diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
index 106c7cb..ef77628 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,40 @@ jobs:
         run: apt-get -yq install meson
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: apt-get -yq install libusb-1.0-0-dev libspdlog-dev libfmt-dev libpango1.0-dev libcairo2-dev gcovr
+      - name: get build environment versions
+        run: |
+          echo "=== Start meson version ==="
+          gcc --version
+          echo "=== End meson version ==="
+          echo "=== Start supported c/cpp standards: ==="
+          gcc -v --help 2> /dev/null | sed -n '/^ *-std=\([^<][^ ]\+\).*/ {s//\1/p}'
+          echo "=== End supported c/cpp standards ==="
+          echo "=== Start meson version ==="
+          meson --version
+          echo "=== End meson version ==="
+          echo "=== Start ninja version ==="
+          ninja --version
+          echo "=== End ninja version ==="
+          echo "=== Start dependency package version ==="
+          apt-cache policy libpango1.0-dev
+          apt-cache policy libcairo2-dev
+          apt-cache policy libfmt-dev 
+          apt-cache policy libspdlog-dev
+          apt-cache policy libusb-1.0-0-dev
+          echo "=== End dependency package version ==="
       - name: setup builddir
         run: meson setup builddir -Db_coverage=true
-      - name: build all targets
-        run: ninja -C builddir
+      - name: build and test dist package
+        run: ninja -C builddir dist
       - name: run unit tests
         run: ninja -C builddir test
       - name: calculate coverage
         run: ninja -C builddir coverage-text
       - name: Coverage report
         run: cat ./builddir/meson-logs/coverage.txt
+      - name: upload dist package
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ptprnt-dist
+          path: ./builddir/meson-dist/*
+          if-no-files-found: error