Fix CI

scripts/gitea-rolling-release.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Build bare-os-seeder + bare-os-booter for all 64-bit hosts and publish a rolling Gitea release.
-# Also assembles by-arch deployments and stages them via pear-ci (PEAR_PRIMARY_KEY).
+# Also assembles by-arch tarballs for operators / offline pear stage.
 #
 # Required (unless DRY_RUN=1):
 #   RELEASE_TOKEN     — Gitea PAT with repository release write
-#   PEAR_PRIMARY_KEY  — 64-char hex (skip pear stage with SKIP_PEAR_STAGE=1)
 # Optional:
 #   GITEA_URL / GITEA_OWNER / GITEA_REPO
 #   BARE_OS_HOSTS / BARE_OS_SEEDER_HOSTS / BARE_OS_BOOTER_HOSTS
 #   RELEASE_TAG (default: rolling)
-#   SKIP_PEAR_STAGE=1
+#   SKIP_PEAR_STAGE=1 — default in CI; skip pear-ci (stage offline via pear-stage-by-arch.sh)
 #   DRY_RUN=1
-#   COMMIT_SNAPSHOTS=1
 set -euo pipefail
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
@@ -120,8 +118,9 @@ for h in "${BHOSTS[@]}"; do
   if stage_product booter "$h"; then BOOTER_OK=$((BOOTER_OK + 1)); else BOOTER_FAIL=$((BOOTER_FAIL + 1)); fi
 done
 
-# --- by-arch + pear-ci ---
-log "assembling by-arch + pear stage"
+# --- by-arch tarballs (pear-ci stage/seed is offline — see scripts/pear-stage-by-arch.sh) ---
+export SKIP_PEAR_STAGE="${SKIP_PEAR_STAGE:-1}"
+log "assembling by-arch (SKIP_PEAR_STAGE=$SKIP_PEAR_STAGE)"
 chmod +x scripts/pear-stage-by-arch.sh
 bash scripts/pear-stage-by-arch.sh
 
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ Packaged binaries embed \`pear-runtime\` OTA against those upgrade links.
 Disable with \`--no-updates\` or \`BARE_OS_OTA_DISABLE=1\`.
 
 by-arch trees: \`by-arch-seeder.tar.gz\`, \`by-arch-booter.tar.gz\`
+(pear-ci stage/seed is offline — not run in this CI job)
 
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