Re: [PATCH] CI: Drop alpine-3.18-rootfs-export and use test-artefacts

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 31/10/2024 10:46 pm, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> >> The Argo work already moved this artefact into the new form.  Reuse that, 
> >> and
> >> drop one test job.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > This is good but should we also remove
> > automation/tests-artifacts/alpine/3.18.dockerfile since we are at it?
> 
> Well, that's another thing that needs careful consideration.
> 
> That dockerfile needs updating in tandem with the build container (or
> lib$FOO.so's don't work when running the test), and it's hard enough to
> keep track of things when they're all in one repo.

Uhm, you have a good point. Two things come to mind. First, for this
patch:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


Second, I think maybe it would be better for test-artifacts to use the
build containers from xen.git/automation/build ? So that at least all
build containers come from the same place?

For instance, we would have to add any missing dependencies to
automation/build/alpine/3.18.dockerfile, from the list currently in
images/alpine/x86_64-build.dockerfile. Only a couple of things are
missing. Then remove images/alpine/x86_64-build.dockerfile, and use
registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/alpine:3.18 in the test-artifacts
build jobs?