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gitlab-ci: disable ccache when building changed aports

Administrator requested to merge ci_no_ccache into master

Copied from my commit message:

This disables ccache in the CI when building packages. I think ccache is not necessary since the CI will never build a package twice in the same pipeline, and ccache dir is not preserved for use between pipelines. There is a real time cost to compiling with ccache enabled on the initial compile (compressing objects for cache, etc), and some testing with building the linux-purism-librem5 kernel in the CI shows this cost can be significant... ~160 minutes when ccache is enabled vs ~105 minutes when it is disabled with this patch.

kernel compile CI runs referenced:

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketos/pmaports/-/jobs/1087602863

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketos/pmaports/-/jobs/1087956999

Some testing on my laptop using osk-sdl with and without ccache for initial compile:

ccache disabled:

$ rm _build -r && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 meson _build >/dev/null && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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$ rm _build -r && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 meson _build >/dev/null && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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$ rm _build -r && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 meson _build >/dev/null && CCACHE_DISABLE=1 time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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ccache enabled:

$ rm /tmp/ccache _build -r && CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache meson _build >/dev/null&& CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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$ rm /tmp/ccache _build -r && CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache meson _build >/dev/null&& CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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$ rm /tmp/ccache _build -r && CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache meson _build >/dev/null&& CCACHE_DIR=/tmp/ccache time meson compile -C _build
ninja: Entering directory `_build'
[10/10] Linking target osk-sdl
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