From 05a1a08a04940fe40f0628f7c0174f8e363efbcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Barnab=C3=A1s=20P=C5=91cze?= <pobrn@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 21:08:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: build_on_debian: use variable expansion in
 `needs:parallel:matrix`

Since gitlab 18.6, a job can refer to a subset of parallel jobs[0],
so make use of it so that build jobs only depend on the container
job for the specific architecture.

[0]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/matrix_expressions/#matrix-expressions-in-needsparallelmatrix
---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6b35b4b25..31b3c104c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -341,12 +341,9 @@ build_on_debian:
   needs:
     - job: container_debian
       artifacts: false
-      # ideally
-      # parallel:
-      #   matrix:
-      #     - ARCH: "$ARCH"
-      # however https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/423553
-      #         ("Expand variables in `needs:parallel:matrix`")
+      parallel:
+        matrix:
+          - ARCH: [ '$[[ matrix.ARCH ]]' ]
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "$BASE_TAG-$ARCH"
     # see /.gitlab/ci/setup-debian-cross-container.sh for installed packages