modernized GitHub CI action

.github/workflows/dimbl.yml

@@ -1,136 +1,75 @@
+---
 name: C/C++ CI
 
 on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 19 3 * 5"  # run test once a month
   push:
     branches: [master]
     paths:
+      - configure.ac
       - 'src/**'
       - 'include/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/*'
 
   pull_request:
     branches: [master]
 
 jobs:
   notification:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Notify start to IRC-gitlama
-    outputs:
-      branch: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
+    name: Notifications
     steps:
-      - name: Extract Branch name
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "branch=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        id: extract_branch
-      - name: IRC notification
-        uses: Gottox/irc-message-action@v2
-        with:
-          server: irc.uvt.nl
-          channel: '#gitlama'
-          nickname: GitHub
-          message: >
-            ${{ github.actor }} started a build of
-            ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-            [${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}]
+      - name: IRC notification of starting the builds
+        uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/irc-init@v1
 
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: notification
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        compiler: [g++, clang++]
+        compiler: [g++-12, clang++]
 
     steps:
+      - name: exclude Mac-OS with g++
+        shell: bash
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && matrix.compiler == 'g++-12' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "action_status=skip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "action_details='c++ library issues'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
         with:
           access_token: ${{ github.token }}
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - name: Install Build Environment
-        run: |
-             if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
-                sudo apt-get install pkg-config autoconf-archive
-             else
-                brew upgrade;
-                brew install pkg-config
-                brew install autoconf-archive
-                brew install autoconf
-                brew install automake
-             fi
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        run: |
-             if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
-                sudo apt-get install libicu-dev libxml2-dev libbz2-dev
-                sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev cppcheck
-             else
-                brew install libxml2;
-                brew install bzip2;
-                brew install zlib;
-                brew install cppcheck
-             fi
-      - name: install TiccUtils
-        env:
-          CXX: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/LanguageMachines/ticcutils;
-          cd ticcutils;
-          bash bootstrap.sh;
-          ./configure;
-          make;
-          sudo make install;
-          cd ..;
 
-      - name: install Timbl
-        env:
-          CXX: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/LanguageMachines/timbl;
-          cd timbl;
-          bash bootstrap.sh;
-          ./configure;
-          make;
-          sudo make install;
-          cd ..;
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/cpp-build-env@v1
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/cpp-dependencies@v1
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/irc-nick@v1
 
-      - name: bootstrap
-        run: sh bootstrap.sh
-      - name: configure
-        env:
-          CXX: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
-        run: ./configure
-      - name: compiler-id
-        id: compiler
-        run: |
-          id=$(echo ${{matrix.compiler}} | cut -d\+ -f1)
-          echo "id=$id" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Static Code-check
-        run: cppcheck --enable=all --quiet --error-exitcode=0 .
-      - name: make
-        run: make
-      - name: install
-        run: sudo make install
-      - name: make check
-        env:
-          CXX: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
-        run: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib make check
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - name: show log
-        run: cat src/test-suite.log
-      - name: Notify IRC of failure
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: Gottox/irc-message-action@v2
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/cpp-submodule-build@v1
+        with:
+          module: ticcutils
+
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/cpp-submodule-build@v1
         with:
-          server: irc.uvt.nl
-          channel: '#gitlama'
-          nickname: GH-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.id }}
-          message: "dimbl [${{ needs.notification.outputs.branch }}] build with ${{ matrix.compiler }} by ${{ github.actor }} on ${{ matrix.os }}: \u00034FAIL\u0003"
-      - name: Notify IRC of succes
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: Gottox/irc-message-action@v2
+          module: timbl
+
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/setup-cppcheck@v1
+      - name: Static Code-check
+        if: ${{ env.action_status == '' }}
+        run: cppcheck ${{ env.cpc_opts }} .
+
+      - uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/cpp-safe-build@v1
+
+      - name: Notify IRC of results
+        uses: LanguageMachines/ticcactions/irc-status@v1
         with:
-          server: irc.uvt.nl
-          channel: '#gitlama'
-          nickname: GH-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.id }}
-          message: "dimbl [${{ needs.notification.outputs.branch }}] build with ${{ matrix.compiler }} by ${{ github.actor }} on ${{ matrix.os }}: \u00033SUCCESS\u0003"
+          branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          nickname: ${{ env.nick }}
+          step: test
+          status: ${{ env.action_status }}
+          details: ${{ env.action_details }}