Re: [PATCH 2/2] contrib: hashserv: Dockerfile: Update base image

On Mon, 2026-05-18 at 09:33 +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote:
> On 14.05.26 12:18, Paul Barker wrote:
> > On Mon, 2026-05-11 at 17:36 +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote:
> > > From: Frieder Schrempf <[email protected]>
> > > 
> > > Alpine 3.13 is out-of-date and doesn't provide a Python version that
> > > is comaptible with the current version of bitbake master. Fix this
> > > by upgrading the alpine base image and installing the missing
> > > websockets module.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile b/contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile
> > > index fe7e091ec..5c8b8dd11 100644
> > > --- a/contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile
> > > +++ b/contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile
> > > @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
> > >  #   docker build -f contrib/hashserv/Dockerfile .
> > >  #
> > >  
> > > -FROM alpine:3.13.1
> > > +FROM alpine:3.23
> > >  
> > > -RUN apk add --no-cache python3 libgcc
> > > +RUN apk add --no-cache python3 py3-websockets libgcc
> > >  
> > >  COPY bin/bitbake-hashserv /opt/bbhashserv/bin/
> > >  COPY lib/hashserv /opt/bbhashserv/lib/hashserv/
> > 
> > Thanks for sending this! Alpine 3.13 was end-of-life 3.5 years
> > ago [1]...
> > 
> > We also need to update the Dockerfile for prserv. I wonder if we should
> > just use alpine:latest in both of them.
> > 
> > [1]: https://endoflife.date/alpine-linux
> Yes, alpine:latest would also work for me. The downside would be that
> image builds could break silently if compatibility issues between
> bitbake and the latest alpine release occur.
> 
> The more stable solution would be to pin the alpine version and have CI
> builds and tests for the image.
> 
> Anyway, for me this was just a drive-by fix while I was building a
> hashserv image from the official Dockerfile and I don't have any strong
> opinions here.

Ok, it would be better to use a fixed Alpine Linux release and update
this regularly instead of using 'latest'. So we should take this patch.
I'll send a separate patch to update the prserv Dockerfile.

Best regards,

-- 
Paul Barker

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