Downgrade CI to Debian 8 for glibc 2.19

Closes #1656

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           name: npm-package
           path: ./release
       - name: Run ./ci/steps/release-static.sh
-        uses: ./ci/container
+        uses: ./ci/container/arm64
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/release-static.sh
       - name: Upload release artifacts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
           name: release-packages
           path: ./release-packages
       - name: Run ./ci/steps/build-docker-image.sh
-        uses: ./ci/container
+        uses: ./ci/container/arm64
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/build-docker-image.sh
       - name: Upload release image

README.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ systemctl --user enable --now code-server
 ### npm
 
 We recommend installing from `npm` if we don't have a precompiled release for your machine's
-platform or architecture.
+platform or architecture or your glibc < v2.19.
 
 **note:** Installing via `npm` builds native modules on install and so requires C dependencies.
 See [./doc/npm.md](./doc/npm.md) for installing these dependencies.

ci/README.md

@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ Make sure you have `$GITHUB_TOKEN` set and [hub](https://github.com/github/hub)
 5. Run `yarn release:github-assets` to download the `release-packages` artifact and then
    upload them to the draft release.
 6. Run some basic sanity tests on one of the released packages.
-7. Publish the release.
+7. Make sure the github release tag is the commit with the artifacts.
+8. Publish the release.
    1. CI will automatically grab the artifacts and then:
       1. Publish the NPM package from `npm-package`.
       2. Publish the Docker Hub image from `release-images`.
-8. Update the homebrew and AUR packages.
+9. Update the homebrew and AUR packages.
 
 ## dev
 

ci/container/Dockerfile

-FROM debian
+FROM debian:8
 
 RUN apt-get update
 
@@ -24,13 +24,23 @@ RUN apt-get install -y build-essential \
 RUN apt-get install -y gettext-base
 
 # Misc build dependencies.
-RUN apt-get install -y jq git rsync
+RUN apt-get install -y git rsync
+
+# We need latest jq from debian buster for date support.
+RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libo/libonig/libonig5_6.9.1-1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i libonig*.deb && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/libjq1_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i libjq*.deb && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i jq*.deb && rm *.deb
 
 # Installs shellcheck.
-RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.$(uname -m).tar.xz | \
-    tar -xJ && \
-    mv shellcheck*/shellcheck /usr/local/bin && \
-    rm -R shellcheck*
+# Unfortunately coredumps on debian:8 so disabled for now.
+#RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.$(uname -m).tar.xz | \
+#    tar -xJ && \
+#    mv shellcheck*/shellcheck /usr/local/bin && \
+#    rm -R shellcheck*
 
 # Install Go dependencies
 RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \

ci/container/arm64/Dockerfile

+FROM debian:9
+
+RUN apt-get update
+
+# Needed for debian repositories added below.
+RUN apt-get install -y curl gnupg
+
+# Installs node.
+RUN curl -sSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+# Installs yarn.
+RUN curl -sSL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && \
+    echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y yarn
+
+# Installs VS Code build deps.
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential \
+                   libsecret-1-dev \
+                   libx11-dev \
+                   libxkbfile-dev
+
+# Installs envsubst.
+RUN apt-get install -y gettext-base
+
+# Misc build dependencies.
+RUN apt-get install -y git rsync
+
+# We need latest jq from debian buster for date support.
+RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libo/libonig/libonig5_6.9.1-1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i libonig*.deb && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/libjq1_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i libjq*.deb && \
+    curl -sSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
+    dpkg -i jq*.deb && rm *.deb
+
+# Installs shellcheck.
+# Unfortunately coredumps on debian:8 so disabled for now.
+#RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.$(uname -m).tar.xz | \
+#    tar -xJ && \
+#    mv shellcheck*/shellcheck /usr/local/bin && \
+#    rm -R shellcheck*
+
+# Install Go dependencies
+RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
+    curl -sSL "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.3.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local -xz
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/root/go/bin:$PATH
+ENV GO111MODULE=on
+RUN go get mvdan.cc/sh/v3/cmd/shfmt
+RUN go get github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/cmd/nfpm
+
+RUN curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

ci/container/arm64/README.md

+# arm64
+
+Unfortunately there is no arm64 build of `debian:8` so
+we need to use `debian:9` instead.
+
+This is just an exact copy of [../Dockerfile](../Dockerfile) with the base image change.

ci/dev/lint.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ main() {
   eslint --max-warnings=0 --fix $(git ls-files "*.ts" "*.tsx" "*.js")
   stylelint $(git ls-files "*.css")
   tsc --noEmit
-  shellcheck -e SC2046,SC2164,SC2154 $(git ls-files "*.sh")
+  # See comment in ./ci/container/Dockerfile
+  if [[ ! ${CI-} ]]; then
+    shellcheck -e SC2046,SC2164,SC2154 $(git ls-files "*.sh")
+  fi
 }
 
 main "$@"