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+name: Foreign architectures
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  multiarch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+       cmake_version: 3.20.0
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # Add armv7, aarch64 and other architectures once this is resolved:
+        # https://github.com/balena-io-library/resin-rpi-raspbian/issues/104
+        arch: ["armv6"]
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code including full history and submodules
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Build and test
+      uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2.0.9
+      id: runcmd
+      with:
+        arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        distro: buster
+        githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
+        install: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install libcunit1-dev ninja-build unzip wget build-essential
+          # Workaround because of https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/20568
+          # Please remove once CMake 3.19 or newer is available in the repository
+          cat /etc/apt/sources.list
+          echo deb-src http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian buster main contrib non-free | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt build-dep cmake
+          wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${{ env.cmake_version }}/cmake-${{ env.cmake_version }}.tar.gz
+          tar xf cmake-${{ env.cmake_version }}.tar.gz
+          cd cmake-${{ env.cmake_version }}
+          # Using boostrap is much slower
+          ./bootstrap -- -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+          make -j $(nproc)
+          make install
+          cd ..
+          rm -r cmake-${{ env.cmake_version }} cmake-${{ env.cmake_version }}.tar.gz
+        run: |
+         tools/ci/run_ci.sh --run-tests