Bug 1409920

Summary:	Docker images fedora:{21,22,23} don't include tar
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	remirampin
Component:	spin-kickstarts	Assignee:	Jeroen van Meeuwen <vanmeeuwen+fedora>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	25	CC:	adimania, admiller, amurdaca, bruno, dustymabe, dwalsh, ichavero, jcajka, jchaloup, kevin, lsm5, marianne, miminar, nalin, riek, vanmeeuwen+fedora, vbatts, vpavlin
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Description remirampin 2017-01-03 21:45:15 UTC

Description of problem:

Contrary to all other base images I could find, including fedora:20 and ubuntu, debian, and centos images, some fedora images don't include tar. Tar is a very common and very useful utility and the de-facto standard for archive manipulation on UNIX. Using tar -xf as part of a Dockerfile is also very common, and having to install it from the Internet seems unnecessary, especially if only Fedora requires this step.

Please consider including tar in Docker images.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

fedora:21
fedora:22
fedora:23
fedora:24
fedora:25

(fedora:20 NOT affected)


Steps to Reproduce:

docker run -ti --rm fedora:24 tar --help

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2017-01-03 21:59:21 UTC

If I'm reading https://github.com/fedora-cloud/docker-brew-fedora right, this needs to be filed to the "spin-kickstarts" component.  Reassigning.

Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2017-01-04 13:54:03 UTC

When it comes to base images there is always a debate between which packages should be installed and the size of the image.  Fedora has been working hard to shrink the size of the base image.

Comment 3 Adam Miller 2017-01-04 21:37:43 UTC

Patches submitted, once merged and we get a compose out, this should be resolved for f24, f25, and rawhide

https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/pull-request/111
https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/pull-request/112
https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/pull-request/113

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Comment 5 remirampin 2017-11-16 19:54:21 UTC

Fedora 25 has been fixed, and next versions (26 & 27) include TAR as well. So I'm partially happy -- I just can't use the images for Fedora 21 to 24 without some workarounds.

Comment 6 Daniel Walsh 2017-11-17 13:04:41 UTC

Well those are no longer supported.  :^(