Unable to Download Checkout Action in Windows and Linux Runners
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Description
Error While Running the actions workflow on Windows and Linux Runners
Workflow fails while downloading the actions/checkout repository
Error shows up when using actions/checkout@v2 and v2.3.4
on Windows
End-of-central-directory signature not found
on Linux
Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v2'
8Error: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/projadm/actions-runner/_work/_actions/_temp_99fb64d8-9f9b-4f92-adb7-640886593232/64417b27-6c59-4dfd-b609-8c933514f335.tar.gz. return code: 2.
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Research direction
Begin with the workflow using actions/checkout@v2, including v2.3.4, and compare the reported extraction failures on Windows and Linux runners. Confirm done when the checkout action downloads and extracts successfully on both platforms; the issue does not name a source file or test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, typescript
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100