try arm container approach instead...

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # CI pipeline based on:
 # - https://github.com/heim-rs/heim/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml
 # - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+# - https://www.reillywood.com/blog/rust-faster-ci/
 #
 # CI pipeline should do:
 # - cargo fmt on supported platforms

.github/workflows/deployment.yml

@@ -285,27 +285,27 @@ jobs:
     name: build-deb
     needs: [initialize-release-job]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.triple.os }}
+    container: ${{ matrix.triple.container }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         triple:
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
               target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-              cross: false,
               name: "amd64",
             }
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
-              target: "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
-              cross: true,
-              name: "arm",
+              target: "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
+              name: "armv7",
+              container: "arm32v7/ubuntu",
             }
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
               target: "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-              cross: true,
               name: "aarch64",
+              container: "arm64v8/ubuntu",
             }
     env:
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           command: build
           args: --release --locked --verbose --target=${{ matrix.triple.target }} --features deploy
-          use-cross: ${{ matrix.triple.cross }}
         env:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
           BTM_GENERATE_COMPLETIONS: true

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -279,27 +279,27 @@ jobs:
     name: build-deb
     needs: [initialize-job]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.triple.os }}
+    container: ${{ matrix.triple.container }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         triple:
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
               target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-              cross: false,
               name: "amd64",
             }
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
-              target: "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
-              cross: true,
-              name: "arm",
+              target: "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
+              name: "armv7",
+              container: "arm32v7/ubuntu",
             }
           - {
               os: "ubuntu-latest",
               target: "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-              cross: true,
               name: "aarch64",
+              container: "arm64v8/ubuntu",
             }
     env:
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           command: build
           args: --release --locked --verbose --target=${{ matrix.triple.target }} --features deploy
-          use-cross: ${{ matrix.triple.cross }}
         env:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
           BTM_GENERATE_COMPLETIONS: true

Cross.toml

@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 [build.env]
 passthrough = ["RUST_BACKTRACE", "BTM_GENERATE_COMPLETIONS"]
-
-[target.arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
-image = "clementtsang/cross:arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
-
-[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-image = "clementtsang/cross:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"