Alpine Linux / Docker Build

[tracker1]

Would really be appreciated if some help could be rendered to getting an alpine image for iojs passing the test suite.

• Consider alpine/busybox base image docker-iojs#44
• Consider alpine/busybox base image docker-iojs#44 (comment)

If there could be two build images, one for just node, and another with everything needed for node_gyp and nan to run.

Also, would be nice to see tests for building common binary modules (sqlite3, expat and a few others).

[jbergstroem]

@tracker1 I think one challenge will be fully supporting musl as a libc replacement. I'm not against it but have very little knowledge about it. It doesn't look like its in too bad a shape. I'm keen on setting up a system based on musl, so I might give this a go down the road, but don't count on me for the moment.

[tracker1]

@jbergstroem understandable... :-) Really wish I had more time (and a more intimate working relationship with C/C++).

[springmeyer]

Also, would be nice to see tests for building common binary modules (sqlite3, expat and a few others).

As the maintainer of node-sqlite3, 👍

I'm keen on setting up a system based on musl, so I might give this a go down the road, but don't count on me for the moment.

Same here. I'm also interested in musl.

[mhart]

The failures in the tests (there are only two) are due to assumptions in the tests themselves. One being that the platform has glibc (which Alpine isn't), the other being that the ps command supports the -p flag (which Alpine doesn't).

You can read more here: nodejs/docker-iojs#44 (comment)

[Starefossen]

I am putting this on the agenda for #300

[jbergstroem]

I don't think anyone objects to get this part of the ci, but work needs to be done. Lets get an outline going for whats required - feel free to add:

• we lack a vm provider that can run alpine (unless we automate docker stuff)
• we lack ansible scripts to set a host up

[Starefossen]

Regarding version of Alpine linux it looks like the Docker Library guys are using alpine:3.3 for some of their official images on Docker Hub.

https://github.com/docker-library/python/blob/master/3.5/alpine/Dockerfile#L1
https://github.com/docker-library/redis/blob/master/3.0/alpine/Dockerfile#L1

[jbergstroem]

@Starefossen how often is stable updated? How does that affect toolchain, etc? (thinking if they have a LTS mindset)