workflows: Do the equivalent of Automake `make distcheck` The official source code release isn't much use unless it contains everything that users and downstream distributions need to do a new build, so check that it does. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 46b9749..9f8d83d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,18 @@ jobs:
make -j"${parallel}" -C build-autotools install DESTDIR="${curdir}/DESTDIR-autotools" V=1
make -j"${parallel}" -C build-autotools/test install DESTDIR="${curdir}/DESTDIR-autotools" V=1
( cd DESTDIR-autotools; find ) | LC_ALL=C sort -u
+ - name: Distcheck
+ if: matrix.platform.autotools
+ run: |
+ set -eu
+ parallel="$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"
make -j"${parallel}" -C build-autotools dist V=1
+ # Similar to Automake `make distcheck`: check that the tarball
+ # release is sufficient to do a new build
+ mkdir distcheck
+ tar -C distcheck -zxf build-autotools/SDL2-*.tar.gz
+ ( cd distcheck/SDL2-* && ./configure )
+ make -j"${parallel}" -C distcheck/SDL2-*
- name: Run installed-tests from Autotools
if: "runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.platform.autotools"
run: |