[debbugs-tracker] bug#37161: closed ( ‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image without /tmp)

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regarding ‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image without /tmp
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> ‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image without /tmp
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> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:57:15 +0200
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> Hi Guix!
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> Currently ‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image that lacks /tmp, but
> some programs fail to run when /tmp is missing.
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> One can work around it by asking Docker to create /tmp:
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>   docker run --tmpfs /tmp …
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> However, it seems easier to just create /tmp upfront in the image.
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> Ludo’.
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> Hi,
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> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >> One can work around it by asking Docker to create /tmp:
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> >>   docker run --tmpfs /tmp …
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> >> However, it seems easier to just create /tmp upfront in the image.
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> > If /tmp exists in the image can a user still overwrite it to either map
> > an outside directory to /tmp in the container or to use a tmpfs?
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> Yes I think so.
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> > If this is still possible, I agree that /tmp should exist in the
> > generated image – even if it’s just a plain mount point.
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> Done in commit 7979a287f8eb84cbbfa44629951572408939a756.
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> Ludo’.
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