build(packaging): provide zipped Flow binaries at release

Signed-off-by: hainenber <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Fix issue in `prometheus.operator.*` where targets would be dropped if two crds share a common prefix in their names. (@Paul424, @captncraig)
 
+### Other changes
+
+- Provide standalone Flow binaries on new version release. (@hainenber)
+
 v0.38.0 (2023-11-21)
 --------------------
 

tools/make/packaging.mk

@@ -166,14 +166,18 @@ dist/grafana-agentctl-freebsd-amd64:
 # Flow-specific system packages. As such, they are built in a dist.temp
 # directory instead of the normal dist directory.
 #
+# However, two standalone Flow binaries for amd64 and arm64 are provided 
+# for custom installation.
 # Only targets needed for system packages are used here.
 #
 
 dist-agent-flow-binaries: dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64       \
                           dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64       \
                           dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-ppc64le     \
                           dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-s390x       \
-                          dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-windows-amd64.exe
+                          dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-windows-amd64.exe \
+                          dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64            \
+                          dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64            \
 
 dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: GO_TAGS += netgo builtinassets promtail_journal_enabled
 dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: GOOS    := linux
@@ -205,6 +209,18 @@ dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-windows-amd64.exe: GOARCH  := amd64
 dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-windows-amd64.exe: generate-ui
 	$(PACKAGING_VARS) FLOW_BINARY=$@ "$(MAKE)" -f $(PARENT_MAKEFILE) agent-flow
 
+dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: GO_TAGS += netgo builtinassets promtail_journal_enabled
+dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: GOOS    := linux
+dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: GOARCH  := amd64
+dist/grafana-agent-flow-linux-amd64: generate-ui
+	$(PACKAGING_VARS) FLOW_BINARY=$@ "$(MAKE)" -f $(PARENT_MAKEFILE) agent-flow
+
+dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64: GO_TAGS += netgo builtinassets promtail_journal_enabled
+dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64: GOOS    := linux
+dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64: GOARCH  := arm64
+dist.temp/grafana-agent-flow-linux-arm64: generate-ui
+	$(PACKAGING_VARS) FLOW_BINARY=$@ "$(MAKE)" -f $(PARENT_MAKEFILE) agent-flow
+
 #
 # agent-service release binaries.
 #