build: use build_date argument for docker image instead of guessing from pacman root

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
+      - name: Set image date
+        id: args
+        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date -d yesterday +'%Y-%m-%d')"
+
       - name: Login to docker hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build an image and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
+          build-args: |
+            BUILD_DATE=${{ steps.args.outputs.date }}
           file: docker/Dockerfile
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # build image
 FROM archlinux:base AS build
 
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+
 # install environment
 ## create build user
 RUN useradd -m -d "/home/build" -s "/usr/bin/nologin" build
 
 ## extract container creation date and set mirror for this timestamp, set PKGEXT and refresh database next
-RUN echo "Server = https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/$(stat -c "%y" "/var/lib/pacman" | cut -d " " -f 1 | sed "s,-,/,g")/\$repo/os/\$arch" > "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" && \
+RUN echo "Server = https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/${BUILD_DATE//-/\/}/\$repo/os/\$arch" > "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" && \
-    pacman -Sy
+    pacman -Syyuu --noconfirm
 ## setup package cache
 RUN runuser -u build -- mkdir "/tmp/pkg" && \
     echo "PKGDEST=/tmp/pkg" >> "/etc/makepkg.conf" && \
@@ -29,17 +31,15 @@ RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         python-filelock \
         python-inflection \
         python-pyelftools \
-        python-requests \
+        python-requests
-        && \
+RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
-    pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         base-devel \
         python-build \
         python-flit \
         python-installer \
         python-tox \
-        python-wheel \
+        python-wheel
-        && \
+RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
-    pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         git \
         python-aiohttp \
         python-aiohttp-openmetrics \
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \
         python-cryptography \
         python-jinja \
         python-systemd \
-        rsync \
+        rsync
-        && \
+RUN runuser -u build -- install-aur-package \
-    runuser -u build -- install-aur-package \
         python-aioauth-client \
         python-sphinx-typlog-theme \
         python-webargs \
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ RUN cp "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig" && \
     echo "Server = file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg" > "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" && \
     cp "/etc/pacman.conf" "/etc/pacman.conf.orig" && \
     sed -i "s/SigLevel *=.*/SigLevel = Optional/g" "/etc/pacman.conf" && \
-    pacman -Sy
+    pacman -Syyuu --noconfirm
 ## install package and its optional dependencies
 RUN pacman -S --noconfirm ahriman
 RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --asdeps \

docker/install-aur-package.sh

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ for PACKAGE in "$@"; do
     # clone the remote source
     git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/"$PACKAGE".git "$BUILD_DIR"
     cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+    # FIXME monkey patch PKGBUILD for python
+    sed -i 's/python -m build/python -m build --skip-dependency-check/g' "PKGBUILD"
     # checkout to the image date
-    git checkout "$(git rev-list -1 --before="$(stat -c "%y" "/var/lib/pacman" | cut -d " " -f 1)" master)"
+    git checkout "$(git rev-list -1 --before="$BUILD_DATE" master)"
     # build and install the package
     makepkg --nocheck --noconfirm --install --rmdeps --syncdeps
     cd /