refactor: Use native ARM64 runners instead of cross-compilation

- Use ubuntu-24.04-arm for Linux ARM64 builds
- Remove cross-compiler setup (gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu)
- Remove multiarch and PKG_CONFIG_PATH configuration
- Simplify build step - no CC or GOOS/GOARCH overrides needed
- Update Taskfile release:build to build for native platform only

Benefits:
- Simpler CI configuration
- Faster builds (no cross-compilation overhead)
- More reliable (native compilation avoids toolchain issues)
- Each platform builds with its own native SQLite library

This eliminates the linker errors when trying to cross-compile with
dynamic SQLite linking.

Author: edenreich

.github/workflows/artifacts.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
             goos: linux
             goarch: amd64
             cgo: "1"
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             goos: linux
             goarch: arm64
             cgo: "1"
@@ -46,19 +46,12 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache: true
 
-      - name: Install build dependencies (Linux amd64)
-        if: matrix.goos == 'linux' && matrix.goarch == 'amd64'
+      - name: Install build dependencies (Linux)
+        if: matrix.goos == 'linux'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y gcc libsqlite3-dev
 
-      - name: Install build dependencies (Linux arm64)
-        if: matrix.goos == 'linux' && matrix.goarch == 'arm64'
-        run: |
-          sudo dpkg --add-architecture arm64
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu libsqlite3-dev:arm64
-
       - name: Get version info
         id: version
         run: |
@@ -72,10 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build binary
         env:
           CGO_ENABLED: ${{ matrix.cgo }}
-          GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
-          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
-          CC: ${{ matrix.goarch == 'arm64' && matrix.goos == 'linux' && 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' || '' }}
-          PKG_CONFIG_PATH: ${{ matrix.goarch == 'arm64' && matrix.goos == 'linux' && '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig' || '' }}
         run: |
           go build -tags libsqlite3 -ldflags "-w -s -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.version=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.commit=${{ steps.version.outputs.commit }} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.date=${{ steps.version.outputs.date }}" -o infer-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }} .
 

Taskfile.yml

@@ -151,17 +151,18 @@ tasks:
       - test
 
   release:build:
-    desc: Build release binaries for multiple platforms (Linux only - macOS builds require native runners)
+    desc: Build release binary for current platform only (multi-platform builds use GitHub Actions with native runners)
     cmds:
       - mkdir -p dist
-      - CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -tags libsqlite3 -ldflags "-w -s -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.version={{.VERSION}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.commit={{.COMMIT}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.date={{.DATE}}" -o dist/{{.BINARY_NAME}}-linux-amd64 {{.MAIN_PACKAGE}}
       - |
-        if command -v aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -tags libsqlite3 -ldflags "-w -s -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.version={{.VERSION}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.commit={{.COMMIT}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.date={{.DATE}}" -o dist/{{.BINARY_NAME}}-linux-arm64 {{.MAIN_PACKAGE}}
-        else
-          echo "⚠ ARM64 cross-compiler not found, skipping linux-arm64 build"
-          echo "  Install: gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu (or build on ARM64 machine)"
-        fi
+        echo "Building for native platform only..."
+        GOOS=$(go env GOOS)
+        GOARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
+        CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags libsqlite3 -ldflags "-w -s -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.version={{.VERSION}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.commit={{.COMMIT}} -X github.com/inference-gateway/cli/cmd.date={{.DATE}}" -o dist/{{.BINARY_NAME}}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH} {{.MAIN_PACKAGE}}
+        echo "✓ Built dist/{{.BINARY_NAME}}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}"
+        echo ""
+        echo "Note: Cross-platform builds with dynamic SQLite linking require native runners."
+        echo "Use GitHub Actions for multi-platform releases."
       - cd dist && sha256sum {{.BINARY_NAME}}-* > checksums.txt
       - |
         if command -v cosign >/dev/null 2>&1; then