Rocker Docker Errors with python:3-slim-stretch - unable to detect os for base image

[Croquembouche]

Rocker's dependent image python:3-slim-stretch has been moved from deb to archive. Users using Rocker as of April 23, 2023 will receive this error message and prevent the autoware image from starting up.

W: The repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates Release' does not have a Release file.
W: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release' does not have a Release file.
W: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates Release' does not have a Release file.
E: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/stretch/updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Removing intermediate container e197996bd761
no more output and success not detected
Failed to build detector image
WARNING unable to detect os for base image 'ghcr.io/autowarefoundation/autoware-universe:humble-latest-cuda-amd64', maybe the base image does not exist

[Croquembouche]

The workaround for this issue:

1. run rocker --nvidia --x11 --user --volume $HOME/autoware --volume $HOME/autoware_map -- ghcr.io/autowarefoundation/autoware-universe:latest-cuda like you normally do.
2. see the error, then run docker run -it python:3-slim-stretch bash to go inside the container.
3. run echo "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list to add the packages.
4. Start a new tab in the terminal, run docker ps to obtain the "container id"
5. run docker commit "container id" python:3-slim-stretch to overwrite the original python:3-slim-stretch image.
6. run rocker --nvidia --x11 --user --volume $HOME/autoware --volume $HOME/autoware_map -- ghcr.io/autowarefoundation/autoware-universe:latest-cuda like you normally do.

This will be the temporary fix around this issue until rocker can correct their package. Rocker is aware of this issue as of 3 days ago.

[xmfcx]

@Croquembouche
I had the same error too.
But I think osrf/rocker#220 (comment) is a simpler and cleaner way to solve this.

# probably better to first uninstall the apt version by 
# sudo apt purge python3-rocker
pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/osrf/rocker.git@main