README.containers

Container packages (in build order):

  l/yajl
  ap/go-md2man
  cntr/slirp4netns
  cntr/conmon
  cntr/crun
  cntr/cni-plugins
  cntr/fuse-overlayfs
  cntr/podman
  cntr/podman-catatonit
  cntr/buildah
  cntr/skopeo
  cntr/containerd

System-wide configuration is stored in /etc/containers/ directory.

Build notes:

Container utilities use dedicated package series - 'cntr'.

Tools are configured to use crun binary, not default runc.

Buildah binary version matches that of podman internal buildah module.

Recommended build tool: google-go-lang

Usually gccgo in slackware (even current) is at version too old to build
recent podman, buildah and skopeo. Because of this, build scripts for
these 3 tools search/prepare 'go' framework in following order:
 * if 'go' is available at $GOROOT/bin/go (version from alien repo or
   Slackware current is confirmed to work), use it
 * otherwise try to reuse already built temporary version in /tmp/go-devel
 * else fetch and compile development branch of 'go' and deploy it into
   /tmp/go-devel
Recommended approach is to install 'google-go-lang' from alienbob repo
(Slackware 15.0) or Slackware-current. Alternatively, let script prepare
temporary environment in /tmp/go-devel and keep it there until last of
container tools is built. Then it can be safely deleted.