Re: [ptxdist] Docker rules

[Felix Mellmann <flix@benfm.de>]

On 28.01.22 12:01, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 06:22:28PM +0100, Alexander Dahl wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 05:37:01PM +0100, Mircea Ciocan wrote:
>>> are there any official or unofficial rules to have docker container support
>>> build with PTXDist on aarch64 platforms
>> Do you mean running Docker containers on the target?  Or buildung a
>> ptxdist based BSP in a Docker container?  AFAIK there's neither one or
>> the other.
> I don't know of any either.
>
> The most important questions here is, what exactly do you want to achieve?
>
> In my experience, Docker is mostly a buzzword that comes from the
> management with the hope that everything will be magically better
> afterwards. Without a clear understanding what problem should be solved.
Full acknowledge!
>
> So I would recommend that you look take a look at you problem and verify if
> Docker or any other container manager is actually what you need.
>
> I'm sure there are real use-cases out there where Docker is the right tool,
> but I've yet to come in touch in one for PTXdist.
> There is a reason why there are no Docker rules in PTXdist so far :-).

I think the other way round is a more common usecase - having 
Dockerfiles along with the PTXdist tarball which could be used to set up 
working environments out of PTXdist and the latest OSELAS toolchain. 
Every 2 years whenever there is a new Ubuntu LTS I need to set up a 
Dockerfile to maintain older releases, especially when the used PTXdist 
and OSELAS toolchain would not build anymore on the newer Ubuntu.

If someone is interested I could share my commonly used Dockerfile for 
this usecase.

>
> Regards.
> Michael
>

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