release.yml: arm64-static via musl-tools on ubuntu-24.04-arm (not Alpine)

The v0.7.1 arm64-static build failed with:
  'JavaScript Actions in Alpine containers are only supported on
   x64 Linux runners. Detected Linux Arm64'

actions/checkout (and most other GitHub Actions) ship as Node.js
bundles. On x86_64, GitHub's runner injects a glibc-compatible Node
into Alpine containers; on arm64, that injection isn't available.
The container fails to even check out the repo.

Fix: run the arm64 static build natively on ubuntu-24.04-arm (a
glibc-based runner that actions/checkout works on out of the box),
and use Ubuntu's musl-tools package to get musl-gcc + musl-dev for
the static link. The produced binary is still statically-linked
against musl — just built outside an Alpine container.

Refactor: the previous build-static matrix becomes two distinct
jobs (build-static-x86_64 still Alpine-on-x64; build-static-arm64
now musl-tools-on-arm64). The release job's needs[] list and the
artifact list are unchanged at the consumer level — the same four
binaries (x86_64 dyn + static, arm64 dyn + static) plus install.sh
still get published.
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@@ -59,37 +59,21 @@ jobs:
skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}
skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}.sha256 skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}.sha256
# Portable static-musl builds. Run in Alpine (native musl + # Portable static-musl x86_64 build. Runs in Alpine (native musl +
# linux-headers) so the resulting binary works on every libc — # linux-headers) so the resulting binary works on every libc —
# glibc 2.x of any version, musl, etc. This is what install.sh # glibc 2.x of any version, musl, etc. This is what install.sh
# fetches by default (the dynamic binary above hits a glibc- # fetches by default for x86_64 hosts (the dynamic binary above
# version ceiling on older distros like Debian 12 / RHEL 8). # hits a glibc-version ceiling on older distros like Debian 12 /
# # RHEL 8).
# x86_64-static runs on the regular x86_64 runner pool. build-static-x86_64:
# arm64-static runs on GitHub's native ARM Linux runners runs-on: ubuntu-latest
# (free for public repos as of 2024). Both produce statically- name: build (x86_64-static / musl)
# linked binaries that just need an executable Linux kernel of
# the right ABI.
build-static:
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
include:
- target: x86_64-static
runner: ubuntu-latest
- target: arm64-static
runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
name: build (${{ matrix.target }} / musl)
container: container:
image: alpine:latest image: alpine:latest
steps: steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4 - uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: install build deps - name: install build deps
run: | run: apk add --no-cache build-base linux-headers tar
apk add --no-cache build-base linux-headers tar
- name: build static (musl) - name: build static (musl)
run: | run: |
# MSG_COPY is a Linux-only SysV msg flag that glibc defines # MSG_COPY is a Linux-only SysV msg flag that glibc defines
@@ -99,21 +83,58 @@ jobs:
make CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-pointer-arith -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DMSG_COPY=040000" LDFLAGS=-static make CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-pointer-arith -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DMSG_COPY=040000" LDFLAGS=-static
file skeletonkey file skeletonkey
ls -la skeletonkey ls -la skeletonkey
- name: rename + checksum - name: rename + checksum
run: | run: |
mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-x86_64-static
sha256sum skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} > skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}.sha256 sha256sum skeletonkey-x86_64-static > skeletonkey-x86_64-static.sha256
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with: with:
name: skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} name: skeletonkey-x86_64-static
path: | path: |
skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} skeletonkey-x86_64-static
skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}.sha256 skeletonkey-x86_64-static.sha256
# Portable static-musl arm64 build. Runs natively on GitHub's
# ubuntu-24.04-arm runner (free for public repos). Can't use the
# Alpine container trick here because "JavaScript Actions in Alpine
# containers are only supported on x64 Linux runners" — actions/
# checkout would fail. Instead we use musl-tools (Ubuntu's
# apt-installed musl-gcc wrapper) on the glibc-based runner; the
# produced binary is still statically linked against musl, just
# built outside an Alpine container.
build-static-arm64:
runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
name: build (arm64-static / musl)
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: install musl + build deps
run: |
sudo apt-get update -qq
sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
musl-tools musl-dev linux-libc-dev build-essential
- name: build static (musl-gcc)
run: |
# musl-gcc wraps gcc with musl's libc + headers. -static is
# the whole point — same MSG_COPY define as the x86_64
# build since musl lacks the SysV msg flag.
make CC=musl-gcc \
CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-pointer-arith -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DMSG_COPY=040000" \
LDFLAGS=-static
file skeletonkey
ls -la skeletonkey
- name: rename + checksum
run: |
mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-arm64-static
sha256sum skeletonkey-arm64-static > skeletonkey-arm64-static.sha256
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: skeletonkey-arm64-static
path: |
skeletonkey-arm64-static
skeletonkey-arm64-static.sha256
release: release:
needs: [build, build-static] needs: [build, build-static-x86_64, build-static-arm64]
runs-on: ubuntu-latest runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps: steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4 - uses: actions/checkout@v4