Try using Zig instead (#831)

.github/workflows/build-helper.yml

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
                   sudo apt-get update
                   sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libarchive-tools libopenjp2-tools rpm squashfs-tools
 
-            # We use musl-gcc instead of glibc for cgo compilation as it is more-easily statically linked
-            - name: Setup musl-gcc (Linux only)
+            # We use Zig instead of glibc for cgo compilation as it is more-easily statically linked
+            - name: Setup Zig (Linux only)
               if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-              uses: ./.github/actions/setup-musl-gcc
+              run: sudo snap install zig --classic --beta
 
             # The pre-installed version of the AWS CLI has a segfault problem so we'll install it via Homebrew instead.
             - name: Upgrade AWS CLI (Mac only)

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ jobs:
                   go-version: stable
                   cache-dependency-path: |
                       go.sum
-            # We use musl-gcc instead of glibc for cgo compilation as it is more-easily statically linked
-            - name: Setup musl-gcc (Go only)
+            # We use Zig instead of glibc for cgo compilation as it is more-easily statically linked
+            - name: Setup Zig (Go only)
               if: matrix.language == 'go'
-              uses: ./.github/actions/setup-musl-gcc
+              run: sudo snap install zig --classic --beta
 
             # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
             - name: Initialize CodeQL

Taskfile.yml

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ tasks:
                   ARCHS:
                       sh: echo {{if eq "arm" ARCH}}arm64{{else}}{{ARCH}}{{end}}
                   GO_LDFLAGS: -linkmode 'external' -extldflags=-static
-                  GO_ENV_VARS: CC=/usr/local/musl/bin/musl-gcc
+                  GO_ENV_VARS: CC="zig cc"
 
     build:server:internal:
         requires: