supresses spinner output in ct-ng to be less verbose in ci/cd

remove -it for ci/cd builds
adds set -e to bash scripts and docker start to fail on error
adds initial workflow.yaml to automate release process

Author: skarlsson

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Release Pipeline
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'  # Triggers on version tags like v1.0.0
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Build artifacts
+        run: |
+          ./docker_build_and_run.sh x86_64
+          ./docker_build_and_run.sh aarch64
+                
+      - name: Prepare release artifacts
+        run: |
+          # Create dist directory for final artifacts
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cp output/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu_gcc12.tar.gz* dist/
+          cp output/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu_gcc12.tar.gz* dist/
+          
+          echo "Release artifacts:"
+          ls -la dist/
+
+      - name: Upload Release Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-artifacts
+          path: ./dist/*
+          if-no-files-found: error  # Fail if no files found          
+          
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          files: ./dist/*
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

build.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 # *******************************************************************************
 # Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
@@ -64,3 +65,7 @@ tar -c \
     --numeric-owner \
     -C "output/${TARGET_TRIPLET}_gcc${GCC}" . \
     | gzip -n > "output/${TARGET_TRIPLET}_gcc${GCC}.tar.gz"
+    
+cd output
+sha256sum ${TARGET_TRIPLET}_gcc${GCC}.tar.gz > ${TARGET_TRIPLET}_gcc${GCC}.tar.gz.sha256
+cd ..    

configs/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu_gcc12

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ CT_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_NONE=y
 CT_GCC_V_12=y
 CT_CC_GCC_LNK_HASH_STYLE_BOTH=y
 CT_CC_LANG_CXX=y
-CT_COMP_LIBS_EXPAT=y
+CT_COMP_LIBS_EXPAT=y
+CT_LOG_PROGRESS_BAR=n

configs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu_gcc12

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ CT_GCC_V_12=y
 CT_CC_GCC_LNK_HASH_STYLE_BOTH=y
 CT_CC_LANG_CXX=y
 CT_COMP_LIBS_EXPAT=y
+CT_LOG_PROGRESS_BAR=n

docker_build_and_run.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 # *******************************************************************************
 # Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
@@ -39,5 +40,19 @@ GCC_VERSION=${2:-12}
 
 echo "Building toolchain for architecture: $ARCH with GCC version: $GCC_VERSION"
 
-# Execute the build of the selected toolchain
-docker run --rm -it --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v ${PWD}:/workspace $FULL_IMAGE_NAME /bin/bash -c "cd /workspace && GCC=$GCC_VERSION ARCH=$ARCH ./build.sh"
+# Check if we're in a CI environment
+if [ -n "$CI" ] || [ ! -t 0 ]; then
+    # CI environment - no interactive/tty
+    docker run --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v ${PWD}:/workspace $FULL_IMAGE_NAME /bin/bash -c "
+        set -e
+        cd /workspace
+        GCC=$GCC_VERSION ARCH=$ARCH ./build.sh
+    "
+else
+    # Local development - interactive mode
+    docker run --rm -it --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v ${PWD}:/workspace $FULL_IMAGE_NAME /bin/bash -c "
+        set -e
+        cd /workspace
+        GCC=$GCC_VERSION ARCH=$ARCH ./build.sh
+    "
+fi