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Consider single (standalone) applets variants
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Description
Consider adding alternative variants that have all applets built as standalone binaries.(make_single_applets.sh).
This would be great for building Docker images FROM scratch. It would allow users to selectively consume only the necessary tools, such as nslookup (~65K), for specific purposes like e.g. a HEALTHCHECK.
For example:
COPY --from=docker.io/busybox:musl-single /bin/nslookup /bin/
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Research direction
Start with make_single_applets.sh and the existing BusyBox image packaging in this repository. Determine how an alternative image variant could provide standalone applet binaries for scratch-based images, using the nslookup example as a concrete check. Done means the variant can be built and selectively consumed as described.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker
- Domain
- build-system, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100