From 58b4d3b1b05582bc4a2f8172dc55d382fec4683b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:43:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gitlab-ci: set fs.inotify.max_user_watches in "fdroid build"

Some builds need to track a lot of files, so this needs to be set for them
to succeed.  Some runners do not support setting sysctl, so it cannot be
required.
---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e3fca3c321..0f98cf687f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ fdroid build:
     - ln -s $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tmp $home_vagrant/tmp
     - ln -s $CI_PROJECT_DIR/srclibs $home_vagrant/srclibs
 
+    # Some builds need to track a lot of files, so this needs to be
+    # set for them to succeed.  Some runners do not support setting
+    # sysctl, so it cannot be required.
+    - sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 || true
+
     - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$home_vagrant/.gradle
     # each `fdroid build --on-server` run expects sudo, then uninstalls it
     - export fdroid="sudo --preserve-env --user vagrant