Missing 'zip' command

[konstantinmalich]

Describe the bug

Having the following error in my gitlab pipeline starting from today.
/bin/bash: line 272: zip: command not found

I suspect the reason is moving out 'zip' package.

Related command

  script:
  - zip -r ${ARTIFACTS_ZIP_RELATIVE} .

Errors

/bin/bash: line 272: zip: command not found

Issue script & Debug output

/bin/bash: line 272: zip: command not found

Expected behavior

Running without errors.

Environment Summary

the latest (2.54.0) docker image
Using docker image sha256:26e402082d83c7a0adfea18dc4b402f6c72c5dfcd607972190cbf7d69d9527a1 for mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli with digest mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli@sha256:81459f7ca76c41ad8582bca1ab7bfb332ad9f5be6382bf89b99911dd2616ab08

Additional context

No response

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[bebound]

We removed this package to reduce the docker image size in 2.54.0, See #27567
You need to install it manually.

[RaduG]

This broke lots of CI pipelines today. Zip is necessary particularly when deploying function apps. How large could the zip binary be to warrant its removal?

[TomTom0815]

Today was a terrible day for our development department – CI fails all over the place.
Hunting down all the missing zip package in all CI builds was a nightmare – when the automated build process stops to deploy images to customers. 😠

Also, the comment from @bebound is only half-useful. (“You need to install it manually.”)
Sure, but if you could provide instructions HOW, you could save many developers now from researching in trying different solutions.

Just in case somone needs a quick solution:

apk update
apk add zip

[bebound]

Sorry for the inconvenient.

The reason for removing it is not only to reduce the size but also to comply with Docker's best practices.

Don't install unnecessary packages

az is the only command that always works in this Docker image.

[antgustech]

Curl has also been removed? Our CI/CD pipelines started to break and we had to revert to an older release 2.53.1. Thank you.

[RaduG]

Honestly I think this was a very poor decision. This image is used for azure-target CI, tools like curl, zip, jq are fundamental, it was a painful day indeed.

[michaelbironneau]

Very poor decision. If you're going to remove necessary tools, then please provide alternative instructions that don't require reinstalling these same tools.

[timia2109]

Is it possible to maintain two images? One minimal (only include az) and one with the same utils as the previous versions?

Personally I think it's better if Microsoft maintain two versions, instead having many community maintained images.

[AlanGRutter]

Just got hammered by this issue myself. Microsoft strikes again!!! - what a phenomenally stupid decision. Congrats on breaking everybody's CI/CD pipelines.