termux
[Package]: buildah
Why is it worth to add this package?
Buildah specializes in building OCI images. Buildah's commands replicate all of the commands that are found in a Dockerfile. This allows building images with and without Dockerfiles while not requiring any root privileges.
Home page URL
https://buildah.io/
Source code URL
https://github.com/containers/buildah.git
Packaging policy acknowledgement
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[X] The project is actively developed.
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[X] The project has existing packages and is "well known".
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[X] Licensed under an open source license.
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[X] Not available through a language package manager: pip, npm, cpan, cargo, etc.
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[ ] Not taking up too much disk space (< 100MiB per architecture, exceptions can be made)
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[ ] Not duplicating the functionality of existing packages.
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[X] Not serving hacking, malware, phishing, spamming, spying, ddos functionality.
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[X] I certify that I have read Termux Packaging Policy and understand that my request will be denied if it is found lacking.
Additional information
No response
buildah will need root permission on Termux.
It needs to use runc to build a OCI image, use mount/unmount syscall and use overlayfs. Any of them needs root permission on Android.
@licy183
Can you please suggest any alternatives to build images without root on Android?
Currently, it is not possible to do such things without running a virtual machine on Termux. The virtual machine software on Termux is qemu-system, and its performance is relatively not good.