Enhance CI to detect latest Lua dev package

Updated CI workflow to dynamically detect and install the latest Lua development package instead of using a fixed version.

Author: Easton97-Jens

.github/workflows/ci_new.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
 
-env:
-  LUA_VERSION: "5.5"
-
 jobs:
   build-linux:
     name: Linux (${{ matrix.platform.label }}, ${{ matrix.compiler.label }}, ${{ matrix.configure.label }})
@@ -43,14 +40,39 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Detect latest Lua dev package
+        id: detect_lua
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
           sudo apt-get update -y -qq
+
+          CANDIDATES="$(apt-cache search '^liblua[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-dev$' | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+          if [ -z "$CANDIDATES" ]; then
+            echo "No libluaX.Y-dev package found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          BEST_PKG="$(
+            printf '%s\n' "$CANDIDATES" \
+            | sed -E 's/^liblua([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-dev$/\1 &/' \
+            | sort -V \
+            | tail -n1 \
+            | awk '{print $2}'
+          )"
+
+          echo "lua_pkg=$BEST_PKG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Using $BEST_PKG"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
           sudo apt-get install -y \
             libyajl-dev \
             libcurl4-openssl-dev \
             liblmdb-dev \
-            liblua5.4-dev \
+            ${{ steps.detect_lua.outputs.lua_pkg }} \
             libmaxminddb-dev \
             libpcre2-dev \
             libxml2-dev \
@@ -63,7 +85,6 @@ jobs:
             python3 \
             python3-venv
 
-
       - name: Run build preparation script
         run: ./build.sh
 
@@ -114,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
                        libtool \
                        yajl \
                        lmdb \
-                       lua@${{ env.LUA_VERSION }} \
+                       lua \
                        libmaxminddb \
                        libxml2 \
                        ssdeep \
@@ -212,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install cppcheck
         run: |
-          brew install autoconf automake libtool cppcheck libmaxminddb yajl lua@${{ env.LUA_VERSION }} lmdb ssdeep python3 
+          brew install autoconf automake libtool cppcheck libmaxminddb yajl lua lmdb ssdeep python3 
 
       - name: Configure project
         run: |
@@ -240,11 +261,35 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
+          
+      - name: Detect latest Lua dev package
+        id: detect_lua
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          apt-get update
 
+          CANDIDATES="$(apt-cache search '^liblua[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-dev$' | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+          if [ -z "$CANDIDATES" ]; then
+            echo "No libluaX.Y-dev package found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          BEST_PKG="$(
+            printf '%s\n' "$CANDIDATES" \
+            | sed -E 's/^liblua([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-dev$/\1 &/' \
+            | sort -V \
+            | tail -n1 \
+            | awk '{print $2}'
+          )"
+
+          echo "lua_pkg=$BEST_PKG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Using $BEST_PKG"
 
       - name: Install dependencies (v2 style)
         run: |
-          apt-get update
           apt-get install -y \
             autoconf \
             automake \
@@ -255,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
             libyajl-dev \
             libcurl4-openssl-dev \
             liblmdb-dev \
-            liblua${{ env.LUA_VERSION }}-dev \
+            ${{ steps.detect_lua.outputs.lua_pkg }} \
             libmaxminddb-dev \
             libpcre2-dev \
             libxml2-dev \
@@ -265,7 +310,7 @@ jobs:
             flex \
             python3 \
             python3-venv
-
+            
       - name: Run build preparation script
         run: ./build.sh