GNU bug report logs - #37161
‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image without /tmp

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 37161 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr
Subject: bug#37161: ‘guix pack -f docker’ creates an image without /tmp
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:12:19 +0200

> One can work around it by asking Docker to create /tmp:
>
>   docker run --tmpfs /tmp …
>
> However, it seems easier to just create /tmp upfront in the image.

If /tmp exists in the image can a user still overwrite it to either map
an outside directory to /tmp in the container or to use a tmpfs?  If
this is still possible, I agree that /tmp should exist in the generated
image – even if it’s just a plain mount point.

--
Ricardo
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