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feat: added a nixStatic docker image #29

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@teto teto commented Oct 26, 2021

an annoying thing about static nix:

bash-5.1# nix-env -iA glibc -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/23f71e9427c7cd2a6f87a167b4f6dc170b4431df.tar.gz  
unpacking 'https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/23f71e9427c7cd2a6f87a167b4f6dc170b4431df.tar.gz'...
error: attribute 'unsafeDiscardStringContext' missing, at /nix/store/r3n7lyc3sb64qx18ai1qay1gx18c07dy-23f71e9427c7cd2a6f87a167b4f6dc170b4431df.tar.gz/lib/strings.nix:442:13

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teto commented Nov 2, 2021

@zimbatm passes CI now

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zimbatm commented Nov 2, 2021

@teto is the image including references to the /nix/store? You might have to rewrite the original nix image to clean that up.

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zimbatm commented Nov 15, 2021

Is the PR ready?

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teto commented Nov 25, 2021

sadly no sry. I dont have much time to complete it right now. Is it ok to leave it pending ? I can close it anyway.
IIRC the nix binary works but there are still references to the nix store.

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zimbatm commented Nov 28, 2021

no worries, let's just leave it like that in case somebody else wants to take over

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nix-shell: add dive to inspect images
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nix-shell: set the NIX_PATH
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Use the same version of nixpkgs as the shell itself
@zimbatm zimbatm force-pushed the static branch 2 times, most recently from 0d3067a to d0af823 Compare June 27, 2022 15:01
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feat: add nix-unstable-static docker image
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This is a special docker images that contains no /nix/store. And only
static binaries in /bin.

The main use-case is to be able to bind-mount /nix from the host
into the container.
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zimbatm commented Jun 27, 2022

finally got around and finished this!

@zimbatm zimbatm merged commit 910b593 into nix-community:master Jun 27, 2022
@teto teto deleted the static branch June 27, 2022 19:48
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teto commented Jun 27, 2022

good that you could work around this, we are moving our runners towards nixos (which solve most of the problem) si I probably would never have gotten around to finishing this :s

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zimbatm commented Jun 29, 2022

actually the static nix binary is currently segfaulting when run inside of the container, so it looks like it's not entirely static

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zimbatm commented Jun 29, 2022

Turns out the user home needs to exist. I added a complementary entrypoint and wrapper script: https://github.com/nix-community/docker-nixpkgs/tree/master/images/nix-unstable-static#using-the-container-with-the-host-store

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