pack v0.36.1

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.20.3 by default.

Changelog

Features

• Correct wording for buildpack new targets flag (#2296 by @gogolok)
• make sure acceptance tests pass on arm64 (#2294 by @joeybrown)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@dependabot[bot], @gogolok, @joeybrown

pack v0.36.0

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.20.3 by default.

Changelog

Features

• Emit a performance warning if containerd is enabled and we're exporting to the daemon (#2284 by @natalieparellano)
• Bump deps (#2273 by @natalieparellano)
• Allow trusted builders by repo or tag (#2266 by @modulo11)
• Don't warn about clear-env key while parsing buildpack.toml as this is actually expected. (#2261 by @fumblehool)
• Fix deletion of ephemeral builder (#2260 by @natalieparellano)
• Make the pack build warn that the positional argument will not be treated as the source directory path (#2256 by @hhiroshell)
• handled case sensitivity (#2245 by @keshavdalmia10)
• Update image references to use fully qualified names. (#2185 by @hhiroshell)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@dependabot[bot], @fumblehool, @hhiroshell, @keshavdalmia10, @modulo11, @natalieparellano

pack v0.36.0-rc1

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

Linux

AMD64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-linux.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

ARM64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-linux-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

S390X

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-linux-s390x.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

PPC64LE

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-linux-ppc64le.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

MacOS

Intel

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-macos.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Apple Silicon

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.36.0-rc1/pack-v0.36.0-rc1-macos-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Manually

1. Download the .tgz or .zip file for your platform
2. Extract the pack binary
3. (Optional) Add the directory containing pack to PATH, or copy pack to a directory like /usr/local/bin

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output:

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.20.3 by default.

Changelog

Features

• pack references the lifecycle image with a fully qualified name (#2185 by @hhiroshell)
• It is possible to trust builders by repo or specific tag (#2266 by @modulo11)
• pack warns when the provided image name matches a child directory name (#2256 by @hhiroshell)
• pack emits a performance warning if containerd is enabled and the export target is the daemon (#2284 by @natalieparellano)
• Bumps dependencies

Bugfixes

• Ephemeral builders are deleted following builds (#2260 by @natalieparellano)
• When parsing buildpack.toml, pack does not warn about the clear-env key (#2261 by @fumblehool)
• The --cache flag respects case sensitivity (#2245 by @keshavdalmia10)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@dependabot[bot], @fumblehool, @hhiroshell, @keshavdalmia10, @modulo11, @natalieparellano

pack v0.35.1

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.20.0 by default.

Changelog

Features

• Fix #2237: consider /workspace as a sensitive directory when mounting volumes (#2238 by @anthonydahanne)
• Support OCI layouts with application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json media type (#2234 by @pbusko)
• Trust buildpacks in addition to those on the builder (#2230 by @AidanDelaney)
• Bump default lifecycle binary version from 0.19.6 to 0.20.0 (#2236 by @natalieparellano)

Bugfixes

• Fix ephemeral bridge network name for podman (#2241 by @natalieparellano)
• Build the pack:base image using the same base image as pack:x.x.x-base (#2240 by @hhiroshell)

Chores

• Add a helper script for testing GitHub Actions on forked repositories (#2235 by @hhiroshell)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@AidanDelaney, @anthonydahanne, @hhiroshell, @natalieparellano, @pbusko

pack v0.35.0

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

Features

• Fixes from security review (#2217 by @natalieparellano)
  • Ensure ownership of build and launch cache volumes
  • Validate application names do not match trusted build inputs
  • Warn if NOT --pull-policy=always in container
  • Run build containers with userns=host and set security-opt field to no-new-privileges:true
  • Run build containers in a separate ephemeral Docker bridge network
  • Use the untrusted flow when buildpacks are added to a trusted builder
• Update the Google builder in the list of known builders (#2203 by @hhiroshell)
• Don't create an ephemeral builder if it isn't truly needed (#2196 by @natalieparellano)

