Linux based Docker image for cross-compilation in CI (non-GitHub)

[AvtechScientific]

It would be nice if you could create a Linux based docker image that contains MSYS2 and could be used in CI other than GitHub. For example in GitLab, etc.. It would be a more generic approach. You might derive it from Debian, Fedora or Arch Linux (that has the same package manager as MSYS2). It could be used without requiring a Windows virtual machine. Here is an example on how a Fedora docker image is used to cross-compile a GTK application for Windows (without requiring Windows).

https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader/blob/master/.github/workflows/build.yml

Maybe you can use Wine or add packages like it was done in the above mentioned Fedora based approach.

Thank you very much!

PS: maybe it is possible already to use MSYS2 in GitLab CI without requiring Windows but I miss it?

[lazka]

MSYS2 requires Windows, so I don't see how we could provide something like that.

MSYS2/Cygwin doesn't run under Wine, so that's not an option: https://www.msys2.org/docs/faq/#how-can-i-get-msys2-running-under-wine