Error while adding gitpod layer

[JesterOrNot]

Describe the bug
After a successful workspace build got an unfamiliar error Error: Error while adding Gitpod layer.
To Reproduce
here is the URL https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/JesterOrNot/nushell just open it.
Expected behavior
start workspace normally

[JesterOrNot]

fixed it sorry

[jankeromnes]

@JesterOrNot Cool that you fixed it! Just curious, what was the problem? (Maybe others will run into the same situation in the future, and stumble upon this issue.)

[JesterOrNot]

I was trying to create a gitpod area for a project I was starting and I noticed they had some docker images already created so I tried to use the docker image they had and when I tried it built the image successfully but gave an error saying failed to build on gitpod layer here is the URL to the project github.com/nushell/nushell

[jankeromnes]

Thanks a lot for the additional infos @JesterOrNot!

I see that nushell's Dockerfile is based on FROM ubuntu:18.04, which should in theory be supported by Gitpod.

So this looks indeed like a bug in Gitpod! Thank you for reporting it.

[JesterOrNot]

This happened with google cloud shell image here is the image URL
https://github.com/JesterOrNot/Gitpod-Test

[jankeromnes]

@JesterOrNot Thanks for reporting this. These problems happen when the underlying Docker image differs from what Gitpod expects, i.e. a Ubuntu or Debian base image, with a user called gitpod, and I think there are a few other assumptions that we haven't documented yet.

That's why I usually prefer using one of the official gitpod/* images.

Do you know what OS the gcr.io/cloudshell-images/cloudshell:latest image is based on? I noticed a few apt-get occurrences, so probably an Ubuntu/Debian-like, but I couldn't find more info.

[JesterOrNot]

Here is the uname -a output: Linux cs-6000-devshell-vm-1a7247f9-8133-45f1-a247-ca0f33402e7a 4.19.72+ #1 SMP Thu Sep 26 23:10:22 PDT 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[JesterOrNot]

https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/JesterOrNot/android-test
FROM ubuntu:17.10
in base image

[JesterOrNot]

some more
https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/JesterOrNot/Gitpod-Docker
https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/JesterOrNot/android-test/tree/fork1

[JesterOrNot]

What can be done about these issues?