speedup initial pkg install

.woodpecker/process_cran_updates.yaml

@@ -7,10 +7,21 @@ skip_clone: true
 matrix:
   include:
     - PLATFORM: redhat-9
+      PKGS_ID: rhel9
+      ARCH: arm64
     - PLATFORM: redhat-8
+      PKGS_ID: rhel8
+      ARCH: arm64
     - PLATFORM: ubuntu-2404
+      PKGS_ID: noble
+      ARCH: arm64
     - PLATFORM: ubuntu-2204
+      PKGS_ID: jammy
+      ARCH: arm64
     - PLATFORM: alpine-320
+      PKGS_ID: alpine320
+      ARCH: arm64
+
 steps:
   - name: 'Processing Updates: (${PLATFORM})'
     secrets: [red_hat_dev_pw, aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, pgpass, git_ro_token, GITHUB_PAT]
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ steps:
       - git clone https://pat-s:$$git_ro_token@git.devxy.io/devxy/arm64-r-binaries.git .
       - rm -rf /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-arm64-r-binaries /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-bincraftR /opt/R/*/lib/R/library/RPostgres /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-RPostgres
       - rm -rf /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/RPostgres /mnt/cache/pkgcache/R/pkgcache
-      - R -q -e 'devtools::install(); packageVersion("bincraftR")'
+      - R -q -e 'options(Ncpus = 4, repos = structure(c(devxy = "https://cran.devxy.io/${ARCH}/${PKGS_ID}/latest", CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"))); devtools::install(quiet = TRUE); packageVersion("bincraftR")'
       - mkdir -p /root/.R && /bin/bash -c 'echo -e "CXX_STD = CXX14\nCC=ccache gcc\nCPP=ccache gcc\nCXX=ccache g++\nCXX11=ccache g++\nCXX14=ccache g++\nCXX17=ccache g++\nF77=ccache /usr/bin/gfortran\nFC=ccache /usr/bin/gfortran" > /root/.R/Makevars'
       - mkdir -p /mnt/cache/pkgcache /mnt/cache/R-pkgs /mnt/cache/ccache /mnt/cache/packages
       # set additional repos: important as otherwise some packages cannot be resolved (e.g. INLA). Also: setting our own binary repos so we can make use of them for dep installation at some point