From cbb0343d2067b31b88c8bc2dcfb8788637b928da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Pecovnik <igor@armbian.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:58:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix and improve Armbian GH Action

- add forced host initialization
- change to aarch64 build runner by default
---
 README.md  | 6 +++---
 action.yml | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40aee61c3..db45442d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Build minimal CLI Armbian Jammy for Bananapi M5 with LTS kernel:
 ./compile.sh \
 BOARD=bananapim5 \
 BRANCH=current \
-RELEASE=jammy \
+RELEASE=noble \
 BUILD_MINIMAL=yes \
 BUILD_DESKTOP=no \
 KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   build-armbian:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm # use ubuntu-24.04 when building x86 or riscv64
     steps:
       - uses: armbian/build@main
         with:
           armbian_token:     "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"  # GitHub token
-          armbian_release:   "jammy"                        # userspace
+          armbian_release:   "noble"                        # userspace
           armbian_target:    "build"                        # build=image, kernel=kernel
           armbian_board:     "bananapim5"                   # build target
 ```
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 688c8a74e..ce2ee9231 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ runs:
         # go to build folder
         cd build
 
+        # default build command below doesn't prepare host dependencies
+        sudo ./compile.sh requirements
+        sudo chown -R $USER:$USER .
+
         # execute build command
         ./compile.sh "${{ inputs.armbian_target }}" \
         REVISION="${{ env.ARMBIAN_VERSION }}" \