ci: install LLVM from a mirrored GitHub release instead of apt.llvm.org - #480
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Every docker build fetched llvm.sh and ~30 debs from apt.llvm.org with no cache and no retry, so one failed request there failed the image build. Mirror the debs the Dockerfiles install (the llvm.sh package set, closure resolved by apt) to the llvm-21-debs release, SHA-256 pinned in each Dockerfile, and install them with apt-get install ./*.deb so the Ubuntu-archive dependencies resolve as before. scripts/mirror-llvm-debs.sh regenerates the release; the mirror-llvm-debs workflow runs it on a runner.
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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The Dockerfile edits are mechanical and mirror the existing gcc-13-focal-debs pattern line-for-line, but since it adds a workflow_dispatch job with contents: write and the author has listed several open policy questions (fixed-tag --clobber vs dated tags, whether to keep the workflow at all, conflict with #473), a maintainer should make those calls.
Checked: the per-arch eval "expected=\$LLVM_DEBS_SHA256_${TARGETARCH}" + sha256sum -c in Dockerfile matches the GCC-13 block above it; the four noble images use ADD --checksum= consistently.
Checked: apt-get install -y /tmp/llvm/*.deb pulls Ubuntu-archive deps the same way llvm.sh did, and the follow-on ln -sf /usr/bin/${t}-${LLVM_VERSION} loops are unchanged.
Checked: the mirror script's shape (docker container, dpkg --add-architecture, native-arch pin on sources.list, reproducible tar, gh release --clobber) matches scripts/mirror-gcc13-debs.sh.
The new workflow is manual-dispatch only and takes a plain string input passed as an env var — no injection surface.
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Overview
This PR replaces the wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh | bash step in five Dockerfiles with a download of a SHA-256-pinned tarball of .debs from a GitHub release on this repo, plus apt-get install /tmp/llvm/*.deb. It adds scripts/mirror-llvm-debs.sh (which produces those tarballs) and .github/workflows/mirror-llvm-debs.yml (a workflow_dispatch job that runs the script on a hosted runner and uploads to the release). No source code is touched — this is purely CI/build-image infrastructure.
Security risks
The change is a net security improvement over piping a remote script to bash: the tarballs are SHA-256-pinned in the Dockerfiles, so a tampered release asset fails the build rather than executing. The one new surface is the mirror-llvm-debs workflow, which needs permissions: contents: write to create/upload the release. It is manual-dispatch only (so only someone with write access can trigger it), its single input is a version string passed via env: (not interpolated into shell), and the script itself only writes to $OUT and calls gh release. The author explicitly flags this permission as a decision point and offers to drop the workflow in favor of local runs. That is a policy call a maintainer should make, not something an automated review should decide.
Level of scrutiny
Medium. The Dockerfile edits are mechanical and copy an established idiom already in the same file (the gcc-13-focal-debs block directly above the new LLVM block uses the identical curl --retry 5 / eval per-arch hash / sha256sum -c / apt-get install ./*.deb sequence). The four cross-compile Dockerfiles use ADD --checksum=, which they already use for other pinned assets. The mirror script is ~100 lines of bash but is a manually-run maintenance tool, not on the build path; I compared it against scripts/mirror-gcc13-debs.sh and it follows the same structure (docker container, add foreign arch, keep Ubuntu sources native-only, apt-get download, reproducible tar with --sort=name --mtime --owner=0, gh release --clobber).
Other factors
The PR description enumerates five open questions for maintainers (trim the focal package set, drop now-unused lsb-release/gnupg, keep or drop the contents: write workflow, fixed vs dated release tag, layer caching) and notes a merge conflict with #473. Those are design/policy decisions that should be made by a human. The PR has already been exercised (workflow run 32438969021 produced the release, and this commit is on main per the recent-commits list), so the mechanics have been validated by CI. Given the open decision points and the new write-permission workflow, deferring rather than auto-approving is the right call.
