HOME=/root CI_SERVER=yes CI=true CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE=hadron DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive CI_BUILD_REPO=https://gitlab-ci-token:@gitlab.hadronindustries.com/hadron/hadron-operations.git CI_RUNNER_DESCRIPTION=Debian Packaging Runner _=/usr/bin/env [32;1m$ ls apt_cache[0;m ls: cannot access 'apt_cache': No such file or directory [31;1mERROR: Build failed: exit code 1 [0;m I can wor around this by changing to CI_PROJECT_DIR, but it seems fairly clear that I'm starting in the wrong place.