Issues with Cygwin inside Docker

Issues with Cygwin inside Docker

[Pietro Fontana]

Hi,

I am trying to setup Cygwin inside a Windows Docker container, but I step into the issue described here (https://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg165792.html) and here (https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim/issues/835).
I am not able to fully understand what is the conclusion from the thread in the mailing list, what is the best approach to avoid this error?
In my Dockerfile I currently download the setup.exe, install it inside the container, compress the folder with 7z in ZIP format, decompress it and finally the image has Cygwin installed without errors. However, I would like to improve this workflow if possible, also because I am not sure if Cygwin works completely fine after this kind of installation process.
Could someone with more expertise shed some light on the topic?

Best Regards,
Pietro F. Fontana

Re: Issues with Cygwin inside Docker

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Pietro Fontana!

> I am trying to setup Cygwin inside a Windows Docker container, but I step
> into the issue described here
> (https://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg165792.html) and here
> (https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim/issues/835).
> I am not able to fully understand what is the conclusion from the thread in
> the mailing list, what is the best approach to avoid this error?
> In my Dockerfile I currently download the setup.exe, install it inside the
> container, compress the folder with 7z in ZIP format, decompress it and
> finally the image has Cygwin installed without errors. However, I would like
> to improve this workflow if possible, also because I am not sure if Cygwin
> works completely fine after this kind of installation process.
> Could someone with more expertise shed some light on the topic?

Zip the instal cache directory.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 23:39:02

Sorry for my terrible english...