Merge #6208

6208: macOS: install GNU tar r=jonas-schievink a=jonas-schievink

CI runs on macOS have started to fail due to https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/403. Use GNU tar instead of BSD tar to work around that.

Co-authored-by: Jonas Schievink <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jonas Schievink <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a19bc9ad3..77f2e2e16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ jobs:
       if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
       run: Rename-Item C:\Users\runneradmin\.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc C:\Users\runneradmin\.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.old
 
+    # Work around https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/403 by using GNU tar
+    # instead of BSD tar.
+    - name: Install GNU tar
+      if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+      run: |
+        brew install gnu-tar
+        echo PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Install Rust toolchain
       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with: