[DEBUG] part n+4 of many debugging

### ChangeLog:

Changes in file .github/tool_checkmake.sh:
 fi
 function check_command() {

Changes in file tests/check_pip:
 function check_license_when_given_req() {

Author: reactive-firewall

.github/tool_checkmake.sh

@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ export -f check_command
 check_command sed ;
 check_command grep ;
 check_command cut ;
+check_command go ;
+#  WORKAROUND: this is technical debt and will need cleaned up in the future.
+if command -v checkmake >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	check_command checkmake  # it worked
+else
+	check_command xargs ;
+	check_command find ;
+	printf "%s\n" "::notice file=${SCRIPT_FILE},line=${BASH_LINENO:-0},title=WORKAROUND::checkmake not found in expected location, trying workaround." ;
+	find . -type f -iname "checkmake" 2>/dev/null ;
+	find "/usr/local/bin" -type f -iname "checkmake" 2>/dev/null ;
+	wait ;
+fi
+
 check_command checkmake ;
 
 # USAGE:
@@ -121,19 +134,21 @@ process_checkmake_output() {
 	local emsg="$2"
 
 	if ! output=$(checkmake "${file}" 2>&1); then
-		printf "%s\n" "::error::checkmake failed: ${output}" >&2
-		return 1
-	fi
+		printf "%s\n" "::error::checkmake failed!"
 
-	printf "%s\n" "${output}" | \
-		sed -e 's/   /:/g' | \
-		tr -s ':' | \
-		cut -d: -f 3-5 | \
-		grep -F "${file}" | \
-		sed -E -e 's/^[[:space:]]+//g' | \
-		while IFS= read -r line; do
-			printf "%s\n" "::warning file=${file},title=LINT::${line} ${emsg}" >&2
-		done
+		printf "%s\n" "${output}" | \
+			sed -e 's/   /:/g' | \
+			tr -s ':' | \
+			cut -d: -f 3-5 | \
+			grep -F "${file}" | \
+			sed -E -e 's/^[[:space:]]+//g' | \
+			while IFS= read -r line; do
+				printf "%s\n" "::warning file=${file},title=LINT::${line}: ${emsg}" >&2
+			done
+		return 1
+	else
+		printf "%s\n" "::notice file=${file},title=LINT::OK - No lint errors." >&2
+	fi ;
 }
 
 process_checkmake_output "${FILE}" "${EMSG}"

tests/check_pip

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 # check_pip: Audit and validate Python requirements files.
-# This, best-effort, script audits and validates Python requirements files using tools like pip-audit and pip-licenses.
+# This, best-effort, script audits and validates Python requirements
+# files using tools like pip-audit and pip-licenses.
 # It accomplishes the following tasks:
 # 1. Sets up a safe execution environment with resource limits and UTF-8 encoding.
 # 2. Checks for the existence and executability of required commands.
@@ -258,8 +259,8 @@ function check_license_when_given_req() {
 	printf "::debug::%s\n" "venv setup ... (${SUB_CODE})" ;
 	# Install the given Python modules using pip
 	for module in $@ ; do
-		printf "::debug::%s\n" "Checking license from package '$module' ..." ;
-		REQ_SPEC=$(grep -F "$module" <(cat <"${_TEST_ROOT_DIR}"/$req_file | sed -E -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' | sed -E -e '/^[#]+.*$/d') | grep -m1 -F "$module" )
+		printf "::debug::%s\n" "Checking license from package '${module}' ..." ;
+		REQ_SPEC=$(grep -F "${module}" <(cat <"${_TEST_ROOT_DIR}"/$req_file | sed -E -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' | sed -E -e '/^[#]+.*$/d') | grep -m1 -F "$module" )
 		ERR_MSG="pip install '$module' failed for $req_file." ;
 		if [[ ("${SUB_CODE}" -eq 0) ]] && python3 -m pip install $PIP_COMMON_FLAGS $PIP_ENV_FLAGS "${REQ_SPEC};" 2>/dev/null ;
 		then