Creating a GitHub action for build testing

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
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+name: Continuous integration
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  Test-Linux:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+        matrix:
+          os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin lcov autoconf automake libtool
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          ci/build.sh
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diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+PATH=$(pwd)/ci/build/bin:$PATH
+
+if [ ! -d ci ]; then
+    echo "you must run this in the root fping directory" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+autoreconf --install
+./configure --prefix=/opt/ftraceroute
+make CFLAGS="-g -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+
+sudo chown root src/ftraceroute
+sudo chmod u+s  src/ftraceroute
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