Remove packages from packages.gitlab.com

In the event that something goes wrong with a release, you can remove packages from packages.gitlab.com by following the packagecloud documentation.

Requirements

  1. Install the package_cloud Ruby gem:

    sudo gem install package_cloud

  2. Get the API token for the for packages.gitlab.com. Credentials are available in the Release 1Password vault. Login and click on “API Token” on the upper right. Alternatively, you can find the PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN value in the secret variables of omnibus-gitlab on dev.

  3. Export PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN to your environment:

    export PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN=<api token>

Example

Be sure to provide the --url argument to override the default of packagecloud.io:

package_cloud yank --url https://packages.gitlab.com gitlab/gitlab-ce/el/6 gitlab-ce-7.10.2~omnibus-1.x86_64.rpm

A first-time run of this command should look similar to this:

Looking for repository at gitlab/gitlab-ce... Using https://packages.gitlab.com with token:**********
success!
Attempting to yank package at gitlab/gitlab-ce/el/6/gitlab-ce-7.10.2~omnibus-1.x86_64.rpm...done!

NOTE: PackageCloud does not handle periods in the request nicely. You must use encode periods as %2E. For example, yanking a package from the opensuse 42.1 repository would look like:

package_cloud yank --url https://packages.gitlab.com gitlab/gitlab-ce/opensuse/42%2E1 gitlab-ce-7.10.2~omnibus-1.x86_64.rpm

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