.github: Make apt retry downloads
Github actions jobs have been plagued recently by failure to install packages using apt due to flaky mirrors. Make apt retry a number of times before giving up.
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Github actions jobs have been plagued recently by failure to install packages using apt due to flaky mirrors. Make apt retry a number of times before giving up.