Bugfixes

• Treat trusted (but not suggested) builders as trusted (#2205 by @colincasey)
• When parsing project.toml, don't warn about unexpected keys that are actually expected (#2197 by @natalieparellano)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@AidanDelaney, @anjannath, @colincasey, @edmorley, @dependabot[bot], @hhiroshell, @jjbustamante, @natalieparellano

pack v0.34.2

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

Bugfixes

• Bumps imgutil to pick up fixes for containerd and podman (#2179 by @natalieparellano)

Features

• Adds heroku/builder:24 as a trusted + suggested builder (#2178 by @edmorley)
• Updates go to version 1.22.4

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@edmorley, @natalieparellano

pack v0.34.1

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

• chore: updating docker base image to use go 1.22 by @jjbustamante in #2171

Full Changelog: v0.34.0...v0.34.1

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@jjbustamante

pack v0.34.0

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

Dependencies update

• Updating default lifecycle version 0.19.6 (#2157 by @jjbustamante)
• Updating to Docker 26.x (#2136 by @jjbustamante)

Features

• Add a new manifest command to support multi-architecture builds (#1705 by @husni-faiz)
• Implementation of the multi-platform support for builders and buildpack packages RFC 0128 (#2086 by @jjbustamante)
• Support pack build --platform (#2162 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: look for build Dockerfiles in /generated//Dockerfile.build (#2145 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: remove experimental configuration for extensions (#2125 by @jjbustamante)
• Separate suggested builders from default trusted builders (#2043 by @colincasey)
• Warn if project.toml contains keys not supported by schema (#2042 by @colincasey)
• Add an option to retag rather than replacing the target image while rebasing (#2023 by @Parthiba-Hazra)

Bugs

• Add ephemeral lifecycle image, enabling podman support (#2129 by @BarDweller)
• Do not initialize http.Client during each request to a remote location (#2151 by @pbusko)
• Pack Build fails with extensions (#2165 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets creates buildpack.toml with wrong field/table names for distro name/version (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets incorrect warning about distro version not being specified (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• When validating buildpack.toml, don't warn for keys that are actually defined (#2161 by @natalieparellano)
• CheckReadAccess fails when using a local run image (#2092 by @jjbustamante)
• Return an image even if inaccessible (#2088 by @AidanDelaney)
• Pack buildpack package fails when using [[targets]] with ERROR: no compatible stacks among provided buildpacks (#2081 by @joshwlewis)
• Pack build command not picking the run image (#2022 by @Pratham1812)
• Warn misconfiguration keys in project.toml only for tables we own (#2155 by @jjbustamante)
• Pull run image using digest reference in analyzed.toml (not image name from extensions) (#2127 by @natalieparellano)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@AidanDelaney, @BarDweller, @Parthiba-Hazra, @Pratham1812, @a1flecke, @colincasey, @dependabot[bot], @dgannon991, @husni-faiz, @jjbustamante, @joshwlewis, @matejvasek, @mstergianis, @natalieparellano, @pbusko, @tgolang, @valen-mascarenhas14

pack v0.34.0-rc2

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

Linux

AMD64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-linux.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

ARM64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-linux-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

S390X

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-linux-s390x.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

PPC64LE

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-linux-ppc64le.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

MacOS

Intel

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-macos.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Apple Silicon

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc2/pack-v0.34.0-rc2-macos-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Manually

1. Download the .tgz or .zip file for your platform
2. Extract the pack binary
3. (Optional) Add the directory containing pack to PATH, or copy pack to a directory like /usr/local/bin

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output:

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

Dependencies update

• Updating default lifecycle version 0.19.6 (#2157 by @jjbustamante)
• Updating to Docker 26.x (#2136 by @jjbustamante)

Features

• Add a new manifest command to support multi-architecture builds (#1705 by @husni-faiz)
• Implementation of the multi-platform support for builders and buildpack packages RFC 0128 (#2086 by @jjbustamante)
• Support pack build --platform (#2162 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: look for build Dockerfiles in /generated//Dockerfile.build (#2145 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: remove experimental configuration for extensions (#2125 by @jjbustamante)
• Separate suggested builders from default trusted builders (#2043 by @colincasey)
• Warn if project.toml contains keys not supported by schema (#2042 by @colincasey)
• Add an option to retag rather than replacing the target image while rebasing (#2023 by @Parthiba-Hazra)

