Re: [PATCH 1/2] tests/docker: promote debian-riscv64-cross to a full image

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 05:01:23PM +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 9/15/21 10:15 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> writes:
> >> On 9/14/21 8:58 PM, Richard Henderson wrote:
> >>> From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> >>>
> >>> To be able to cross build QEMU itself we need to include a few more
> >>> libraries. These are only available in Debian's unstable ports repo
> >>> for now so we need to base the riscv64 image on sid with the the
> >>> minimal libs needed to build QEMU (glib/pixman).
> >>>
> >>> The result works but is not as clean as using build-dep to bring in
> >>> more dependencies. However sid is by definition a shifting pile of
> >>> sand and by keeping the list of libs minimal we reduce the chance of
> >>> having an image we can't build. It's good enough for a basic cross
> >>> build testing of TCG.
> >>>
> > <snip>
> >>> diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
> >>> index 2bbff19772..594d97982c 100644
> >>> --- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
> >>> +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
> >>> @@ -1,12 +1,48 @@
> >>>  #
> >>> -# Docker cross-compiler target
> >>> +# Docker cross-compiler target for riscv64
> >>>  #
> >>> -# This docker target builds on the debian Buster base image.
> >>> +# Currently the only distro that gets close to cross compiling riscv64
> >>> +# images is Debian Sid (with unofficial ports). As this is a moving
> >>> +# target we keep the library list minimal and are aiming to migrate
> >>> +# from this hack as soon as we are able.
> >>>  #
> >>> -FROM qemu/debian10
> >>> +FROM docker.io/library/debian:sid-slim
> >>> +
> >>> +# Add ports
> >>> +RUN apt update && \
> >>> +    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
> >>> +    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt update -yy && \
> >>> +    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt upgrade -yy
> >>> +
> >>> +# Install common build utilities
> >>> +RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy \
> >>> +    bc \
> >>> +    build-essential \
> >>> +    ca-certificates \
> >>> +    debian-ports-archive-keyring \
> >>> +    dpkg-dev \
> >>> +    gettext \
> >>> +    git \
> >>> +    ninja-build \
> >>> +    pkg-config \
> >>> +    python3
> >>
> >> Alex, why not using a debian-sid intermediate image?
> > 
> > Well we removed the original debian-sid image a while ago having excised
> > images that used it. Basing things on sid does cause problems given it's
> > such a moving feast. Rather than encouraging others to build sid based
> > images we decided it made more sense to make this a pure standalone
> > image which we can migrate away from at the first opportunity.
> 
> Yeah, which is why I'm worried we'll get the same problem...
> 
> So this image can't be used as gating IMO.

Yeah, IME from babysitting libvirt CI, 'sid' containers break in dep
solving more often than is acceptable for a mandatory job, especially
for non-x86 arches.

Regards,
Daniel
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