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+# Copyright 2020 Rainer Gerhards and Others
+#
+# https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog-pkg-ubuntu
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# References:
+#
+# https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/configuring-notifications#github-actions-notification-options
+# https://github.com/settings/notifications
+# https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Argerhards&package=rsyslog
+
+---
+name: CI PR runner
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    # Default: 360 minutes
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+
+    steps:
+      - name: git checkout packging project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: install base components
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common
+          curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+          sudo systemctl enable docker
+          sudo systemctl start docker
+          #sudo apt-get update
+          #sudo apt-get install -y docker docker.io
+          #sudo systemctl enable docker.service
+          #sudo systemctl start docker.service
+
+          #- name: do a test run
+          #run: |
+          #sudo docker run --rm ubuntu:18.04 echo test
+
+      - name: prep env
+        run: |
+          #mkdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host
+          docker pull rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic
+          docker run --rm --privileged -e PKG_PROJ -v/buildbot/pkg:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host -v$(pwd):/work rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic \
+          bash -c " 
+          export PKG_PROJ=../../..
+          mkdir _OBS 
+          cd _OBS  
+          echo pre clone
+          git clone https://github.com/rsyslog/pkg_obs-clone.git
+          echo post clone
+          cd pkg_obs-clone/rsyslog
+          ls -l
+          osc repairwc .
+          source ./build-ubuntu.sh
+          "
+
+      - name: build Ubuntu 20.04 (focal)
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm --privileged -e PKG_PROJ -v$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host:/host -v$(pwd):/work rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic \
+          bash -c " 
+          export PKG_PROJ=../../..
+          cd _OBS/pkg_obs-clone/rsyslog
+          osc build --trust-all-projects --local-package xUbuntu_20.04 x86_64
+          "
+      - name: build Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm --privileged -e PKG_PROJ -v/buildbot/pkg:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host -v$(pwd):/work rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic \
+          bash -c " 
+          export PKG_PROJ=../../..
+          ls -l $PKG_PROJ
+          cd _OBS/pkg_obs-clone/rsyslog
+          #osc build --trust-all-projects --local-package xUbuntu_18.04 x86_64
+          "
+
+      - name: build Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial)
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm --privileged -e PKG_PROJ -v/buildbot/pkg:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host -v$(pwd):/work rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic \
+          bash -c " 
+          export PKG_PROJ=../../..
+          cd _OBS/pkg_obs-clone/rsyslog
+          #osc build --trust-all-projects --local-package xUbuntu_16.04 x86_64
+          "
+      - name: build Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty)
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm --privileged -e PKG_PROJ -v/buildbot/pkg:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host -v$(pwd):/work rsyslog/rsyslog_obs:basic \
+          bash -c " 
+          export PKG_PROJ=../../..
+          cd _OBS/pkg_obs-clone/rsyslog
+          #osc build --trust-all-projects --local-package xUbuntu_14.04 x86_64
+          "
+
+      - name: post build
+        run: |
+          sudo chown -R -R $(id -u):$(id -g) .
+          sudo find $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -name host
+          sudo find $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/host -exec ls -l {} \;