From f479c64c3d53a8e51a92e5a57b94a0e3b6bb3c09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alex <alex@yowieit.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 23:04:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: simplify LLVM 16 step to use pre-staged C:\LLVM16 (NSIS
 demands UAC; no Windows tar.xz exists)

---
 .gitea/workflows/build.yml | 37 +++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index d40233279..cbb1b2092 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -36,36 +36,21 @@ jobs:
           & "$env:CARGO_BIN\rustc.exe" --version
           & "$env:CARGO_BIN\cargo.exe" --version
 
-      - name: Setup LLVM 16 (portable tar.xz, no admin/UAC)
+      - name: Setup LLVM 16 (pre-staged on runner host)
         shell: powershell
         run: |
+          # LLVM 16.0.0 is pre-staged at C:\LLVM16 on yowie-admin-pc.
+          # Bootstrap path documented in feedback memory file (extracted
+          # from LLVM-16.0.0-win64.exe NSIS installer via choco's 7z.exe).
+          # Re-running NSIS install on every CI run was infeasible: the
+          # LLVM win64.exe demands UAC elevation even with /S, and there
+          # is no Windows tar.xz asset for LLVM 16 (only NSIS).
           if (-not (Test-Path 'C:\LLVM16\bin\libclang.dll')) {
-            # Portable tar.xz instead of NSIS installer -- NSIS /S silently
-            # fails on unprivileged runners (some files missing post-install,
-            # caught run #4: "LLVM 16 install failed" after Start-Process -Wait
-            # returned 0). Extract via Windows 10/11 built-in tar.exe.
-            $url = "https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-$env:LLVM_VERSION/clang+llvm-$env:LLVM_VERSION-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.xz"
-            $dst = "$env:TEMP\llvm-$env:LLVM_VERSION.tar.xz"
-            Write-Output "downloading $url"
-            # curl.exe (Win10+ bundled) uses Schannel -- avoids PS5.1 TLS 1.0
-            # default that GitHub now rejects (caught run #7: connection
-            # closed unexpectedly within 500ms).
-            & curl.exe -L --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 --max-time 900 -o $dst $url
-            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "curl failed downloading LLVM tar.xz (exit $LASTEXITCODE)" }
-            $size = (Get-Item $dst).Length
-            Write-Output "downloaded $([math]::Round($size/1MB,2)) MB; extracting"
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path 'C:\LLVM16-tmp' -Force | Out-Null
-            & tar.exe -xf $dst -C 'C:\LLVM16-tmp'
-            $extracted = Get-ChildItem 'C:\LLVM16-tmp' -Directory | Select-Object -First 1
-            Move-Item $extracted.FullName 'C:\LLVM16' -Force
-            Remove-Item 'C:\LLVM16-tmp' -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-            Remove-Item $dst -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-            if (-not (Test-Path 'C:\LLVM16\bin\libclang.dll')) {
-              Get-ChildItem 'C:\LLVM16' -Recurse -Filter libclang.dll | Select-Object FullName
-              throw "LLVM 16 extract failed -- libclang.dll not found"
-            }
+            throw "LLVM 16 not pre-staged on runner; expected C:\LLVM16\bin\libclang.dll. Re-run runner-bootstrap script."
           }
-          Write-Output "libclang.dll: $((Get-Item 'C:\LLVM16\bin\libclang.dll').Length) bytes"
+          $sz = (Get-Item 'C:\LLVM16\bin\libclang.dll').Length
+          Write-Output "libclang.dll: $([math]::Round($sz/1MB,2)) MB"
+          & 'C:\LLVM16\bin\clang.exe' --version | Select-Object -First 1
           echo "LIBCLANG_PATH=C:\LLVM16\bin" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
           echo "C:\LLVM16\bin" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH