Add C/C++ CI workflow for build and testing

[jarlungoodoo73]

Summary by Sourcery

CI:

• Introduce a GitHub Actions workflow that configures, builds, runs checks, and performs distcheck for the C/C++ project on ubuntu-latest for the linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y branch.

[sourcery-ai]

Reviewer's Guide

This PR adds a GitHub Actions workflow to run a basic C/C++ configure, build, and test pipeline on pushes and pull requests to the linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y branch.

File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Introduce a GitHub Actions C/C++ CI workflow that runs configure, build, and test targets on relevant branch updates.	Create a new GitHub Actions workflow configuration file for C/C++ CI. Configure the workflow to trigger on push and pull_request events targeting the linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y branch. Define a single job that runs on ubuntu-latest and checks out the repository. Add steps to run ./configure followed by make, make check, and make distcheck.	.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml

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[sourcery-ai]

Hey - I've left some high level feedback:

• Consider running this workflow on a broader set of branches or via a reusable workflow input instead of hard-coding linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y, so it’s easier to reuse for future branches.
• Add compiler and/or OS matrices (e.g., multiple GCC/Clang versions or different Ubuntu images) to the workflow so the C/C++ build is exercised in a more representative set of environments.

Prompt for AI Agents

Please address the comments from this code review:

## Overall Comments
- Consider running this workflow on a broader set of branches or via a reusable workflow input instead of hard-coding `linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y`, so it’s easier to reuse for future branches.
- Add compiler and/or OS matrices (e.g., multiple GCC/Clang versions or different Ubuntu images) to the workflow so the C/C++ build is exercised in a more representative set of environments.

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR adds a GitHub Actions workflow intended to run CI for this repository on the linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y branch.

Changes:

• Add a new workflow that triggers on push and pull requests targeting linux-msft-wsl-6.6.y.
• Run a build/test sequence via shell steps in the GitHub Actions runner.

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