Re: Github Actions CI updates - e.g. Node 20

From: Alexander Grund (alexander.grund_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-12-10 09:41:24

Am 09.12.24 um 20:29 schrieb Ruben Perez:
> Does using ubuntu-latest as host OS and ubuntu 16.04 as container not 
> work?
Unfortunately not. Seems I forgot to mention this clarification:

The action will run inside the container with the Node binary mounted 
from the host OS.
That Node (version 20) is built against a newer glibc than available 
inside the Ubuntu 16/18 container.

So using the Node from an even newer OS makes the problem worse as it 
might have used/require an even newer glibc.

Besides dropping those containers or the GitHub actions (used for 
checkouts with setting useful config params; coverage uploads and maybe 
more) the only solution is to use a Node 20 specifically built against a 
glibc supported by those containers.

This is also done conditionally by using the mounts only when an 
ubuntu:1* container is detected and the download script also checks that 
condition which should avoid any side effects for recent-enough 
OS/containers.