uutils / uutils/coreutils

Use newest glibc (Kali Linux) on WSL CI

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Description

previously broke stty by the bug which is impossible to detect by ubuntu-latest. But there is no Linux runner with rolling release.

I suggest to use other Linux instead of Ubuntu. https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-wsl#distribution

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review the repository's GitHub Actions workflows and the setup-wsl action documentation linked in the issue. Determine how to run CI on a rolling Linux distribution with a newer glibc, then verify that the workflow can expose the stty regression that ubuntu-latest missed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, linux
Domain
ci-cd, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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