[CONFIG] [Github Actions] trying to collect better coverage to sonarcloud using newer lcov tool available on homebrew.

Author: Gonzalo Diaz

.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 jobs:
   build:
     name: SonarCloud build and run sonar-scanner
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: macos-15-intel
     env:
       # Directory where build-wrapper output will be placed
       BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR: build
@@ -20,23 +20,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Cpp
-        uses: aminya/setup-cpp@v1
-        with:
-          compiler: llvm-17
       - name: Install Tools
         run: |
-          sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+          export VCPKG_VERSION=2025.02.14
+          git clone \
+            --depth 1 \
+            --branch $VCPKG_VERSION \
+            https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git  \
+            --single-branch \
+            "$HOME/vcpkg"
+          export VCPKG_ROOT="$HOME/vcpkg"
+          echo "$VCPKG_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          sh $VCPKG_ROOT/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+          echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$HOME/vcpkg" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # lcov is available via homebrew
+          brew install lcov
           pip install gcovr
-          #
-          # Install lcov dependencies
-          sudo apt-get install libcapture-tiny-perl libdatetime-perl
-          # Install lcov from source
-          git clone https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov.git
-          cd lcov
-          git checkout v2.3.2
-          sudo make install
-          cd ..
 
       - name: Check Tools
         run: |
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run build-wrapper
         run: |
           export VCPKG_ROOT=/usr/local/share/vcpkg
-          build-wrapper-linux-x86-64 --out-dir ${{ env.BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR }} make build
+          build-wrapper-macosx-x86 --out-dir ${{ env.BUILD_WRAPPER_OUT_DIR }} make build
       # yamllint enable rule:line-length
       - name: Run tests to generate coverage statistics
         run: |