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| author | OpenShift Merge Robot <openshift-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-31 08:23:29 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-12-31 08:23:29 -0800 |
| commit | 7438b7bd3afb9e5a0fc761fdc8532cd697f2187b (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #2052 from rhatdan/sparse
Add troubleshooting for sparse files
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diff --git a/docs/podman-build.1.md b/docs/podman-build.1.md index f887d68cd..76e16b42c 100644 --- a/docs/podman-build.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-build.1.md @@ -614,8 +614,16 @@ $ podman build -f dev/Dockerfile https://10.10.10.1/podman/context.tar.gz registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain portion. +## Troubleshooting + +If you are using a useradd command within a Dockerfile with a large UID/GID, it will create a large sparse file `/var/log/lastlog`. This can cause the build to hang forever. Go language does not support sparse files correctly, which can lead to some huge files being created in your container image. + +### Solution + +If you are using `useradd` within your build script, you should pass the `--no-log-init or -l` option to the `useradd` command. This option tells useradd to stop creating the lastlog file. + ## SEE ALSO -podman(1), buildah(1), containers-registries.conf(5) +podman(1), buildah(1), containers-registries.conf(5), useradd(8) ## HISTORY May 2018, Minor revisions added by Joe Doss <joe@solidadmin.com> |