Bugs

• Add ephemeral lifecycle image, enabling podman support (#2129 by @BarDweller)
• Do not initialize http.Client during each request to a remote location (#2151 by @pbusko)
• Pack Build fails with extensions (#2165 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets creates buildpack.toml with wrong field/table names for distro name/version (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets incorrect warning about distro version not being specified (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• When validating buildpack.toml, don't warn for keys that are actually defined (#2161 by @natalieparellano)
• CheckReadAccess fails when using a local run image (#2092 by @jjbustamante)
• Return an image even if inaccessible (#2088 by @AidanDelaney)
• Pack buildpack package fails when using [[targets]] with ERROR: no compatible stacks among provided buildpacks (#2081 by @joshwlewis)
• Pack build command not picking the run image (#2022 by @Pratham1812)
• Warn misconfiguration keys in project.toml only for tables we own (#2155 by @jjbustamante)
• Pull run image using digest reference in analyzed.toml (not image name from extensions) (#2127 by @natalieparellano)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@AidanDelaney, @BarDweller, @Parthiba-Hazra, @Pratham1812, @a1flecke, @colincasey, @dependabot[bot], @dgannon991, @husni-faiz, @jjbustamante, @joshwlewis, @matejvasek, @mstergianis, @natalieparellano, @pbusko, @valen-mascarenhas14

pack v0.34.0-rc1

Prerequisites

• A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

Linux

AMD64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-linux.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

ARM64

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-linux-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

S390X

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-linux-s390x.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

PPC64LE

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-linux-ppc64le.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

MacOS

Intel

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-macos.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Apple Silicon

(curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.34.0-rc1/pack-v0.34.0-rc1-macos-arm64.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack)

Manually

1. Download the .tgz or .zip file for your platform
2. Extract the pack binary
3. (Optional) Add the directory containing pack to PATH, or copy pack to a directory like /usr/local/bin

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output:

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.19.6 by default.

Changelog

Dependencies update

• Updating default lifecycle version 0.19.6 (#2157 by @jjbustamante)
• Updating to Docker 26.x (#2136 by @jjbustamante)

Features

• Add a new manifest command to support multi-architecture builds (#1705 by @husni-faiz)
• Implementation of the multi-platform support for builders and buildpack packages RFC 0128 (#2086 by @jjbustamante)
• Support pack build --platform (#2162 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: look for build Dockerfiles in /generated//Dockerfile.build (#2145 by @natalieparellano)
• Platform API 0.13: remove experimental configuration for extensions (#2125 by @jjbustamante)
• Separate suggested builders from default trusted builders (#2043 by @colincasey)
• Warn if project.toml contains keys not supported by schema (#2042 by @colincasey)
• Add an option to retag rather than replacing the target image while rebasing (#2023 by @Parthiba-Hazra)

Bugs

• Add ephemeral lifecycle image, enabling podman support (#2129 by @BarDweller)
• Do not initialize http.Client during each request to a remote location (#2151 by @pbusko)
• Pack Build fails with extensions (#2165 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets creates buildpack.toml with wrong field/table names for distro name/version (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• Pack buildpack new --targets incorrect warning about distro version not being specified (#2123 by @natalieparellano)
• When validating buildpack.toml, don't warn for keys that are actually defined (#2161 by @natalieparellano)
• CheckReadAccess fails when using a local run image (#2092 by @jjbustamante)
• Return an image even if inaccessible (#2088 by @AidanDelaney)
• Pack buildpack package fails when using [[targets]] with ERROR: no compatible stacks among provided buildpacks (#2081 by @joshwlewis)
• Pack build command not picking the run image (#2022 by @Pratham1812)
• Warn misconfiguration keys in project.toml only for tables we own (#2155 by @jjbustamante)
• Pull run image using digest reference in analyzed.toml (not image name from extensions) (#2127 by @natalieparellano)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@AidanDelaney, @BarDweller, @Parthiba-Hazra, @Pratham1812, @a1flecke, @colincasey, @dependabot[bot], @dgannon991, @husni-faiz, @jjbustamante, @joshwlewis, @matejvasek, @mstergianis, @natalieparellano, @pbusko, @valen-mascarenhas14