aws-cli (no such package) in 3.20

[gabrielcanepascalar]

The following Dockerfile fails:

FROM alpine:3

RUN apk --update --no-cache add git aws-cli

COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh

ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

with

 > [2/3] RUN apk --update --no-cache add git aws-cli:
0.562 fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
2.834 fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
3.715 ERROR: unable to select packages:
3.715   aws-cli (no such package):
3.715     required by: world[aws-cli]
------
Dockerfile:3
--------------------
   1 |     FROM alpine:3
   2 |     
   3 | >>> RUN apk --update --no-cache add git aws-cli
   4 |     
   5 |     COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
--------------------
ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c apk --update --no-cache add git aws-cli" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

It looks like aws-cli is missing from the 3.20 package index. Pinning to 3.19 solves the issue.

[fossdd]

aws-cli got disabled in Alpine 3.20 due to missing Python 3.12 compat. https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Release_Notes_for_Alpine_3.20.0#aws-cli

[djsd123]

In our case we're using the bash image which is based on Alpine. Worked around this by pinning to a previous version.

image: bash:5.2.26-alpine3.19@sha256:890897682a8025c1e178b5ec6126b3b532ad8535f1e81dbf60bc2b7300b1bcf8

or

From bash:5.2.26-alpine3.19@sha256:890897682a8025c1e178b5ec6126b3b532ad8535f1e81dbf60bc2b7300b1bcf8

[gabrielcanepascalar]

Great ideas, @djsd123 and @fossdd. For the time being, we've pinned the image version to 3.19 while we wait for this issue to be fixed permanently.

[fossdd]

Yes, we'll add aws-cli again once upstream fixed the issue. Hopefully this is soon.

[arel]

FYI, docker:latest (and docker:dind and the other docker:* images I tested) updated their dependency to alpine 3.20, breaking all our automated build processes that depended on the now missing aws-cli package.

I tried several things but ended up installing aws-cli with pip as a workaround (but this is aws cli v1, so your mileage may vary).

apk add python3 py3-pip
pip3 install awscli --upgrade --break-system-packages

Was this not considered a breaking change?

[AntonOellerer]

docker:26.1.3-dind-alpine3.19 does the deal for me

[fossdd]

Was this not considered a breaking change?

Well, yes. Disabling packages is not very nice, but there is no other option. The best we could do is to inform people about that via the release notes.

[mahavirdarbar]

The same problem is plaguing me today; gitlab pipelines suddenly stopped working. I eventually found this link. It now functions properly after switching to V3.9. The package should not be removed from the repository in this manner.

[fossdd]

It has to, otherwise it tries to access python packages which do not exist for it's python version. The alternative would be to package Python 3.11 on the side with all python packages, which is too much hassle for aws-cli.

If you use :latest or :3 you have to know that this may break. (Usually it's fine and probably better to have the latest Alpine version, but you have to know the conseqeunces)

[berkayalan]

alpine:3.19.1 directly worked for me.

[darioackermann]

In case you're here because your pipeline broke, here are some useful pin patterns :)

• python:alpine3.19
• python:3.11-alpine3.19
• node:lts-alpine3.19
• node:20-alpine3.19
• docker:26.1.3-alpine3.19
• docker:26.1.3-dind-alpine3.19

[KorvinSzanto]

For PHP see https://hub.docker.com/_/php/tags?name=alpine3.19

[fossdd]

Good news! I have enabled and upgraded aws-cli in Alpine v3.20 by adding a bunch of patches. This is not a nice solution, but I think it's better than disabling it.

[ncopa]

We don't ship aws-cli with the alpine docker image so this should be reported and followed up on https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports