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+when:
+  - event: [cron]
+    cron: update-package-index
+
+skip_clone: true
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - PLATFORM: redhat-9
+    - PLATFORM: redhat-8
+    - PLATFORM: ubuntu-2404
+    - PLATFORM: ubuntu-2204
+steps:
+  - name: Upload PACKAGES files
+    secrets: [red_hat_dev_pw, aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, pgpass, git_ro_token, GITHUB_PAT]
+    image: docker.io/devxygmbh/arm-binaries-r-${PLATFORM}
+    pull: true
+    environment:
+      GIT_USER: pat-s
+      # set the location of the 'pkgcache' cache dir which persists the R package dependencies needed to install the packages themselves
+      R_PKG_CACHE_DIR: /mnt/cache/pkgcache
+      R_LIBS_USER: /mnt/cache/R-pkgs
+    volumes:
+      - arm-binaries-r-dep-cache-${PLATFORM}:/mnt/cache
+    commands:
+      # download latest package version (avoid having to rebuild image every time)
+      # rscript_startup arg: required to pass down global option to future workers https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/future/issues/134#issuecomment-2245666169
+      - git clone https://pat-s:$$git_ro_token@git.devxy.io/devxy/arm64-r-binaries.git .
+      - R -q -e 'devtools::install(); packageVersion("rBinaries")'
+      - R -q -e 'pak::pak(c("dyfanjones/s3fs", "pat-s/desc@description-from-remote", "pat-s/cranlike@s3"))'
+      - cd /mnt/cache/packages
+      - R -q -e 'options(crayon.enabled = TRUE); library(rBinaries); upload_package_index()'
+    backend_options:
+      kubernetes:
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: 1000Mi
+            cpu: 0m
+          limits:
+            memory: 1300Mi
+            cpu: 1000m
+        nodeSelector:
+          kubernetes.io/arch: 'arm64'