From cacb50affbae1e6e3c4ab4d6c3d44b787dcdca79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christos Konstantinos Matzoros
 <christos.konstantinos.matzoros@h-partners.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:47:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add tests case of legacy compiler to the CI

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e2d96df1..1b3a2486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,33 @@ on:
     types: [opened, closed, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review]
 
 jobs:
+  # -------------------------------------------------
+  # 0. BUILD ON UBUNTU 20.04 (Legacy Compatibility)
+  # -------------------------------------------------
+  build_ubuntu_2004:
+    name: Build (Ubuntu 20.04 - Debug)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            make gcc g++ git libboost-all-dev \
+            doxygen graphviz python3-pip libeigen3-dev
+          pip3 install --upgrade pip
+          pip3 install cmake==3.21.3
+
+      - name: Configure (Debug)
+        run: cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+
+      - name: Build (Debug)
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/build
+        run: cmake --build . -j$(nproc)
+
   # -------------------------------------------------
   # 1. QUICK BUILD TESTS (Debug + Release)
   # -------------------------------------------------