add selftest to release pipeline

Author: mfleisch

.github/workflows/distribute.yaml

@@ -101,6 +101,40 @@ jobs:
           file-digest: SHA256
           description: 'SIRIUS'
 
+      - name: Run Self-Test on Built Artifact
+        id: selftest
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "Preparing to run self-test for ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.targetArchitecture }}"
+          
+          # Define a temporary directory for the test
+          TEST_DIR="selftest_temp"
+          mkdir -p $TEST_DIR
+          
+          # Unzip the generic .zip artifact. We test this one as it's universal.
+          echo "Unzipping artifact..."
+          unzip ./sirius_dist/sirius_gui_dist/build/jpDists/*.zip -d $TEST_DIR
+          
+          # Find the main application directory created by the unzip command
+          APP_DIR=$(find $TEST_DIR -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d)
+          echo "Application extracted to: $APP_DIR"
+          
+          # Define the path to the executable. On Windows, the shell is bash (Git Bash),
+          # so we don't need to add a '.exe' or other suffix.
+          EXECUTABLE="$APP_DIR/bin/sirius"
+          
+          # Add execute permissions for Linux and macOS
+          if [[ "${{ runner.os }}" != "Windows" ]]; then
+            echo "Setting execute permissions on $EXECUTABLE"
+            chmod +x "$EXECUTABLE"
+          fi
+          
+          # Run the self-test command
+          echo "Executing: $EXECUTABLE selftest"
+          "$EXECUTABLE" selftest
+          
+          echo "✅ Self-test passed successfully!"
+
       - name: Upload Distributions
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -120,7 +154,6 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     needs: [distGUI]
-#    needs: [ distCLI, distGUI]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -153,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
             * [currently not available] `headless` represents a command line only version that does not contain GUI relevant packages. It is smaller and does not need any GUI libraries installed on the users system (good for servers). 
             
             See the [online documentation](https://v6.docs.sirius-ms.io/quick-start/) for details.
-          
+            
             Changelog can be found [here](https://v6.docs.sirius-ms.io/changelog/).
           name: "SIRIUS v${{ steps.sirius_version.outputs.value }}"
           tag: "v${{ steps.sirius_version.outputs.value }}"
@@ -168,4 +201,4 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Trigger Actions on sirius-client-openAPI
-        run: curl -X POST -H "Authorization:Bearer ${{ secrets.CLIENT_API_REPO_TOKEN }}" -H "Accept:application/vnd.github.v3+json" ${{ vars.CLIENT_API_REPO_URL }} -d '{"ref":"master"}'
+        run: curl -X POST -H "Authorization:Bearer ${{ secrets.CLIENT_API_REPO_TOKEN }}" -H "Accept:application/vnd.github.v3+json" ${{ vars.CLIENT_API_REPO_URL }} -d '{"ref":"master"}'