TheRock CI Workflow Updates 20251106 (#1743)

- Update the pinned SHA for TheRock in CI workflows.
- Update the version for actions in those same workflows.
- Comment out the rm .patch line and provide details on its use.

.github/workflows/therock-test-packages.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       components: ${{ steps.configure.outputs.components }}
     steps:
       - name: "Fetch 'build_tools' from repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: build_tools
           path: "prejob"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: . '${{ github.workspace }}\prejob\build_tools\github_actions\cleanup_processes.ps1'
 
       - name: "Checking out repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       THEROCK_BIN_DIR: "./build/bin"
     steps:
       - name: "Fetch 'build_tools' from repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: build_tools
           path: "prejob"
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ jobs:
         run: . '${{ github.workspace }}\prejob\build_tools\github_actions\cleanup_processes.ps1'
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
-          ref: 550a6f7f6af0deaafba352da1dd0674e146902b6 # 2025-10-28 commit
+          ref: 6fab5d65a552483bcfa1f6ccaaabf699c8188c1e # 2025-11-06 commit
 
       - name: Run setup test environment workflow
         uses: './.github/actions/setup_test_environment'
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ "${{ inputs.PLATFORM }}" == "linux" ]; then source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate ; else . ${VENV_DIR}/Scripts/activate ; fi
           ${{ matrix.components.test_script }}
-      
+
       # GitHub's 'Complete job' step is unaware of launched executables
       # and will fail to clean up orphan processes.
       - name: Post-job cleanup processes on Windows