nginx image apt-get update failed in Clear Container

[jovizhangwei]

Hi,

I got an error when use command "apt-get update" in nginx image, but there have no error after I switch cc-oci-runtime to runc.

root@14021d5b4307:/# apt-get update
Get:1 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch InRelease [2854 B]                  
Ign:2 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                             
Get:3 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [88.5 kB]           
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages                  
Get:6 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease [62.9 kB]                    
Get:4 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release [118 kB]                      
Get:7 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx amd64 Packages [12.9 kB]      
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages                  
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages                  
Get:8 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release.gpg [2373 B]           
Get:9 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates/main amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:10 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates/main all Packages [20 B]     
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages      
Get:11 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main all Packages [92.2 kB]
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages            
Ign:5 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx all Packages            
Get:12 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages [9497 kB]
Get:13 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages [197 kB]              
Reading package lists... Error!                                                             
E: Unable to determine file size for fd 13 - fstat (2: No such file or directory)
W: The repository 'http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch InRelease' provides only weak security information.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: Conflicting distribution: http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch InRelease (expected stretch but got )
E: Unable to determine file size for fd 15 - fstat (2: No such file or directory)
W: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease' provides only weak security information.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: Conflicting distribution: http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease (expected stretch-updates but got )
E: Unable to determine file size for fd 15 - fstat (2: No such file or directory)
W: The repository 'http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease' provides only weak security information.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: Conflicting distribution: http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease (expected stretch/updates but got )
E: Unable to determine file size for fd 4 - fstat (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Using runc:

root@4a53bc7322f8:/# apt-get update
Get:1 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch InRelease [2854 B]                  
Get:2 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease [62.9 kB]                        
Get:3 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian stretch/nginx amd64 Packages [12.9 kB]      
Get:5 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages [197 kB]               
Ign:4 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                             
Get:6 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [88.5 kB]
Get:7 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release [118 kB]                   
Get:8 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release.gpg [2373 B]                
Get:9 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages [9497 kB]
Fetched 9981 kB in 3min 28s (47.8 kB/s)                                                     
Reading package lists... Done

[grahamwhaley]

Hi @jovizhangwei I strongly suspect that you are hitting this issue:
#47

There is a workaround you can try (listed over in #152). If you try:

# mount -t ramfs -o size=20M ramfs /tmp

and then your apt-get again, does that work around the issue?