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19 changes: 18 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/docker.yml
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
jobs:
build-push:
name: Build and Push
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v7
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- name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4

# Load a single-arch image and exec `--version` before publishing.
# Catches glibc mismatches between the cross builder and Dockerfile.cross
# (https://github.com/morph-l2/morph-reth/issues/151).
- name: Build amd64 image for smoke test
uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
with:
context: .
file: ./Dockerfile.cross
load: true
push: false
platforms: linux/amd64
tags: morph-reth:ci-smoke
provenance: false

- name: Smoke test image
run: docker run --rm morph-reth:ci-smoke --version

- name: Log in to GHCR
uses: docker/login-action@v4
with:
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[build.env]
passthrough = ["JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE"]

# The default x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu cross image (Ubuntu 20.04) ships GCC 9.x,
# which is affected by https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95189 (a memcmp
# miscompilation). aws-lc-sys >= 0.33 hard-panics with "### COMPILER BUG DETECTED ###"
# when it finds this compiler, breaking the build. Install GCC 10 (10.3.0, in the
# "known to work" set) and point gcc/g++/cc at it so every C dependency builds with it.
# aarch64 is unaffected: it's a true cross-compile, so aws-lc-sys can't run its probe
# binary and skips the check entirely.
# Default linux-gnu cross-rs `:main` images are Ubuntu 24.04 (noble, glibc
# 2.39). Dockerfile.cross must stay on the same Ubuntu series so published
# images can load the binary.
#
# Keep GCC 10 on x86_64: aws-lc-sys >= 0.33 hard-panics with
# "### COMPILER BUG DETECTED ###" on GCC 9 (Ubuntu 20.04 default) due to
# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95189. v1.1.0 still ran this
# pin after the builder moved to noble; leaving it avoids mixing a compiler
# change into the glibc runtime fix. aarch64 is a true cross-compile, so
# aws-lc-sys skips the probe.
[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
pre-build = [
"apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes gcc-10 g++-10",
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FROM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1 AS chef
FROM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1.95-trixie AS chef

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

docker pull lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1.95-trixie
docker run --rm --entrypoint /bin/sh \
  lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1.95-trixie \
  -c 'getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION'

docker run --rm --entrypoint /bin/sh \
  ubuntu:24.04 \
  -c 'getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION'

docker build --tag morph-reth:local .
docker run --rm morph-reth:local --version

Repository: morph-l2/morph-reth

Length of output: 201

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- Dockerfile ---'
cat -n Dockerfile

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant repository references ---'
rg -n -i 'glibc|ubuntu:24\.04|cargo-chef|trixie|morph-reth' \
  --glob '!target/**' --glob '!node_modules/**' .

Repository: morph-l2/morph-reth

Length of output: 15390

🌐 Web query:

lukemathwalker/cargo-chef latest-rust-1.95-trixie Dockerfile glibc version Debian Trixie Ubuntu 24.04 glibc 2.39

💡 Result:

The lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1.95-trixie Docker image is built on top of the Debian Trixie distribution [1][2]. Debian 13 (Trixie) includes the GNU C Library (glibc) version 2.41 [3][4][5]. For comparison, Ubuntu 24.04 (LTS) ships with glibc version 2.39 [6][7][8]. Therefore, the glibc version in the specified cargo-chef image (2.41) is newer than the glibc version found in Ubuntu 24.04 (2.39). Applications compiled against glibc 2.41 in the Trixie-based image may not be compatible with execution environments relying on older versions like 2.39 due to glibc's general lack of backward compatibility for binaries linked against newer versions.

Citations:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- cargo target/linker configuration ---'
for f in .cargo/config.toml .cargo/config; do
  if [ -f "$f" ]; then
    cat -n "$f"
  fi
done
rg -n 'musl|gnu|target-cpu|target-feature|RUSTFLAGS|linker' \
  Cargo.toml Cargo.lock .cargo Dockerfile Dockerfile.cross Cross.toml Makefile 2>/dev/null || true

printf '%s\n' '--- cargo-chef image tag metadata ---'
token="$(
  curl -fsSL \
    'https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:pull' |
    sed -n 's/.*"token":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p'
)"
manifest="$(
  curl -fsSL \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" \
    -H 'Accept: application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json, application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json, application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json, application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json' \
    'https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/lukemathwalker/cargo-chef/manifests/latest-rust-1.95-trixie'
)"
printf '%s\n' "$manifest" | jq -c '{schemaVersion,mediaType,manifests: ([.manifests[]? | {platform,digest}] // [])}'

Repository: morph-l2/morph-reth

Length of output: 4628

Align the builder and runtime libc baselines.

The Trixie builder can produce binaries that require GLIBC 2.41 symbols, but Ubuntu 24.04 provides GLIBC 2.39. Use an Ubuntu 24.04-compatible builder or a Trixie-based runtime. Validate image startup before merging.

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In `@Dockerfile` at line 1, Update the Dockerfile’s chef builder base image so its
libc baseline is compatible with the Ubuntu 24.04 runtime, or change the runtime
to Trixie to match the existing cargo-chef builder; preserve the Rust and
cargo-chef tooling, then validate that the built image starts successfully.

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WORKDIR /app

# reth-mdbx-sys requires libclang for bindgen
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# Copy binary to a fixed location (ARG not resolved in COPY)
RUN cp /app/target/$BUILD_PROFILE/morph-reth /app/morph-reth

# Minimal runtime image
FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
# Runtime must provide glibc >= the builder (Debian Trixie / Ubuntu 24.04).
# Matches upstream reth's `ubuntu:24.04` runtime stage.
FROM ubuntu:24.04 AS runtime

LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/morph-l2/morph-reth
LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT OR Apache-2.0"
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# Cross-compilation image: assumes the morph-reth binary has already been
# compiled for $TARGETPLATFORM and placed in ./dist/bin/$TARGETARCH/
FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM ubuntu:22.04
#
# Runtime Ubuntu must be at least as new as the cross-rs linux-gnu builder
# (currently Ubuntu 24.04 / glibc 2.39). Shipping 22.04 with a 24.04-built
# binary fails at start with `GLIBC_2.38/2.39 not found`. Matches upstream
# reth's `ubuntu:24.04` runtime.
FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM ubuntu:24.04

LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/morph-l2/morph-reth
LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT OR Apache-2.0"
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