RTECO-945: Wire jf apk commands and e2e tests

.github/workflows/apkTests.yml

@@ -80,16 +80,28 @@ jobs:
           RTLIC: ${{ secrets.RTLIC }}
           RT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: '1200'
 
-      # Run on the host runner with the host Go toolchain (1.26+).
-      # Tests that require the native `apk` binary skip themselves via
-      # apkAvailable() when apk is not on PATH (Ubuntu runner).
-      # The Alpine chroot approach will be re-enabled once the Go version
-      # constraint in go.mod aligns with Alpine's packaged Go release.
-      - name: Run Alpine APK tests
-        run: |
-          go test -v github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli --timeout 0 --test.alpine \
-            ${{ inputs.jfrog_url != '' && format('--jfrog.url={0} --jfrog.adminToken={1}', inputs.jfrog_url, inputs.jfrog_admin_token) || '' }} \
-            ${{ inputs.jfrog_user != '' && format('--jfrog.user={0}', inputs.jfrog_user) || '' }} \
-            ${{ inputs.jfrog_password != '' && format('--jfrog.password={0}', inputs.jfrog_password) || '' }}
+      # Step 1: Compile the test binary on the host runner using Go 1.26+.
+      # Alpine's packaged Go does not yet reach 1.26, so we cross-compile a
+      # static Linux/amd64 binary here and run it inside the Alpine container.
+      - name: Build test binary
+        run: CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go test -c -o apk.test .
+
+      # Step 2: Run the pre-built binary inside the target Alpine container.
+      # --network host lets the test binary reach Artifactory on localhost.
+      - name: Run Alpine APK tests (alpine:${{ matrix.alpine-version }})
         env:
-          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+          ALPINE_VER: ${{ matrix.alpine-version }}
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm \
+            --network host \
+            -v "${{ github.workspace }}":/workspace \
+            -w /workspace \
+            "alpine:${ALPINE_VER#v}" \
+            ./apk.test \
+              -test.v \
+              -test.timeout 0 \
+              -test.run TestApk \
+              -test.alpine \
+              ${{ inputs.jfrog_url != '' && format('-jfrog.url={0} -jfrog.adminToken={1}', inputs.jfrog_url, inputs.jfrog_admin_token) || '' }} \
+              ${{ inputs.jfrog_user != '' && format('-jfrog.user={0}', inputs.jfrog_user) || '' }} \
+              ${{ inputs.jfrog_password != '' && format('-jfrog.password={0}', inputs.jfrog_password) || '' }}