GRIDEDIT-1129: migrate to alma linux 8 (#331)

.github/workflows/build-and-test-workflow.yml

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
 
     name: ${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.build_type }}
 
-    # The default compiler on macos is clang, switch to gcc 11. Specifying the version is necessary.
+    # The default compiler on macos is clang, switch to gcc. Specifying the version is necessary.
     # It seems like gcc and g++ are symbolic links to the default clang and clang++ compilers, respectively.
     # CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID will evaluate to AppleClang rather than GNU on macos.
     env:
-      CC: gcc-11
-      CXX: g++-11
+      CC: gcc-12
+      CXX: g++-12
 
     # Build steps
     steps:

libs/MeshKernel/src/Operations.cpp

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace meshkernel
         }
 
         bool inRange = false;
-        UInt startRange;
+        UInt startRange = 0;
         for (auto n = start; n < end; n++)
         {
             if (!IsEqual(vec[n].x, separator) && !inRange)

scripts/module_load.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Script that is meant to be sourced in the CI
 # It includes the necessary module loads to build MeshKernel on Deltares Linux machines
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1_gcc11.3.0
-module load gcc/11.3.0
-module load boost/1.81.0_gcc11.3.0
-module load netcdf/v4.9.1_gcc11.3.0
+module --verbose load gcc/12.2.0_gcc12.2.0
+module --verbose load cmake/3.26.4_gcc12.2.0
+module --verbose load boost/1.83.0_gcc12.2.0
+module --verbose load netcdf/4.9.2_gcc12.2.0
+module --verbose load curl/8.8.0_gcc12.2.0