niri-wm/niri

FreeBSD CI doesn't cache dependency builds

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#2,251 opened on Aug 17, 2025

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Description

For some reason it only caches the crate downloads, but they are still fully rebuilt: https://github.com/matejc/niri/actions/runs/17018576618/job/48244398407#step:6:37830

@matejc had tried to fix it for a while in #2072 but couldn't figure it out. Help would be very much appreciated in figuring this out.

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Investigate the CI configuration for FreeBSD, focusing on caching of dependency builds. Compare with other platforms where caching works. Check if the cache key or restore keys are correctly set.
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