pauldotknopf
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4 years ago Again, cool project. I've been wanting "docker for my operating system" since I got on the container train a while ago.
Thanks! I have been using it daily for a while now. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm curious why you took the route of bash scripts vs just leveraging Docker's built in batteries for caching layers etc.
Docker had some limitations that didn't have easy workarounds which became a lot easier when using containerd. I was directed to use containerd because "it is the future" (see here).
Also, containerd didn't support Dockerfile building, and BuildKit wasn't ready yet.
At least for developing a new "recipe", I'm finding it kind of repetitive to have to run the scripts again.
I agree.
From what I can tell, as long as the initramfs and kernel are rebuilt in the extract step, things work when using Dockerfiles for everything except the last staging step.
I was going to suggest this, but you were smart enough to realize that!
With all the said, I've been mulling over releasing a 1.0 version with a few changes.
- Look into using podman to build Dockerfile images. No need for containerd, root, systemd service, etc.
- Remove squashfs support (or make it optional). Extract entire rootfs as raw filesystem and mount overlay with it. This removes the need for the
/darch-*scripts that need to be in your image. - Add support for optionally (opt-in) persisting changes, with a
darch stage resetcommand. This should be for development/testing things only.
aaroncwhite
Again, cool project. I've been wanting "docker for my operating system" since I got on the container train a while ago.
I'm curious why you took the route of bash scripts vs just leveraging Docker's built in batteries for caching layers etc. At least for developing a new "recipe", I'm finding it kind of repetitive to have to run the scripts again. From what I can tell, as long as the initramfs and kernel are rebuilt in the extract step, things work when using Dockerfiles for everything except the last staging step. Currently, I'm running a local registry and having darch pull from that so I can let docker handle the heavy lifting during the build steps.
Curious if there's a reason why?