WalkthroughLLVM Debian packages are mirrored to GitHub releases. Dockerfiles now install checksum-verified archives. A manual GitHub Actions workflow runs the mirroring script. ChangesLLVM Debian package distribution
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new mirroring path can publish malicious LLVM packages if the repository signing key is substituted, potentially compromising subsequent builds; pinning and verifying the expected key fingerprint is required before this PR is merge-ready. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@scripts/mirror-llvm-debs.sh`:
- Line 44: Update the LLVM signing-key import in the mirror setup to verify the
imported key against a repository-pinned expected fingerprint, and fail
immediately on mismatch before apt-get update runs. Keep the existing keyring
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| apt-get update -qq | ||
| apt-get install -y -qq ca-certificates curl gnupg >/dev/null | ||
| mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings | ||
| curl -fsSL https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/llvm.gpg |
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Pin the LLVM archive signing-key fingerprint.
Line 44 accepts any key returned by the endpoint. If the key download is substituted, APT accepts a matching attacker-signed repository index. The workflow can then publish those packages as trusted release assets.
Verify a repository-pinned expected fingerprint after import and fail before apt-get update.
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In `@scripts/mirror-llvm-debs.sh` at line 44, Update the LLVM signing-key import
in the mirror setup to verify the imported key against a repository-pinned
expected fingerprint, and fail immediately on mismatch before apt-get update
runs. Keep the existing keyring generation flow while ensuring only the verified
key is trusted.
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Every docker build in a Preview Build run (about 25 per run, no layer cache) downloaded
llvm.shand ~30 debs from apt.llvm.org, with nothing retried. Any failed request there fails the image build: the connect failures andGPG key not reachablein #473's list, and this week'sNetwork is unreachableon an AAAA-only DNS answer (#476's three reruns, main at 0f966e8 four times). #473 retries that step; this removes it, the waygcc-13-focal-debsremoved the Launchpad dependency andcompiler-rt-*removed the LLVM release download.What changes
scripts/mirror-llvm-debs.sh— for each (Ubuntu release, arch) the Dockerfiles build on — focal amd64/arm64 forDockerfile, noble amd64 for the four cross images — adds the apt.llvm.org repo in a container, resolves the same package setllvm.shinstalls (allfor focal, default for noble), keeps the names served from apt.llvm.org, andapt-get downloads them. apt verifies each deb against the signed index. Tarballs are reproducible (sorted, fixed mtime/owner) and uploaded to thellvm-21-debsrelease with a notes table of versions and SHA-256s. Same shape asscripts/mirror-gcc13-debs.sh..github/workflows/mirror-llvm-debs.yml—workflow_dispatchthat runs the script on a runner, so regenerating does not need a laptop with docker. This is how the current release was produced (run 32438969021).llvm.shstep becomes: fetch the tarball from the release, check the pinned SHA-256,apt-get install -y /tmp/llvm/*.deb. apt resolves the Ubuntu-archive dependencies (libedit, libxml2, libz3, python3, …) exactly as it did forllvm.sh, so the installed set is the same.Dockerfilekeeps thecurl+sha256sumform because the hash depends onTARGETARCH; the single-arch noble images useADD --checksum=likeDockerfile.macos/Dockerfile.windowsalready do.https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/releases/tag/llvm-21-debs
(21.1.5 vs 21.1.8 is what apt.llvm.org serves for focal vs noble today; the mirror pins what the builds were already getting, it does not change versions.)
What this buys
llvm-toolchain-*-21suite is a moving target, and a new upload there silently changed the compiler under every build. Now a compiler bump is a deliberate PR: run the workflow, paste the new hashes.Things to decide
llvm.sh 21 allset (clang-tidy, clangd, lldb, libomp, polly, …). I kept it identical so this PR changes only where the debs come from; trimming it would shrink the tarball and the image, but that is a separate change.lsb-release software-properties-common gnupgwere installed forllvm.sh/add-apt-repository; left in place for the same reason.mirror-llvm-debsworkflow needscontents: writeto create the release. If you would rather not have a workflow with that permission, the script runs fine locally with docker + gh.--clobber, likegcc-13-focal-debs. Regenerating it therefore replaces the assets, and any branch still pinning the old hashes stops building at that moment. A dated tag (llvm-21-debs-YYYYMMDD) that keeps old assets around would avoid that; happy to switch if you prefer.--cache-from/--cache-tofor the toolchain layers would cut the remaining archive downloads too; also separate.This conflicts with #473 (both replace the same
RUNlines). Whichever lands first, I will rebase the other.