github-actions: replace autotools by cmake

.github/workflows/compile.yml

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+name: compile
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  stable:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        release:
+        - "ubuntu:20.04"
+        - "ubuntu:22.04"
+        - "ubuntu:24.04"
+        - "debian:bullseye"
+        - "debian:bookworm"
+        - "debian:testing"
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # remove this when Ubuntu 24.04 is available on GitHub Actions
+    - name: Enable Ubuntu noble and update podman
+      run: |
+        echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noble.list
+        echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-updates main restricted universe' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noble.list
+        sudo apt-get update
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' sudo apt-get install -qy podman
+        podman version
+
+    - name: Prepare ${{ matrix.release }} container
+      run: |
+        podman version
+        podman run --name stable -di --userns=keep-id:uid=1000,gid=1000 -v "$PWD":/home -w /home ${{ matrix.release }} bash
+        podman exec -i stable uname -a
+        podman exec -i stable id
+        podman exec -i -u root stable apt-get update
+        podman exec -e DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' -i -u root stable apt-get install -qy build-essential cmake ninja-build
+
+    - name: Configure
+      run: |
+        podman exec -i stable cmake -B build
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        podman exec -i stable cmake --build build