Bug#1065732: podman: Please "Recommends: containers-storage" so overlay driver is used by default
On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 06:44:56AM -0700, Anthony Fok wrote: > Package: podman > Version: 4.9.3+ds1-1 > Severity: normal > > [...] > > Eventually, I ran the following commands to remedy the situation: > > sudo apt install containers-storage > rm -rf ~/.local/share/containers > podman system reset > > After that, `podman info` shows: > > graphDriverName: overlay > > I propose promoting the dependency on the containers-storage package > from "Suggests" to "Recommends", or even to "Depends", so that > "overlay" is consistently chosen as the default storage driver > which provides a much better overall experience for end users. I believe this has been previously reported as #1062176. Are you experiencing this with 4.9.3 as the bug's metadata suggests, or did you perhaps set up podman e.g. on bullseye, and then later upgraded (without a system reset)? In other words, if you run the "system reset" commands, without having containers-storage installed, does it also address your issue? In my investigation in the aforementioned bug, I came into the conclusion that this has already been fixed (properly) upstream in versions that we already have in trixie, and that it's perhaps a bit too invasive to do as stable upload. Let me know if you think this is wrong and/or you disagree. Regards, Faidon
Bug#1065732: podman: Please "Recommends: containers-storage" so overlay driver is used by default
Package: podman Version: 4.9.3+ds1-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: f...@debian.org When I first got Podman installed a year ago, I felt it was running a lot slower than Docker for some reasons, and eventually came across this: Podman run/build is painfully slow compared to docker https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/13226 and indeed, `podman info` on my system showed: graphDriverName: vfs It turns out I did not install the "Suggested" containers-storage package which contains /usr/share/containers/storage.conf that sets "overlay" as the default driver. There is a similar discussion at: https://www.reddit.com/r/podman/comments/14dgdf8/how_can_i_figure_out_which_storage_driver_podman/ Eventually, I ran the following commands to remedy the situation: sudo apt install containers-storage rm -rf ~/.local/share/containers podman system reset After that, `podman info` shows: graphDriverName: overlay I propose promoting the dependency on the containers-storage package from "Suggests" to "Recommends", or even to "Depends", so that "overlay" is consistently chosen as the default storage driver which provides a much better overall experience for end users. For reference, in Fedora, podman "Requires: containers-common-extra" which in turns "Requires: containers-common" which provides /usr/share/containers/storage.conf where storage = "overlay" is set. Many thanks! Anthony Fok -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers stable-security APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.7.7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages podman depends on: ii conmon 2.1.10+ds1-1 ii crun 1.14.1-1 ii golang-github-containers-common 0.57.4+ds1-2 ii libc62.37-15.1 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.196-1 ii libgpgme11t64 [libgpgme11] 1.18.0-4.1 ii libseccomp2 2.5.5-1 ii libsqlite3-0 3.45.1-1 ii libsubid41:4.13+dfsg1-4 ii runc 1.1.12+ds1-2 Versions of packages podman recommends: ii buildah1.33.5+ds1-4 ii catatonit 0.1.7-1+b1 ii dbus-user-session 1.14.10-4 ii passt 0.0~git20240220.1e6f92b-1 ii slirp4netns1.2.1-1 ii tini 0.19.0-1 ii uidmap 1:4.13+dfsg1-4 Versions of packages podman suggests: ii containers-storage 1.51.0+ds1-2 pn docker-compose ii iptables1.8.10-3 -- Configuration Files: /etc/cni/net.d/87-podman-bridge.conflist [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/cni/net.d/87-podman-bridge.conflist' -- no debconf information
