Re: [PATCH v2.1 4/7] Shrink the rootfs substantially

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 12:52:26PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> bash, busybox, musl and zlib are all in the base container.
> 
> python3 and ncurses are in principle used by bits of Xen, but not in anything
> we test in CI.  argp-standlone, curl, dbus, libfdt, libgcc and sudo aren't
> used at all (for x86 at least).
> 
> libbz2 and libuuid were pulled in transitively before, and need to be included
> explicitly now.
> 
> Use apk --no-cache to avoid keeping a ~2M package index on disk.  Use apk
> upgrade in case there are changes to the base container.
> 
> Remove the modules scan on boot.  We don't have or build any (except argo, and
> that's handled specially).  This removes a chunk of warnings on boot.
> 
> This shrinks the rootfs from ~30M down to ~8M.
> 
> Factor out some x86-isms in preparation for ARM64 support.
> 
> No practical change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab

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