Re: [RFC cip-dev][isar-cip-core][PATCH 0/4] switch to rootless build

Jan Kiszka <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:13:41 +0200
Newsgroups org.cip-project.lists.cip-dev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 27.07.26 10:06, Quirin Gylstorff wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/27/26 8:13 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 24.07.26 12:51, Quirin Gylstorff wrote:
>>> From: Quirin Gylstorff <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> This patchset contains the necessary changes to switch
>>> isar-cip-core to the new rootless build.
>>>
>>> This has an impact on downstream as the classes need the new
>>> rootless changes. So this is no longer compatible with isar before
>>> the rootless merge.
>>
>> But this remains opt-in for downstream, except for updating Isar to a
>> compatible revision. That alone is not new to isar-cip-core. However,
>> this change also demands kas to be very recent. That is a not so often
>> the case. But we need to do this step at some point, and we are still
>> early enough in the release of the next version to move forward, I would
>> say.
>>
>>>
>>> The patchset is build with the following pipeline
>>> https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-core/isar-cip-core/-/
>>> pipelines/2702946001
>>
>> And that means our cluster is recent enough to host this. Downstream may
>> not yet, maybe worth to point out in the README.md as well (if Isar has
>> some info on that, just link there).
> 
> I have not seen anything in Isar. Has it even an impact on existing
> builds with priviledged containers?

That should remain unaffected. My point is the requirements host-side
for doing rootless builds: We need a recent kernel, and that is only
revealed during the build, indirectly.

Jan

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