diff --git a/.github/workflows/macOS_gcc10.yml b/.github/workflows/macOS_gcc10.yml
index 01c990527dc..01070d00ce0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macOS_gcc10.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macOS_gcc10.yml
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
       shell: bash
       # Execute the build.  You can specify a specific target with "--target <NAME>"
-      run: ninja
+      run: cmake --build .
 
     - name: Install
       working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
       shell: bash
-      run: output="$(ninja install 2>&1)" || printf '%s' "$output"
+      run: output="$(cmake --build . --target install 2>&1)" || printf '%s' "$output"
 
     - name: Test
       working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
@@ -104,6 +104,5 @@ jobs:
       # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration.
       # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
       run: |
-        ninja run_all
-        # `kdb run_all` currently does not work, since `check-env-dep` seems to stall
-        # See also: https://github.com/sanssecours/elektra/runs/1626437214?check_suite_focus=true
+        cmake --build . --target run_all
+        kdb run_all
diff --git a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
index 773d6f38ab4..a7437b19cd3 100644
--- a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
+++ b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ There are two places that will still contain the old syntax after the update:
 Fixing the first instance is optional.
 There the key name is just used to create a unique name for the mountpoint.
 
-The second instance, however, must be fix or Elektra will be unusable.
+The second instance, however, must be fixed or Elektra will be unusable.
 
 > **Disclaimer:** We cannot guarantee that the commands below work for all cases.
 > We also make no guarantees that the command will not break things.
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ you up to date with the multi-language support provided by Elektra.
 
 ## Scripts
 
-- <<TODO>>
+- We fixed the (possibly) infinitely running function `generate-random-string` in [check-env-dep](../../scripts/check-env-dep).
+  _(René Schwaiger)_
 - <<TODO>>
 - <<TODO>>
 
@@ -279,6 +280,10 @@ you up to date with the multi-language support provided by Elektra.
 - Upgrade to Ruby 3.0 for macOS builds. _(Mihael Pranjić)_
 - <<TODO>>
 
+### GitHub Actions
+
+- We added a build job that translates Elektra with GCC on macOS. _(Mihael Pranjić, René Schwaiger)_
+
 ### Jenkins
 
 - We now use Debian sid to build the documentation instead of Debian stretch. The Doxygen version in Debian stretch [contains a bug](https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen/issues/6456) that causes the generation of the PDF documentation to fail. _(René Schwaiger)_
diff --git a/doc/todo/NEWS.md b/doc/todo/NEWS.md
index 37acd6ff2e6..9c7e9b672ba 100644
--- a/doc/todo/NEWS.md
+++ b/doc/todo/NEWS.md
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ you up to date with the multi-language support provided by Elektra.
 - <<TODO>>
 - <<TODO>>
 
+### GitHub Actions
+
+- <<TODO>>
+- <<TODO>>
+- <<TODO>>
+
 ### Jenkins
 
 - <<TODO>>
diff --git a/scripts/check-env-dep b/scripts/check-env-dep
index 2190a02ca64..626bf8ce57d 100755
--- a/scripts/check-env-dep
+++ b/scripts/check-env-dep
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 generate_random_string() {
-	cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-z' | fold -w 6 | head -n 1
+	# While this command might not produce 6 pseudo random lower case letters, depending on the content of `/dev/urandom`, it should
+	# do so most of the time. Even if the output is a shorter string, this should not matter for the purpose of this script.
+	head /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-z' | head -c 6
 }
 
 if [ -z "$KDB" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/shell/check_oclint.sh b/tests/shell/check_oclint.sh
index 76d2ddd6bfa..71a413b3e49 100755
--- a/tests/shell/check_oclint.sh
+++ b/tests/shell/check_oclint.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ test -f "@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/compile_commands.json" || {
 	exit 0
 }
 
-cd "@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@" || exit
-oclint -p "@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@" -enable-global-analysis -enable-clang-static-analyzer \
+set -- \
 	"src/libs/ease/array.c" \
 	"src/libs/ease/keyname.c" \
 	"src/libs/utility/text.c" \
@@ -23,9 +22,20 @@ oclint -p "@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@" -enable-global-analysis -enable-clang-static-an
 	"src/plugins/ccode/"*.cpp \
 	"src/plugins/cpptemplate/"*.cpp \
 	"src/plugins/directoryvalue/"*.cpp \
-	"src/plugins/mini/mini.c" \
-	"src/plugins/yamlcpp/"*.cpp \
-	"src/plugins/yamlsmith/"*.cpp
+	"src/plugins/mini/mini.c"
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = Darwin ] && [ "$(uname -r | cut -d '.' -f1)" -eq 19 ]; then
+	printerr 'OCLint does not work on macOS 10.15 if source files use headers that were included using the option `SYSTEM`.\n'
+	printerr 'The script will therefore *not* check the source files of the YAML CPP and Yan LR plugins.'
+else
+	set -- $@ \
+		"src/plugins/yamlcpp/"*.cpp \
+		"src/plugins/yanlr/"*.cpp
+fi
+
+cd "@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@" || exit
+oclint -p "@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@" -enable-global-analysis -enable-clang-static-analyzer $@
+
 exit_if_fail "OCLint found problematic code"
 
 end_script