I have started to add some of my projects to Github Actions in stead of building everything locally with Jenkins. Github Actions is free for Open Source projects, and it's a convenient way for me to check that everything works on Linux, Windows and MacOS.
To guard against problems with newer versions of boost libraries or compilers I have configured Github Actions to rebuild my projects every month even if I don't update anything.
May first, all my projects failed building on MacOS. The problem seems to be that they have upgraded their runners from X64 to ARM64 hardware. I use an action, aminya/setup-cpp@v1 to install the the C++ compiler, CMake and Ninja before the build. It seems like it's broken for the runners Github Actions use for MacOS now.
The solution was do remove the compiler name from the matrix for MacOS, and add a new step where I simply use homebrew to install a recent llvm compiler.
This is the new workflow for one of the projects:
name: CIon: push: pull_request: schedule: - cron: '0 0 1 * *' # This line schedules the workflow to run at 00:00 on the first day of every monthjobs: build: runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} strategy: matrix: include: - os: ubuntu-latest compiler: gcc - os: ubuntu-latest compiler: clang - os: windows-latest compiler: msvc - os: macos-latest compiler: steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v4 with: submodules: true - name: Cache uses: actions/cache@v4 with: path: | ~/vcpkg ./build/vcpkg_installed ${{ env.HOME }}/.cache/vcpkg/archives ${{ env.XDG_CACHE_HOME }}/vcpkg/archives ${{ env.LOCALAPPDATA }}\vcpkg\archives ${{ env.APPDATA }}\vcpkg\archives key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}-${{ hashFiles('**/CMakeLists.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('./vcpkg.json')}} restore-keys: | ${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}- - name: Setup Cpp uses: aminya/setup-cpp@v1 with: compiler: ${{ matrix.compiler }} vcvarsall: ${{ contains(matrix.os, 'windows') }} cmake: true ninja: true vcpkg: true cppcheck: false - name: Install compiler for Macos if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') run: | brew install llvm - name: Prepare the PATH run: | if [[ "${{ runner.os }}" == "Windows" ]]; then echo "$env:USERPROFILE\vcpkg" >> $GITHUB_PATH echo "$env:USERPROFILE\ninja" >> $GITHUB_PATH else echo "$HOME/vcpkg" >> $GITHUB_PATH echo "$HOME/ninja" >> $GITHUB_PATH fi shell: bash - name: Install dependencies run: | vcpkg install - name: Build project shell: bash run: | if [ -d build ]; then echo "Build dir exists" ls -la build else mkdir build fi pushd build cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=~/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake cmake --build . popd - name: Run Unit Tests run: | pushd build ctest -C Release popd shell: bashThis has a new step, Install compiler for Macos that works.