fix build issues discovered during and after v9.2.0 release (#2684)

* ci: downgrade Ubuntu version to accommodate older GLIBC versions

* ci: upgrade Windows version to avoid deprecation

* ci: exclude pkg_resources from PyInstaller build

* update CHANGELOG

* update spec file

* ci: check if build runs without warnings or errors

* update CHANGELOG

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

.github/pyinstaller/pyinstaller.spec

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ a = Analysis(
         # only be installed locally.
         "binaryninja",
         "ida",
+        # remove once https://github.com/mandiant/capa/issues/2681 has
+        # been addressed by PyInstaller
+        "pkg_resources",
     ],
 )
 

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             # use old linux so that the shared library versioning is more portable
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux
             python_version: '3.10'
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux-py312
             python_version: '3.12'
-          - os: windows-2019
+          - os: windows-2022
             artifact_name: capa.exe
             asset_name: windows
             python_version: '3.10'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
-      - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+      - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
       - name: Upgrade pip, setuptools
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
@@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .[build]
       - name: Build standalone executable
         run: pyinstaller --log-level DEBUG .github/pyinstaller/pyinstaller.spec
+      - name: Does it run without warnings or errors?
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-2022" ]]; then
+            EXECUTABLE=".\\dist\\capa"
+          else
+            EXECUTABLE="./dist/capa"
+          fi
+
+          output=$(${EXECUTABLE} --version 2>&1)
+          exit_code=$?
+
+          echo "${output}"
+          echo "${exit_code}"
+
+          if echo "${output}" | grep -iE 'error|warning'; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${exit_code}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Does it run (PE)?
         run: dist/capa -d "tests/data/Practical Malware Analysis Lab 01-01.dll_"
       - name: Does it run (Shellcode)?
@@ -82,10 +104,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # OSs not already tested above
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux-py312
           - os: windows-2022

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   changelog_format:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout capa
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         if [ $number != 1 ]; then exit 1; fi
 
   code_style:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout capa
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       run: pre-commit run deptry --hook-stage manual
 
   rule_linter:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout capa with submodules
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-24.04, windows-2019, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, macos-13]
         # across all operating systems
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         include:
           # on Ubuntu run these as well
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.10"
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.11"
-          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.12"
     steps:
     - name: Checkout capa with submodules
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install pyyaml
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
       run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
     - name: Install capa
       run: |
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Binary Ninja tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     env:
       BN_SERIAL: ${{ secrets.BN_SERIAL }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [tests]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ghidra-tests:
     name: Ghidra tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [tests]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 ### Development
 
+- ci: exclude pkg_resources from PyInstaller build @mike-hunhoff #2684
+- ci: upgrade Windows version to avoid deprecation @mike-hunhoff #2684
+- ci: downgrade Ubuntu version to accommodate older GLIBC versions @mike-hunhoff #2684
+- ci: check if build runs without warnings or errors @mike-hunhoff #2684
+
 ### Raw diffs
 - [capa v9.2.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.2.0...master)
 - [capa-rules v9.2.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.2.0...master)