Re: Outdated/wrong Docker tutorials
On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 12:39:03PM -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> > I'm new to Docker and tried to follow the guide at https://wiki.debian.org/Docker, which links to https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/CreateDockerImage. On the latter, I hit a
> > hard stop at the first command, `sudo .../mkimage.sh -t $USER/minbase debootstrap --variant=minbase stable` because the mkimage.sh script isn't anywhere in the docker.io
> > package.
> >
> > Could someone link me to a working tutorial to build a “recommended” Debian Docker image, and I'll see if I can revise the Wiki to reflect that?
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Docker now removed the link to
> https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/CreateDockerImage .
>
> CC-ing the Debian Cloud Team to make you aware of this issue. See also the
> discussion at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/07/msg00006.html .
>
> The Cloud Team: please check the discussion, and probably proceed with
> page deletion if that is reasonable.
>
> For the tutorial: looks like https://wiki.debian.org/Docker now has been updated
> to provide a more up-to-date information.
The cloud team doesn't actually maintain our container images at all.
Adding paultag and tianon to the thread, as I believe they're (closer
to) the right people to help.
(With that said, knowing a bit about containers myself, I will take a
look at the content in question...)
noah
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