Docker-alpine: Wrong apk repository in arm64v8/alpine:edge

Created on 11 Jan 2018 · 7Comments · Source: gliderlabs/docker-alpine

I verified the image which was build (and supplied on docker hub) after the merge request #374. It looks good, at least it boots correctly.

There is another issue with the rootfs in the docker image for raspberry arm64v8/alpine:edge.

CDN do not really provide a complete edge rootfs. We utilize the latest, atm 3.7, in the image then there are the wrong package repositories (still 3.7 instead of edge). You can find it at the file /etc/apk/repositories.

The following hack in the Dockerfile will do the trick

sed -i -e 's/v3\.7/edge/g' /etc/apk/repositories &&
apk upgrade &&
apk update

But imo, its not very convenient/error-prone to fiddle always around with the version number. Isn't there a better place or even better couldn't we do the build like in library-edge/x86_64.
On the other hand edge is rolling so in fact the built docker image is most of the time outdated and require a update.

Drop me your opinion @andyshinn and I will try to provide u a patch again.

builder question upstream

Source

icecubean

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All 7 comments

I think I understand what you mean.

@ncopa is there any chance we might eventually have minirootfs variants for edge or should we make some builder modifications to replace the /etc/apk/repositories or edge releases?

andyshinn on 13 Jan 2018

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I think we should make minirootfs variants for edge. Will look into it

ncopa on 19 Jan 2018

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Confirm the bug

root@scw-arm8:~# docker run --rm -it alpine:edge ash
/ # apk update
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/main/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/community/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
v3.7.0-133-g4cd48f4cdb [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/main]
v3.7.0-134-ge544add7e6 [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/community]