Need a docker expert. Building container for GitLab CI

[jaskij]

@igormp

@jaskij

While not strictly necessary, I prefer to use [ARM’s official GCC build] over distro’s.

Out of curiosity, is there any reason for that, or is it just a personal preference?

I do not have any strict data, but that’s what vendor tend to include, and I prefer to err on the side of caution.

I do have colleagues using Windows and vendor-provided tools, who will happily use just whatever compiler is in the package. This way I can at least try to maintain usage of the same compiler.

That said, ARM’s releases are quarterly, and tend to lag behind official GCC somewhat. They are currently at 11.3, with a public beta of 12.2.

[therivercass]

I would start by trying to get together a base image that’s capable of doing the build – docker run -it it to get a shell and try to do the build by hand. once you have that working, you can use it as the base image and automate the build. from there, getting it to build in CI is just “tell gitlab to build the image”. if you have a repo up, I can try and help get the base image together.