[3.14] GH-139596: Cease caching config.cache & ccache in GH Actions

Manual redo/backport of #139623 to 3.14.

Author: gpshead

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -156,20 +156,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Runner image version
         run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Restore config.cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: config.cache
-          # Include env.pythonLocation in key to avoid changes in environment when setup-python updates Python
-          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
       - name: Add ccache to PATH
         run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Configure ccache action
-        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          save: false
       - name: Configure CPython
         run: |
           # Build Python with the libpython dynamic library
@@ -325,11 +315,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Register gcc problem matcher
       run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -351,10 +336,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: false
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure CFLAGS="-fdiagnostics-format=json" --config-cache --enable-slower-safety --with-pydebug --with-openssl="$OPENSSL_DIR"
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -451,10 +432,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: false
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -465,11 +442,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo mount --bind -o ro "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" "$CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR"
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}/config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Configure CPython out-of-tree
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       run: |
@@ -553,11 +525,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Register gcc problem matcher
       run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -583,11 +550,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-address-sanitizer --without-pymalloc
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -634,11 +596,6 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Runner image version
         run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Restore config.cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: config.cache
-          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
       - name: Register gcc problem matcher
         run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
       - name: Set build dir

.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml

@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Install Homebrew dependencies
       run: |
         brew install pkg-config openssl@3.0 xz gdbm tcl-tk@8 make

.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml

@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.sanitizer }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
@@ -77,11 +72,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: >-
         ./configure

.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml

@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -79,11 +74,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo mount --bind -o ro "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" "$CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR"
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}/config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Configure CPython out-of-tree
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       # `test_unpickle_module_race` writes to the source directory, which is

.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml

@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         mkdir "${WASI_SDK_PATH}" && \
         curl -s -S --location "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-sdk/releases/download/wasi-sdk-${WASI_SDK_VERSION}/wasi-sdk-${WASI_SDK_VERSION}.0-x86_64-linux.tar.gz" | \
         tar --strip-components 1 --directory "${WASI_SDK_PATH}" --extract --gunzip
-    - name: "Configure ccache action"
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: "Add ccache to PATH"
       run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: "Install Python"
@@ -55,24 +50,10 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.x'
     - name: "Runner image version"
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: "Restore Python build config.cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CROSS_BUILD_PYTHON }}/config.cache
-        # Include env.pythonLocation in key to avoid changes in environment when setup-python updates Python.
-        # Include the hash of `Tools/wasm/wasi/__main__.py` as it may change the environment variables.
-        # (Make sure to keep the key in sync with the other config.cache step below.)
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASI_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASMTIME_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}-${{ hashFiles('Tools/wasm/wasi/__main__.py') }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
     - name: "Configure build Python"
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi configure-build-python -- --config-cache --with-pydebug
     - name: "Make build Python"
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi make-build-python
-    - name: "Restore host config.cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CROSS_BUILD_WASI }}/config.cache
-        # Should be kept in sync with the other config.cache step above.
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASI_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASMTIME_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}-${{ hashFiles('Tools/wasm/wasi/__main__.py') }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
     - name: "Configure host"
       # `--with-pydebug` inferred from configure-build-python
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi configure-host -- --config-cache