EasyBuild framework unit tests

sync with develop (20250120) #5625

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Job	Run time
setup	1s
build (3.6, Lmod-8.7.6)	30m 52s
build (3.6, modules-4.5.3)	17m 4s
build (3.6, modules-5.3.1)	14m 26s
build (3.7, Lmod-8.7.6)	30m 25s
build (3.8, Lmod-8.7.6)	29m 58s
build (3.9, Lmod-8.7.6)	30m 37s
build (3.10, Lmod-8.7.6)	27m 25s
build (3.11, Lmod-8.7.6)	26m 41s
build (3.12, Lmod-8.7.6)	26m 3s
build (3.13, Lmod-8.7.6)	26m 5s
build (3.6, Lmod-8.7.6, C)	31m 31s
	4h 51m 8s