Make GitHub Actions run the test suite

Author: hartwork

.github/workflows/run_test_suite.yml

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+name: Run the test suite
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 14 * * 5'  # Every Friday 2pm
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Drop permissions to minimum for security
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  test_suite:
+    name: Run the test suite
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |-
+          packages=(
+            libcapture-tiny-perl       # CPAN Capture::Tiny
+            libdatetime-perl           # CPAN DateTime
+            libdevel-cover-perl        # CPAN Devel::Cover
+            libdigest-md5-file-perl    # CPAN Digest::MD5
+            libfile-spec-native-perl   # CPAN File::Spec
+            libjson-xs-perl            # CPAN JSON::XS
+                                       # CPAN Memory::Process
+                                       # CPAN Module::Load::Conditional
+            libscalar-list-utils-perl  # CPAN Scalar::Util
+                                       # CPAN Time::HiRes
+          )
+          set -x
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes -V "${packages[@]}"
+
+      - name: make check
+        run: |-
+          make check
+
+      - name: make install
+        run: |-
+          make install PREFIX=/usr CFG_DIR=/etc DESTDIR="${PWD}/ROOT"
+          find ROOT/ | sort
+
+      - name: make uninstall
+        run: |-
+          make uninstall PREFIX=/usr CFG_DIR=/etc DESTDIR="${PWD}/ROOT"
+          find ROOT/ | sort