On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 06:03:41PM -0600, Leo Sandoval via Grub-devel wrote: > Containers bring the ability to have ready-to-use environments and in > this case complete Fedora and Debian container files are described > containing all required packages for building and testing grub2. > > Once users manually build it, they can run the desired container, jump > into a setup ready for development. On the other hand, if users > prefer to use bare metal instead of a containerized environment, it is > still useful to have a file explicitly indicating the required packages. > > Signed-off-by: Leo Sandoval <lsand...@redhat.com> > --- > Some facts observed while creating and testing these containes: > > NOTE: all the below results are based on > > root@a613d2d32efa:/grub# git log --oneline > db506b3 (grafted, HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) > gnulib/regexec: Fix resource leak > > * compilation time > > Done on my mostly idle-laptop (20 i7-12800H cores) so this is not really an > isolated system, as any other benchmark, > do not trust too much on these numbers > > Debian: > root@a613d2d32efa:/grub# time make &>/dev/null > > real 1m15.486s > user 0m51.869s > sys 0m23.338s > > Fedora: > [root@4eabb29f0ef2 grub]# time make &>/dev/null > > real 1m18.679s > user 0m51.352s > sys 0m27.417s > > > * image sizes: > > $ podman images | grep '\-grub' > localhost/debian-grub latest e789c1f8da26 > About a minute ago 2.34 GB > localhost/fedora-grub latest b2dd8ef96b85 15 > minutes ago 2.04 GB > > so debian is a 'bit' heavier than fedora. > > * compilation issue > > Due to a more recent gcc version on Fedora compared to Debian, compilation > failed on the Fedora container > with the following error (already reported but not yet at upstream) > > lib/gnulib/base64.c:65:3: error: initializer-string for array of ‘char’ > truncates NUL terminator but destination lacks ‘nonstring’ attribute (65 > chars into 64 available) [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization] > 65 | > "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"; > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > whereas not observed in Debian. To fix the above, one can install b4 and > patch the repo > > [root@4eabb29f0ef2 grub]# b4 shazam > https://lore.kernel.org/grub-devel/20250618015826.270234-2-adham...@gmail.com/ > Grabbing thread from > lore.kernel.org/all/20250618015826.270234-2-adham...@gmail.com/t.mbox.gz > Checking for newer revisions > Grabbing search results from lore.kernel.org > Analyzing 6 messages in the thread > Analyzing 3 code-review messages > Checking attestation on all messages, may take a moment... > --- > ✗ [PATCH v2 1/2] gnulib: Add patch to allow GRUB w/GCC-15 compile > + Reviewed-by: Sudhakar Kuppusamy <sudha...@linux.ibm.com> (✗ > DKIM/ibm.com) > ✗ [PATCH v2 2/2] util/grub-protect: Correct uninit 'err' Variable > + Reviewed-by: Sudhakar Kuppusamy <sudha...@linux.ibm.com> (✗ > DKIM/ibm.com) > --- > ✗ BADSIG: DKIM/gmail.com > --- > Total patches: 2 > --- > Applying: gnulib: Add patch to allow GRUB w/GCC-15 compile > Applying: util/grub-protect: Correct uninit 'err' Variable > > > * make check results > > Debian: > > ============================================================================ > Testsuite summary for GRUB 2.13 > > ============================================================================ > # TOTAL: 88 > # PASS: 64 > # SKIP: 3 > # XFAIL: 0 > # FAIL: 2 > # XPASS: 0 > # ERROR: 19 > > Fedora: > > ============================================================================ > Testsuite summary for GRUB 2.13 > > ============================================================================ > # TOTAL: 88 > # PASS: 63 > # SKIP: 3 > # XFAIL: 0 > # FAIL: 3 > # XPASS: 0 > # ERROR: 19 > > In general, the same results in both distros. > --- > container/Containerfile.debian | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > container/Containerfile.fedora | 57 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > container/README | 22 ++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 135 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 container/Containerfile.debian > create mode 100644 container/Containerfile.fedora > create mode 100644 container/README > > diff --git a/container/Containerfile.debian b/container/Containerfile.debian > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..8906b2921e > --- /dev/null > +++ b/container/Containerfile.debian > @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ > +FROM debian > + > +# Install required packages for configuration & compilation & check > +RUN apt update -y && \ > + apt install -y \ > + attr \ > + autoconf \ > + automake \ > + autopoint \ > + bison \ > + btrfs-progs \ > + cpio \ > + cryptsetup \ > + dosfstools \ > + e2fsprogs \ > + erofs-utils \ > + exfatprogs \ > + f2fs-tools \ > + flex \ > + gawk \ > + genromfs \ > + gettext \ > + git \ > + hfsplus \ > + jfsutils \ > + libtool \ > + lzop \ > + make \ > + mtools \ > + nilfs-tools \ > + ntfs-3g \ > + ovmf \ > + ovmf-ia32 \ > + parted \ > + patch \ > + pkg-config \ > + python3 \ > + qemu-efi-aarch64 \ > + qemu-efi-arm \ > + qemu-system \ > + squashfs-tools \ > + swtpm-tools \ > + tpm2-tools \ > + udftools \ > + unifont \ > + wamerican \ > + which \ > + xfonts-unifont \ > + xfsprogs \ > + xorriso \ > + zfs-fuse > + > +# clone tip of grub repository > +RUN git clone --depth 1 https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/grub.git /grub
s/https.git/git/ > +WORKDIR /grub > diff --git a/container/Containerfile.fedora b/container/Containerfile.fedora > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..e5b33bfd71 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/container/Containerfile.fedora > @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ > +FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora > + > +# Install required packages for configuration & compilation & check > +RUN dnf update -y && \ > + dnf install -y \ > + attr \ > + autoconf \ > + automake \ > + autopoint \ > + bison \ > + btrfs-progs \ > + cpio \ > + cryptsetup \ > + dosfstools \ > + e2fsprogs \ > + edk2-ovmf \ > + edk2-ovmf-ia32 \ > + erofs-utils \ > + exfatprogs \ > + f2fs-tools \ > + flex \ > + gawk \ > + genromfs \ > + gettext \ > + git \ > + hfsplus-tools \ > + jfsutils \ > + libtool \ > + lzop \ > + make \ > + mtools \ > + nilfs-utils \ > + ntfsprogs \ > + parted \ > + patch \ > + pkg-config \ > + python3 \ > + qemu-system-arm \ > + qemu-system-aarch64 \ > + qemu-system-riscv \ > + qemu-system-x86 \ > + squashfs-tools \ > + swtpm-tools \ > + tpm2-tools \ > + udftools \ > + unifont \ > + unifont-fonts \ > + which \ > + words \ > + xfsprogs \ > + xorriso \ > + zfs-fuse Could you add list of Fedora packages to the INSTALL file? > +# clone tip of grub repository > +RUN git clone --depth 1 https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/grub.git /grub s/https.git/git/ > +WORKDIR /grub > diff --git a/container/README b/container/README > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..be5e988b9d > --- /dev/null > +++ b/container/README > @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ > +install `podman` on your favorite distro then build it with > + > +$ podman build -t fedora-grub -f Containerfile.fedora . > + > +or in case you prefer Debian > + > +$ podman build -t debian-grub -f Containerfile.debian . > + > +once built, you can run/launch any of the above > + > +$ podman run -it fedora-grub > + > +or > + > +$ podman run -it debian-grub > + > +and execute the standard build/test commands inside it, e.g > + > +# ./bootstrap > +# ./configure > +# ./make > +# ./make check Please do not create separate documentation file. Put all of that into the INSTALL file. Daniel _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
