Continuous integration¶

Overview ¶

GitHub Actions are configured to build master and develop branches and pull requests.

GitHub Actions build Roc for Linux and macOS. Linux worker uses Docker to run builds on several Linux distros. Linux worker also uses QEMU to run cross-compiled tests.

Docker images for continuous integration and cross-compilation are built using GitHub actions and pushed to Docker Hub. They are based on official upstream images, adding pre-installed packages required for our build. Dockerfiles for images are hosted in a separate GitHub repository.

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Docker images ¶

The following Docker images are used on our CI builds.

Linux native ¶

Image	Base image	Architecture	Compilers
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:24.04	ubuntu:24.04	x86_64	gcc-14, gcc-13, clang-19, clang-16
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:22.04	ubuntu:22.04	x86_64	gcc-11, clang-14
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:20.04	ubuntu:20.04	x86_64	gcc-9, clang-10
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:18.04	ubuntu:18.04	x86_64	gcc-7, clang-6
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:16.04	ubuntu:16.04	x86_64	gcc-5, clang-3.8
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:14.04	ubuntu:14.04	x86_64	gcc-4.8, clang-3.4
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:nolibs	ubuntu:latest	x86_64	distro default
rocstreaming/env-debian	debian:stable	x86_64	distro default
rocstreaming/env-fedora	fedora:latest	x86_64	distro default
rocstreaming/env-opensuse	opensuse/leap:latest	x86_64	distro default
rocstreaming/env-archlinux	archlinux/base:latest	x86_64	distro default
rocstreaming/env-alpine	alpine:latest	x86_64	distro default

Linux toolchains ¶

Image	Architecture	Libc	Compilers
rocstreaming/toolchain-aarch64-linux-gnu	armv8-a	glibc	gcc-14.2, gcc-10.3, gcc-7.4
rocstreaming/toolchain-arm-linux-gnueabihf	armv7-a	glibc	gcc-14.2, gcc-10.3, gcc-4.9
rocstreaming/toolchain-arm-bcm2708-linux-gnueabihf	armv6	glibc	gcc-4.9
rocstreaming/toolchain-mips-openwrt-linux-atheros	mips32 24Kc	musl	gcc-13.3, gcc-5.4

Android toolchains ¶

Image	APIs	ABIs	Compilers
rocstreaming/toolchain-linux-android:ndk26	21-34	armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64	clang-17
rocstreaming/toolchain-linux-android:ndk21	21-29	armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64	clang-9

Full Android environment ¶

Image	JDK
rocstreaming/env-android:jdk15	openjdk:15.0.2-jdk-slim-buster
rocstreaming/env-android:jdk11	openjdk:11.0.7-jdk-slim-buster
rocstreaming/env-android:jdk8	openjdk:8u252-jdk-slim-buster

How Docker images are built ¶

Docker images are built using GitHub actions and then pushed to Docker Hub.

Each image directory contains one or several dockerfiles and images.csv file in the following format:

DOCKERFILE;ARGS (comma-separated list);TAG

This file defines what tags to build, path to dockerfile and build arguments for each tag. Build arguments are passed as ARGs to docker build.

If the value in the first column is left empty, it defaults to Dockerfile is in the same directory as images.csv. If the value in the last column is omitted, it defaults to the name of the directory which contains Dockerfile, e.g. if Dockerfile path is 14.04/Dockerfile, then tag defaults to 14.04.

Example:

DOCKERFILE;ARGS (comma-separated list);TAG
Dockerfile;MAJOR=4.9,MINOR=4,DATE=2017.01;gcc-4.9
Dockerfile;MAJOR=7.4,MINOR=1,DATE=2019.02;gcc-7.4
Dockerfile;MAJOR=7.4,MINOR=1,DATE=2019.02;latest

This file defines three tags: gcc-4.9, gcc-7.4, and latest. Each tag uses the same Dockerfile and different arguments MAJOR, MINOR, and DATE.

You can build an image(s) locally using:

./make.py [OPTIONS...] [IMAGE[:TAG]...]

For example, to build all tags of env-ubuntu image:

./make.py env-ubuntu

To build all tags of env-fedora image and two specific tags of env-ubuntu image:

./make.py env-fedora env-ubuntu:20.04 env-ubuntu:22.04

To build all images:

./make.py

For the full list of available options, run:

./make.py --help

Running CI steps locally ¶

Run Linux native tests locally ¶

CI steps for various Linux distros are fully dockerized and don’t depend on GitHub Actions environment. It’s easy to run them locally in exactly same environment as on CI.

You can find specific commands to run in build.yml file. Look for images that are named rocstreaming/env-*. For example, this command will run Fedora build:

$ scripts/ci_checks/docker.sh rocstreaming/env-fedora \
    scripts/ci_checks/linux-x86_64/fedora.sh

Under the hood, this command will run scons in docker:

$ docker run -t --rm --cap-add SYS_PTRACE -u "${UID}" -v "${PWD}:${PWD}" -w "${PWD}" \
    rocstreaming/env-fedora \
      scons --build-3rdparty=openfec,cpputest --enable-debug test

Explanation:

-t allocates a pseudo-TTY to enable color output
--rm removes the container when the command exits
--cap-add SYS_PTRACE enables ptracing which is needed for clang sanitizers
-u "${UID}" changes the UID inside the container from root to the current user
-v "${PWD}:${PWD}" mounts the current directory into the container at the same path
-w "${PWD}" chdirs into that directory

Run Linux QEMU tests locally ¶

There are CI steps that do cross-compilation and then run tests in QEMU (in user space mode, i.e. on host kernel).

These steps are also fully dockerized and you can run them locally. They use docker images that have both cross-compilation toolchain and QEMU pre-installed.

You can find specific commands to run in build.yml file. Look for images that are named rocstreaming/toolchain-*. For example, this command will run ARM64 build:

$ scripts/ci_checks/docker.sh rocstreaming/toolchain-aarch64-linux-gnu:gcc-7.4 \
    scripts/ci_checks/linux-arm/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-7.4.sh

For more details, see Running cross-compiled tests in QEMU.

Run Android tests locally ¶

CI steps for Android use emulator to run tests. You can do roughtly the same locally using android_emu.sh script:

$ scripts/android_emu.sh test

This command will pull rocstreaming/env-android Docker image, install necessary Android components inside it, build Roc, start Android emulator, and run Roc tests on emulator.

For more details, see Android Docker image.