[Feature Request] Update build to support more docker images for other linux distros

[steve1337]

Problem

The current build targets Ubuntu which uses GLIBC v2.39

Many docker images (incl all STD node images) are based on Debian using GLIBC 2.36

Suggestions

ℹ️ The following suggestion came from Gemini - I have not manually verified them but they appear correct based on my limited knowledge about this topic.

1. Build static binaries that do not depend on GLIBC (recommended)

Gemini: If you don't want to manage different OS versions, the most common "Go way" to fix GLIBC errors is to stop using GLIBC entirely. You can build a static binary that includes all necessary libraries inside the file.

- name: Build Static Binary
  run: CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o karate-linux-static .

2. Add build for debian

Gemini: If the project strictly requires CGO (e.g., for certain networking or encryption features), you must build the binary on the oldest OS you intend to support.

You can modify the jobs section of the release.yml to include a job that runs inside a Debian container:

build-debian:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: golang:1.23-bookworm # This image has GLIBC 2.36
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build for Debian
        run: go build -v -o karate-debian-amd64 .
      - name: Upload Artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: karate-debian
          path: karate-debian-amd64

strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            artifact_name: karate-linux-modern # For Ubuntu 24.04+
          - os: ubuntu-22.04 
            artifact_name: karate-linux-debian # This will use GLIBC 2.35 (compatible with Debian 12)

[steve1337]

To add some extra background. My CIs that run the integration tests used to be based on node:24.13.0 (official node image).

But the execution failed due to GLIBC version dependency.

While not a major problem I would prefer to use the same node image for the integration tests that are used to build docker images we run in k8s to be as close as possible to production runtime.

> curl -fsSL https://karate.sh/install.sh | sh -s -- --all
==> Karate CLI Installer
==> Detected platform: linux-x64
==> Fetching release manifest...
==> Installing Karate CLI v0.1.5
==> Downloading...
==> Verifying checksum...
==> Extracting...
==> Installing to /root/.local/bin/karate...
==> Karate CLI v0.1.5 installed successfully!
Note: /root/.local/bin is not in your PATH.
Add it by running:
  export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
==> Running karate setup...
/root/.local/bin/karate: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.39' not found (required by /root/.local/bin/karate)