From d6637bf34aad9ae83a44a00ceec67cc102a4c30f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:52:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] test parallel build

---
 .github/workflows/c_actions.yml | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/c_actions.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..326a911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 The University of Manchester
+#
+# 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.
+
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests, lint and rat with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: C Actions
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Checkout SupportScripts
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts
+        path: support
+
+    - name: Install Ubuntu packages
+      uses: SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts/actions/apt-get-install@main
+      with:
+        packages: doxygen gcc-arm-none-eabi
+    - name: Configure Python 3.12
+      # Note: Python is needed for spinn_utilities.make_tools when building
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+
+    - name: Checkout SpiNNaker C Dependencies
+      uses: SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts/actions/install-spinn-deps@main
+      with:
+        # Note: SpiNNUtils needed for spinn_utilities.make_tools
+        repositories: >
+          spinnaker_tools spinn_common SpiNNFrontEndCommon sPyNNaker
+
+    - name: "Prepare: Install SpiNNUtils"
+      uses: SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts/actions/install-spinn-deps@main
+      with:
+        # Note: SpiNNUtils needed for spinn_utilities.make_tools
+        repositories: SpiNNUtils
+        install: true
+
+    - name: Build SpiNNaker C code
+      env:
+        SPINN_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/spinnaker_tools_install
+        SPINN_COMMON_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/spinn_common_install
+        FEC_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/fec_install
+        SPYNNAKER_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/spynnaker_install
+        C_LOGS_DICT: ${{ github.workspace }}/python_models8/model_binaries/logs.sqlite3
+        CFLAGS: -fdiagnostics-color=always
+      run: |
+        make -C spinnaker_tools install
+        make -C spinn_common install
+        make -C SpiNNFrontEndCommon/c_common  install
+        make -C sPyNNaker/neural_modelling install
+
+    - name: Build SpiNNaker C code globally
+      env:
+        C_LOGS_DICT: ${{ github.workspace }}/python_models8/model_binaries/logs.sqlite3
+        CFLAGS: -fdiagnostics-color=always
+      run: |
+        make -C spinnaker_tools
+        make -C spinn_common install
+        make -C SpiNNFrontEndCommon/c_common
+        make -C sPyNNaker/neural_modelling

From 195d4997c56fa5696f0719510201dc3c87108983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:58:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] dont set C_LOGS_DICT

---
 .github/workflows/c_actions.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
index 326a911..1f3108b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ jobs:
         SPINN_COMMON_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/spinn_common_install
         FEC_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/fec_install
         SPYNNAKER_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/spynnaker_install
-        C_LOGS_DICT: ${{ github.workspace }}/python_models8/model_binaries/logs.sqlite3
         CFLAGS: -fdiagnostics-color=always
       run: |
         make -C spinnaker_tools install
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build SpiNNaker C code globally
       env:
-        C_LOGS_DICT: ${{ github.workspace }}/python_models8/model_binaries/logs.sqlite3
         CFLAGS: -fdiagnostics-color=always
       run: |
         make -C spinnaker_tools

From 3d5976bcf8f87cf468e20c8c4d3fe4eac4db3e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:01:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] no install in global

---
 .github/workflows/c_actions.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
index 1f3108b..6f41429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
         CFLAGS: -fdiagnostics-color=always
       run: |
         make -C spinnaker_tools
-        make -C spinn_common install
+        make -C spinn_common
         make -C SpiNNFrontEndCommon/c_common
         make -C sPyNNaker/neural_modelling