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Dockerfile failing

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, postgresql
Domain
devops

Research direction

Open 16/Dockerfile.rhel8 and inspect the failing COPY of root/usr/libexec/fix-permissions, then reproduce the container image build to confirm the missing source. Done means the Dockerfile.rhel8 image builds successfully past STEP 6/17.

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Description

Container platform

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Version

https://github.com/sclorg/postgresql-container/blob/master/16/Dockerfile.rhel8

OS version of the container image

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Bugzilla, Jira

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Description

The https://github.com/sclorg/postgresql-container/blob/master/16/Dockerfile.rhel8 image fails to build with STEP 6/17: COPY root/usr/libexec/fix-permissions /usr/libexec/fix-permissions error: build error: building at STEP "COPY root/usr/libexec/fix-permissions /usr/libexec/fix-permissions": checking on sources under "/tmp/build/inputs": copier: stat: "/root/usr/libexec/fix-permissions": no such file or directory

Reproducer

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Dominant language
PLpgSQL
Stars
179
Forks
220
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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