To add arduino avrdude-packing github action to create binary for Linux, macOS and Windows

[mcuee]

I think @umbynos has done a good job in avrdude-packing project to be able to build static linking version for Linux, macOS and Windows (mingw32). It may be a good idea to adopt it as an addition to the current github actions.

[mcuee]

I have done a simplified version here (not yet for Windows) and only one patch is needed.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing

It is running okay against current avrdude git main.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/actions/runs/3353462193

For MSYS2 MinGW, there is one more patch needed. But I have not figured out how to get Windows MinGW build working.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/actions/runs/3354148352/jobs/5557501650

[ 96%] Linking C executable avrdude
cd /__w/avrdude-packing/avrdude-packing/avrdude/build/src && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -I/opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/libusb-1.0/ -I/opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/include -pthread  -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/main.c.o CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/term.c.o CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/avrintel.c.o CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/developer_opts.c.o CMakeFiles/avrdude.dir/whereami.c.o  -o avrdude  libavrdude.a -lm /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libelf.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libusb.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libusb-1.0.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libhidapi.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libftdi1.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libreadline.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libncurses.a /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libtinfo.a -lsetupapi -lws2_32 
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld: /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libtinfo.a(lib_ttyflags.o):lib_ttyflags.c:(.text+0x6b): undefined reference to `_nc_mingw_ioctl'
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld: /opt/lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libtinfo.a(lib_ttyflags.o):lib_ttyflags.c:(.text+0xeb): undefined reference to `_nc_mingw_ioctl'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

The error is rather strange and point out potential issue with the way ncurses package is built in the container.
Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8956455/undefined-reference-building-ncurses-on-cygwin

[mcuee]

For Linux and macOS, only one patch is needed. The only question is whether it is acceptable for avrdude project or not.
https://github.com/arduino/avrdude-packing/blob/main/patches/0006-Cmake-add-libtinfo-and-libncurses-as-dependencies.patch

I think as it is it can not be accepted because it will not work with MSVC build.

@mariusgreuel or other CMake experts may be able to figure out a way to modify it to be suitable to be adopted.

[mcuee]

For MinGW, there is one more patch required, which is also not acceptable as it is. But again @mariusgreuel or other CMake experts may be able to figure out a way to modify it to be suitable to be adopted.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/blob/main/patches/0007-Cmake-fix-build-not-working-with-mingw-toolchain.patch

It seems to me the issuse is that the current CMake file do not work well with MinGW cross build (WIN32 not defined?)
https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/blob/main/src/CMakeLists.txt

[mcuee]

The error is rather strange and point out potential issue with the way ncurses package is built in the container. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8956455/undefined-reference-building-ncurses-on-cygwin

Indeed @umbynos has figured out the issue and find the solution to bump up ncurses version.

• Remove libusb-win32 and bump ncurses arduino/crossbuild#8

[mcuee]

Take note the Arduino Cross-build container is here and uses GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. So it should be acceptable to use.
https://github.com/arduino/crossbuild

[mcuee]

Snapshot release here, up to latest git commit b569966.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_30Oct2022

Two patches are applied on top of avrdude git main.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/tree/main/patches

[mcuee]

Snapshot release here, up to latest git commit 4c92030.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_2Nov2022

Two patches are applied on top of avrdude git main.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/tree/main/patches

[mcuee]

New snapshot here on 22-Nov-2022
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_22Nov2022

[mcuee]

@umbynos has released a new snapshot of the arduino-packing project.

You can download the binary here.
https://github.com/arduino/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/7.0-arduino.4-rc1

Built with crossbuild v0.2.2:

remove libusb-win32 dep in favor of libusb-compat
bump libncurses from 5.9 to 6.3
The base commit is 4c92030

[mcuee]

New snapshot release for latest git main:
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_28Nov2022

[mcuee]

New snapshot release for latest git main.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_14Dec2022

[mcuee]

New snapshot release for latest git main:
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude-packing/releases/tag/snapshot_22Dec2022

[mcuee]

My avrdude 7.1 release with unofficial binaries here.
https://github.com/mcuee/avrdude/releases/tag/v7.1

[mcuee]

@dioannidis

Please take note the official v7.1 Windows binary will still have Issue #968.

• avrdude MSVC build problem with USB composite device (avrdude-libusb library issue) -- low priority #968

You can point the user to my alternative 7.1 mingw64 binary.

[mcuee]

I will close this one as it is a bit out of scope for avrdude project. It is probably left to the Arduino avrdude-packing project.