Use system libgit2 on Ubuntu 24 / 26

Author: jeroen

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.3'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-26.04,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
 

.github/workflows/distros.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        distro: [ 'rocky-8', 'rocky-9', 'ubuntu-20.04', 'ubuntu-22.04', 'debian-10', 'debian-11', 'debian-12', 'debian-13', 'debian-14']
+        distro: [ 'rocky-8', 'rocky-9', 'ubuntu-20.04', 'ubuntu-22.04', 'ubuntu-24.04', 'ubuntu-26.04',  'debian-10', 'debian-11', 'debian-12', 'debian-13', 'debian-14']
         #arch: [ 'amd64', 'arm64' ]
         arch: [ 'amd64' ]
     container:

configure

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ PKG_TEST_FILE="tools/version.c"
 PKG_LIBS="-lgit2"
 PKG_CFLAGS=""
 
-# On Ubuntu we use static libgit2+libssh2 to support the ec keys
-if test -f "/etc/os-release" && grep -Fq Ubuntu "/etc/os-release"; then
+# On Ubuntu 22 use static libgit2+libssh2 to support the ec keys
+if test -f "/etc/os-release" && grep -Fq Jammy "/etc/os-release"; then
 PREFER_STATIC_LIBGIT2=1
 fi