finally solved it?!?!?!?!?!

.forgejo/workflows/build.yml

@@ -30,27 +30,12 @@ jobs:
           echo '{ "default": [ {"type":"insecureAcceptAnything"} ] }' > ~/.config/containers/policy.json
           echo "Created config file"
 
-          # configure authentication
-          # echo "Creating auth file..."
-          # cat > ~/.config/containers/auth.json <<EOF
-          # {
-          #   "auths": {
-          #     "${{ env.registry }}": {
-          #       "auth": "$(echo -n "${{ forge.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}" | base64 -w 0)"
-          #     }
-          #   }
-          # }
-          # EOF
-          # echo "Created auth file"
-
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Authenticate
         run: |
-          set -x
-          
-          echo "${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}" | podman login --username '${{ forge.actor }}' --password-stdin ${{ env.registry }}
+          podman login --username '${{ forge.actor }}' --password '${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}' ${{ env.registry }}
 
       - name: Create image
         run: |