Alpine package

[mancvso]

In the spirit of minimal Docker containers we've been granted with Alpine Linux (a minimal distribution in only 5Mb). Optional support for glibc can be added.

Is there any chance to get HHVM for Alpine? At least any hint?

I know I'm asking too much, but wanted to ask anyway. Thanks in advance.

[mancvso]

Issue raised upstream
http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/4503

[fredemmott]

Sorry, we are very unlikely to do this. We may support Docker in the future, but packaging directly for additional distributions is very time-consuming and takes away from main development.

[mancvso]

I understand completely your point. But can HHVM be statically compiled? I can make the package, but currently it cannot be compiled in a single binary.

[fredemmott]

We do that internally, but not via CMake. It should be possible, but I don't know the details.

[etopian]

In relation to this, can HHVM compile on musl libc rather than glibc? Alpine uses musl libc instead of glibc

[andrewmclagan]

This would really move HHVM into the docker eco-system.

Im sure Facebook is using some kind of linux container based distribution? Would not that also have benefits internally?

[fredemmott]

Yes we do, but it's not a standard distribution, and it's not via cmake. We also already provide docker containers, built on Ubuntu 14.04: https://hub.docker.com/r/hhvm/

[lambertlu]

I start an new repository for HHVM running on Alpine Linux.
Please take a look and help me push on it.

https://github.com/lambertlu/alpine-hhvm