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  • Bug#1100985: Vendored shortnames.conf is 3 years out of date

    From kpcyrd@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 14:10:01 2025
    Source: golang-github-containers-common
    Version: 0.62.2+ds1-1
    Severity: serious

    Hello!

    Sorry for not reporting this earlier, I noticed Debian doesn't take shortnames.conf from the upstream source code release:

    https://github.com/containers/shortnames/blob/main/shortnames.conf

    and instead uses a vendored copy:

    https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-containers-common/-/blob/debian/sid/debian/shortnames.conf?ref_type=heads

    This file hasn't been updated since 2021, most notably the following
    shortnames are missing:

    - "archlinux" = "docker.io/library/archlinux"
    - "golang" = "docker.io/library/golang"
    - "rust" = "docker.io/library/rust"

    Since `docker.io/library/` is an implied default in docker, it's very
    common to have Dockerfiles start with `FROM rust`, `FROM golang` or
    `FROM archlinux`, however since podman uses shortnames.conf instead of
    this implied prefix, these `FROM` statements would only work with:

    - /usr/bin/docker: yes
    - /usr/bin/podman (on Arch Linux): yes
    - /usr/bin/podman (on Debian): no

    I'm filing this with severity "serious" because I think it should be
    fixed before the upcoming release. I've seen a lot of people advising
    beginners to "just use podman as a docker drop-in" or `alias
    docker=podman`, but due to the outdated shortnames.conf this can lead to
    very hard to troubleshoot problems for Debian users because some
    Dockerfiles would fail to build with the root-cause being non-obvious
    and the error can not be reproduced with podman from other Linux
    distributions or with regular docker.

    Feel free to downgrade the severity to 'important' however if that seems
    more suitable for you, the issue could also qualify for "has a major
    effect on the usability of a package, without rendering it completely
    unusable to everyone".

    thanks!
    kpcyrd

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  • From Debian Bug Tracking System@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 15:00:02 2025
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    Bug #1100985 [src:golang-github-containers-common] Vendored shortnames.conf is 3 years out of date
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  • From Reinhard Tartler@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 15:00:02 2025
    Control: tag -1 pending

    Hello,

    Bug #1100985 in golang-github-containers-common reported by you has been fixed in the
    Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
    message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

    https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-containers-common/-/commit/7526b0c3e624a1abcee5d8523a08167712eed29c

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Update shortnames.conf: Closes: #1100985 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (this message was generated automatically)
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    Greetings

    https://bugs.debian.org/1100985

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