The Curse of Docker

Re:The Curse of Docker by eviks on Sunday November 26, 2023 @12:58AM (#38419515)

Has any great design been invented that isn't tied to hardcoded paths preventing multiple versions of the same library etc and would allow easy linking to any version? Nix? Anything else?

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Re:The Curse of Docker by nusmella on Sunday November 26, 2023 @01:18AM (#38419587)

I don't know if this is normal or if anyone else does it but I usually either download binaries or compile from source and move the executable to /usr/local/bin/ and create a symlink. Lets me easily switch between versions. I avoid using a package manager for anything where I want control over the version and installation.

- curl -fSLJO $RELEASE

- tar xvf $DOWNLOAD.tar.gz && cd $DOWNLOAD`

- make .

- mv $EXECUTABLE /usr/local/bin/$EXECUTABLE-$VERSION`

- ln -s /usr/local/bin/$EXECUTABLE-$VERSION /usr/local/bin/$EXECUTABLE

- # chmod 750, chown root:$appuser, etc

Works great for everything I've tried thus far. Redis, HAproy, Prometheus exporters, and many more.

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Re:The Curse of Docker by oddmiral on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:11AM (#38420020)

Yes, these "great designs" are invented at a constant rate. I saw about 30 of them, or 1 per year at average. For example, Fedora invented and then abandoned modular design recently.

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