ci: Use 7z format for Windows build artifacts

This commit updates the CI workflow to output .7z archives for the
Windows build artifacts.

The 7z format uses the LZMA compression algorithm, which offers
significantly improved data compression ratio.

The `-l` option is used such that symbolic links are stored as copies
of the linked files because Windows requires administrator privileges
to create symbolic links.

Note that 7z performs multi-threaded compression by default.

For more details, refer to the issue #567.

Signed-off-by: Stephanos Ioannidis <[email protected]>

Author: stephanosio

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
               "name": "windows-x86_64",
               "runner": "zephyr_runner",
               "container": "ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-build:v1.2.3",
-              "archive": "zip"
+              "archive": "7z"
             },'
         fi
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ jobs:
               "runner": "windows-2019-8c",
               "container": "",
               "bundle-host": "windows-x86_64",
-              "bundle-archive": "zip"
+              "bundle-archive": "7z"
             },'
         fi
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake bison flex gettext \
                                 help2man libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev \
                                 libncurses5-dev libtool-bin libtool-doc \
-                                pkg-config texinfo zip
+                                pkg-config texinfo p7zip
 
         # Install dependencies for cross compilation
         if [ "${{ matrix.host.name }}" == "linux-aarch64" ]; then
@@ -758,10 +758,9 @@ jobs:
           XZ_OPT="-T0" \
           ${TAR} -Jcvf ${ARCHIVE_FILE} \
                  --owner=0 --group=0 -C ${OUTPUT_BASE}/${OUTPUT_DIR} ${{ matrix.target }}
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
           pushd ${OUTPUT_BASE}/${OUTPUT_DIR}
-          zip -r ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${ARCHIVE_FILE} \
-                 ${{ matrix.target }}
+          7z a -t7z -l ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${ARCHIVE_FILE} ${{ matrix.target }}
           popd
         fi
 
@@ -985,7 +984,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # Install common dependencies
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y zip
+        sudo apt-get install -y p7zip
 
         # Set environment variables
         echo "TAR=tar" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -1030,9 +1029,8 @@ jobs:
           XZ_OPT="-T0" \
           ${TAR} -Jcvf ${ARCHIVE_FILE} --owner=0 --group=0 \
                  -C . cmake
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
-          zip -r ${ARCHIVE_FILE} \
-                 cmake
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
+          7z a -t7z -l ${ARCHIVE_FILE} cmake
         fi
 
         # Compute checksum
@@ -1075,7 +1073,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # Install common dependencies
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y jq zip
+        sudo apt-get install -y jq p7zip
 
         # Set environment variables
         echo "TAR=tar" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -1135,8 +1133,8 @@ jobs:
 
         if [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "tar.xz" ]; then
           EXTRACT="${TAR} -Jxvf"
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
-          EXTRACT="unzip"
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
+          EXTRACT="7z x -o."
         fi
 
         # Create bundle directory
@@ -1189,8 +1187,8 @@ jobs:
           XZ_OPT="-T0" \
           ${TAR} -Jcvf ${ARCHIVE_NAME}_minimal.${EXT} --owner=0 --group=0 \
                  -C . ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
-          zip -r ${ARCHIVE_NAME}_minimal.${EXT} ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
+          7z a -t7z -l ${ARCHIVE_NAME}_minimal.${EXT} ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
         fi
 
         # Stage toolchains
@@ -1219,8 +1217,8 @@ jobs:
           XZ_OPT="-T0" \
           ${TAR} -Jcvf ${ARCHIVE_NAME}.${EXT} --owner=0 --group=0 \
                  -C . ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
-          zip -r ${ARCHIVE_NAME}.${EXT} ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.host.archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
+          7z a -t7z -l ${ARCHIVE_NAME}.${EXT} ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
         fi
 
         # Compute checksum
@@ -1327,7 +1325,7 @@ jobs:
         shopt -u dotglob
 
         # Install required system packages
-        choco install ccache dtc-msys2 gperf jq ninja wget unzip
+        choco install ccache dtc-msys2 gperf jq ninja wget 7zip
 
         # Upgrade pip
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -1384,8 +1382,8 @@ jobs:
         BUNDLE_FILE=${BUNDLE_NAME}.${{ matrix.testenv.bundle-archive }}
         if [ "${{ matrix.testenv.bundle-archive }}" == "tar.xz" ]; then
           ${TAR} -Jxvf ${ARTIFACT_ROOT}/${BUNDLE_FILE} -C tools
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.testenv.bundle-archive }}" == "zip" ]; then
-          unzip ${ARTIFACT_ROOT}/${BUNDLE_FILE} -d tools
+        elif [ "${{ matrix.testenv.bundle-archive }}" == "7z" ]; then
+          7z x -otools ${ARTIFACT_ROOT}/${BUNDLE_FILE}
         fi
 
         # Run setup script

scripts/template_setup_win

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ set /p VERSION=<sdk_version
 
 REM # Resolve release download base URI
 set DL_REL_BASE=https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v%VERSION%
-set DL_TOOLCHAIN_FILENAME=toolchain_windows-x86_64_%%t.zip
+set DL_TOOLCHAIN_FILENAME=toolchain_windows-x86_64_%%t.7z
 
 REM # Print banner
 echo Zephyr SDK %VERSION% Setup
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ call :check_command cmake 90
 if [%ERRORLEVEL%] neq [0] goto end
 call :check_command wget 91
 if [%ERRORLEVEL%] neq [0] goto end
-call :check_command unzip 92
+call :check_command 7z 92
 if [%ERRORLEVEL%] neq [0] goto end
 
 REM # Enter interactive mode if enabled
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ for %%t in (%INST_TOOLCHAINS%) do (
     )
 
     REM # Extract archive
-    unzip -q !TOOLCHAIN_FILENAME!
+    7z x -o. !TOOLCHAIN_FILENAME!
     if [!ERRORLEVEL!] neq [0] (
       echo ERROR: Toolchain archive extraction failed
       set EXITCODE=21