CI: Makefile/Docker testing

To test the build on various distro, we are using docker containers and a Makefile for orchestration.

pros:

You are independent of third party CI runner config (e.g. github actions runners).
You can run it locally on any unix system.
Most CI provide runner with docker and Makefile installed.

cons:

Only GNU/Linux distro supported.
Could take few GiB (~50 GiB for all distro and all languages)
- ~500MiB OS + C++/CMake tools,
- ~150 MiB Python, wheel.

Usage

To get the help simply type:

make

note: you can also use from top directory

make --directory=tools/docker

For example to test inside an Alpine container:

make alpine-edge_test

Dockerfile is split in several stages.

You can build and run aarch64 docker container on a x86_64 by enabling qemu support:

docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes

To test:

docker run --platform linux/arm64 --rm --init -it ubuntu:latest bash -c "uname -a"

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