Platform specific health checks
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- Dominant language
- OCaml
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Description
OBuilder has support for running health checks to identify issues with the platform it is running on. Presently those checks assume a Linux platform with Docker being available. eg
$ obuilder healthcheck --store=zfs:tank
Healthcheck passed
Now that OBuilder has support for FreeBSD and macOS that do not use docker, we should drop the docker installation requirement and implement a more suitable health check on those platforms.
In particular on FreeBSD, we install a docker client binary to satisfy this requirement but never use it to perform builds. Similarly for macOS
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the obuilder healthcheck command and trace how it checks for Docker on Linux. Compare the platform behavior described for FreeBSD and macOS, then define checks that do not require Docker there. Done means the command reports suitable platform health without requiring an unused Docker client.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100