Re: [PATCH] tests/docker: use stable URLs for zlib tarballs

Daniel P. BerrangĂ© <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:53:19 +0100
Newsgroups org.nongnu.qemu-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 01:47:35PM -0400, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The tarballs at https://zlib.net/zlib-X.Y.Z.tar.xz become unavailable
> when a new release is made. This breaks the emsdk-wasm64-cross.docker
> file that fetches the tarball and builds zlib from source.
> 
> There is actually an archive available with a stable URL. Use that
> instead. This does require switching from bzip2 to gzip since bzip2
> tarballs are not available in the archive.

"...from  xz to gzip since xz tarballs...."

> 
> The upshot is that the emsdk-wasm64-cross Docker image build will
> continue working into the future without causing CI breakage when the
> zlib project makes a new release.
> 
> Reported-by: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Daniel P. BerrangĂ© <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]>
> ---
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/emsdk-wasm64-cross.docker | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. BerrangĂ© <[email protected]>


With regards,
Daniel
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