The phrase 'using a custom image' is awkward because it makes it sound
as if the image plays an important role in 'enter' and 'run'. That's
not true.
Also, titles are sweeter when they are shorter.
https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/1281
Signed-off-by: Nils Lindemann <nilslindemann@tutanota.com>
When a specific Toolbx container is selected by name for 'enter' and
'run', it's not necessary that the container was created using a custom
image. The container could have also been created using one of the
built-in images.
Secondly, the phrase 'using a custom image' is awkward because it makes
it sound as if the image plays an important role in 'enter' and 'run'.
That's not true.
Finally, titles are sweeter when they are shorter.
https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/1281
Signed-off-by: Nils Lindemann <nilslindemann@tutanota.com>
Currently, the titles of the manuals are rendered with a pair of empty
parentheses and no section title:
toolbox(1)() toolbox(1)()
NAME
toolbox - Tool for containerized command line environments...
However, they should be:
toolbox(1) General Commands Manual toolbox(1)
NAME
toolbox - Tool for containerized command line environments...
This is because the troff generated by go-md2man from Markdown has a
faulty invocation of the .TH macro [1]:
.nh
.TH toolbox(1)
.SH NAME
.PP
toolbox - Tool for containerized command line environments on Linux
It should be:
.nh
.TH toolbox 1
.SH NAME
.PP
toolbox - Tool for containerized command line environments on Linux
Original patch from Andrew Denton for Podman [2].
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/groff.html
[2] Podman commit 63c779a857b55b00
https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/15621https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/1210
This mirrors the --preserve-fds option of Podman.
Converting an unsigned 'uint', which is what Podman uses for its
--preserve-fds option, to a string is surprisingly annoying.
strconv.Itoa [1] takes a signed 'int', which would require a cast, and
there's no unsigned counterpart. There's strconv.FormatUint [2] which
takes an unsigned 'uint64', which is better, but would still require a
cast.
So, fmt.Sprint [3] it is, if the cast is to be avoided. It's more
expensive than the other two functions, but there's no need to worry
unless it's proven to be a performance bottle neck.
Some changes by Debarshi Ray.
[1] https://pkg.go.dev/strconv#Itoa
[2] https://pkg.go.dev/strconv#FormatUint
[3] https://pkg.go.dev/fmt#Sprinthttps://github.com/containers/toolbox/issues/1066
Signed-off-by: Allison Karlitskaya <allison.karlitskaya@redhat.com>
When a command is executed with toolbox run and it returns a non-zero
exit code, it is just ignored if that exit code is not handled. This
prevents users to identify errors when executing commands in toolbox.
With this fix, the exit codes of the invoked command are propagated
and returned by 'toolbox run'. This includes even exit codes returned
by Podman on error.
https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/1013
Co-authored-by: Ondřej Míchal <harrymichal@seznam.cz>
- Update "See also" sections
Toolbox does not use Buildah for a considerable time now[0]. We can stop
referencing it in the "See also" sections of the documentation.
In some places mention podman command man pages where they are relevant.
- Add section about toolbox images/containers
Toolbox only supports certain OCI images. These should be documented.
Also, document the change of fedora-toolbox image name.
- Add a section about toolbox container setup
Toolbox containers are specifically configured OCI containers. This
should be documented so that users know what they're using.
- Remove redundant part documentation
The description of what `toolbox init-container` does is already in
toolbox-init-container(1). There's no need to have it in
toolbox-create(1). Instead, replace the text with a hint to visit the
other part of documentation.
- Clarify behaviour of --image option
The fact that Toolbox by default tries to pull from the Fedora
registry[1] should be noted.
- Update synopsis & description of commands
Mention options passed to `podman exec`. Remove redundant paragraph
about container names (is already dealt with in toolbox-create(1)).
There's no need to mention the name of the default container on Fedora
since Toolbox now also supports RHEL.
Mention the default used image on unrecognised systems.
Emphasize the fact that toolboxes are not a fully sandboxed environment.
Update the wording of the description and splits it into a few
subsections.
The description of the --monitor-host was inaccurate and while the
option will go away in the future[2], it is currently in and should be
more documented.
[0] https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/160
[1] https://registry.fedoraproject.org
[2] https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/617https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/512
This is meant to allow the user to create toolbox containers of
operating system distributions that are different from that of the
host and isn't Fedora.
https://github.com/containers/toolbox/pull/667
This makes 'toolbox enter' similar to 'toolbox run $SHELL'.
The 'run' command is meant to spawn arbitrary binaries present inside
the toolbox container. Therefore it doesn't make sense for it to fall
back to /bin/bash, like it does for 'enter' if $SHELL is absent.
It's expected that users might use 'run' to create ad-hoc *.desktop
files. That's why it neither offers to create nor falls back to an
existing container like 'enter' does, because such interactions can't
happen when used in a *.desktop file. It's also a more advanced command
that new users are less likely to be interested in. Hence, this
shouldn't affect usability.
Some changes by Debarshi Ray.
https://github.com/debarshiray/toolbox/pull/76
