v1.0.2 requires a version of glibc that is not available on the current 'ubuntu-latest' Github runner

[shabino]

Reproduction steps:

1. Create a Github workflow with a job running on ubuntu-latest
2. Install the gh-actions-cache as a step in this job
3. Executegh actions-cache list

Expected behavior: My caches are listed.

Actual behavior:

/home/runner/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by /home/runner/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache)
/home/runner/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by /home/runner/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache)

Workaround:

I changed my job to use the ubuntu-22.04 runner explicitly, and the problem resolved. It does seem that Github-provided extensions should work on the default runners though.

Commentary:

It looks like Github is updating ubuntu-latest to 22.04 slowly:

https://github.blog/changelog/2022-11-09-github-actions-ubuntu-latest-workflows-will-use-ubuntu-22-04/

My repo has not yet been updated yet, but the gh-actions-cache repo has (see OS info within):

https://github.com/actions/gh-actions-cache/actions/runs/3567634871/jobs/5995563551

I suspect that the change to the glibc required version might be due to v1.0.2 being compiled on 22.04 while v1.01 likely was compiled on 20.04. A blog entry I found (note that I'm not a Go developer and can't evaluate this):

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoAndGlibcVersioning

Diagnostics:

I did my best to collect useful information below. However, I'm outside of my areas of expertise here, so please correct me!

v1.0.2 seemingly was compiled to require a newer version (2.3.2/2.3.4) of glibc (for some additional functions?) than was required by v1.0.1. This was problematic for us because the "ubuntu-latest" Github runner image is ubuntu-20.04 which supplies 2.3.1:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/glibc

Ubuntu 22.04 supplies version 2.3.5:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jammy/+source/glibc

Output from my dev machine (against v1.0.1):

mybox:~/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache$ objdump -T gh-actions-cache

gh-actions-cache:     file format elf64-x86-64

DYNAMIC SYMBOL TABLE:
00000000005ea660 g    DF .text  0000000000000063  Base        crosscall2
00000000005ea620 g    DF .text  0000000000000037  Base        _cgo_panic
0000000000464760 g    DF .text  0000000000000019  Base        _cgo_topofstack
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) __errno_location
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) getaddrinfo
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) freeaddrinfo
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) gai_strerror
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) stderr
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) fwrite
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.4) __vfprintf_chk
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) fputc
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) abort
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_mutex_lock
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.2) pthread_cond_wait
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_mutex_unlock
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.4)  __stack_chk_fail
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.2) pthread_cond_broadcast
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_create
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) nanosleep
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_detach
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) strerror
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.4) __fprintf_chk
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) free
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) malloc
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_attr_init
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_attr_getstacksize
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_attr_destroy
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigfillset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_sigmask
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) mmap
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) munmap
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) setenv
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) unsetenv
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigemptyset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigaddset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigaction
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigismember

Output from my dev machine (against 1.0.2):

mybox:~/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache$ objdump -T gh-actions-cache

gh-actions-cache:     file format elf64-x86-64

DYNAMIC SYMBOL TABLE:
00000000005eac40 g    DF .text  0000000000000063  Base        crosscall2
00000000005eac00 g    DF .text  0000000000000037  Base        _cgo_panic
00000000004647a0 g    DF .text  0000000000000019  Base        _cgo_topofstack
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) __errno_location
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) getaddrinfo
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) freeaddrinfo
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) gai_strerror
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) stderr
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) fwrite
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.4) __vfprintf_chk
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) fputc
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) abort
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_mutex_lock
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.2) pthread_cond_wait
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_mutex_unlock
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.4)  __stack_chk_fail
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.2) pthread_cond_broadcast
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.34) pthread_create
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) nanosleep
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.34) pthread_detach
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) strerror
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.3.4) __fprintf_chk
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) free
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) malloc
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_attr_init
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.34) pthread_attr_getstacksize
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) pthread_attr_destroy
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigfillset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.32) pthread_sigmask
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) mmap
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) munmap
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) setenv
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) unsetenv
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigemptyset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigaddset
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigaction
0000000000000000      DO *UND*  0000000000000000 (GLIBC_2.2.5) sigismember

It appears that the version of glibc required for certain function invocations (pthread_create, etc.) increased in v1.0.2.

[cefn]

I am experiencing the same issue I think. Command as below. Is there a workaround? Neither of these are available to install via homebrew. I would be happy to run an older version if I can work out how to get it via the magic extension management mechanism. My development environment is based on Debian Buster so I can't containerise my way out of it.

$ gh actions-cache list
/home/cefn/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by /home/cefn/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache)
/home/cefn/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by /home/cefn/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-actions-cache/gh-actions-cache)

[shabino]

@cefn gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache --pin v1.0.1 will let you use the older version. I think you have to remove the currently installed version first.

[t-dedah]

Hi @shabino @cefn We are investigating this and will be back with more details soon.

[t-dedah]

Hi @shabino your theory is correct. The cause for the issue is major changes from ubuntu-20 to ubuntu-22. ubuntu-latest should be now pointing to 22, can you confirm that for your runners?

[cefn]

Unfortunately attempting to install the prior version is non-functional with the suggested command, or a commit-based equivalent...

$ gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache --pin v1.01
X Could not find a release of actions/gh-actions-cache for v1.01

gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache --pin 235994ccc5ee58fffe93fd6543733fb792d67492
X Could not find a release of actions/gh-actions-cache for 235994ccc5ee58fffe93fd6543733fb792d67492

As an alternative I completed the following which resolved the issue.

brew install gh
git clone git@github.com:actions/gh-actions-cache.git
cd gh-actions-cache/
git checkout v1.0.1
brew install go
go build
gh extension install .

[shabino]

@t-dedah our ubuntu-latest runners still are on 20.04

[zaknafeyn]

gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache --pin v1.01

The version is 1.0.1 (not 1.01)
It works for me if I install extension like this:
gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache --pin v1.0.1

[t-dedah]

Hi @shabino are you still facing this issue with ubuntu-latest?

[shabino]

@t-dedah Our ubuntu-latest is now 22.04.1, so this isn't an issue for us anymore. However, others stuck on older Linux distros will still have to pin to version 1.0.1.

[t-dedah]

That's great @shabino. Yes, people with their self-hosted runners with older ubuntu versions will be stuck with v1.0.1. We will look if we can support older OS versions.