Application update not always using image caches

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1

Hello,

When I update a application, usually all images that should be cached were cached and the build process and the actual update of application is fast.

But sometimes it doesn’t use the caches - and here I’m talking about the cases when they should because nothing changed in to justify not using - and so the build and update is much longer.

I believe it is a (somewhat minor but annoying) bug.

Thanks

3

Hi @deoqc,

That’s unusual. Can you provide any more information?

  • Are you pushing via git push?
  • If so, are you pushing with --force?
  • Can you share your source code, or at least your Dockerfile?
  • What exactly has changed in the cases where you push and see an unexpected uncached step?
4

Thanks for prompt response.

  • Yes, using git push
  • I usually run w/ --force, though not always needed
  • These are the first 2 steps in Dockerfile:
FROM resin/raspberry-pi-buildpack-deps:jessie-20180119

RUN \
  apt-get update && \
  apt-get install -yq \
    build-essential \
    libssl-dev && \
  apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
  • I would expect only 11th step to not being cached and changed, this is the step of copying files.

This is the output when everything works as it should:


Counting objects: 34, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (33/33), done.
Writing objects: 100% (34/34), 2.02 MiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 34 (delta 20), reused 0 (delta 0)

[Info]  Starting build for testerpizero, user deo_queiroz_carlos
[Info]  Dashboard link: https://dashboard.resin.io/apps/1003045/devices
[Info]  Building on arm01
[Info]  Pulling previous images for caching purposes...
[Success]  Successfully pulled cache images
[main]  Step 1/12 : FROM resin/raspberry-pi-buildpack-deps:jessie-20180119
[main]   ---> 8f49d3f8563b
[main]  Step 2/12 : RUN apt-get update &&   apt-get install -yq     build-essential     libssl-dev &&   apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> fe6bac3f8817
[main]  Step 3/12 : WORKDIR /usr
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 30a3c88c7650
[main]  Step 4/12 : ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.6.3
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 54bb5d91f18d
[main]  Step 5/12 : RUN mkdir tmp && cd tmp &&   wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz &&   tar -xvf Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz &&   cd Python-${PYTHON_VERSION} &&   ./configure &&   make &&   make altinstall &&   rm -rf /usr/tmp
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 37521f6bda18
[main]  Step 6/12 : ARG NODE_VERSION=8.9.4
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 600ac7fbdd5d
[main]  Step 7/12 : RUN mkdir tmp && cd tmp &&   wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-armv6l.tar.gz &&   tar -xvf node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-armv6l.tar.gz &&   cd node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-armv6l &&   rm CHANGELOG.md LICENSE README.md &&   cp -R * / &&   rm -rf /usr/tmp
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 9578104bc47e
[main]  Step 8/12 : RUN mkdir tmp && cd tmp &&   wget http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-repo.gpg.key &&   apt-key add mosquitto-repo.gpg.key &&   cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ &&   wget http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-jessie.list &&   apt-get update &&   apt-get install -yq     mosquitto     mosquitto-clients &&   apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 6da28d7cb729
[main]  Step 9/12 : RUN apt-get update &&   apt-get install -yq     libffi-dev     gettext-base &&   apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> 61a7e0235f7e
[main]  Step 10/12 : RUN systemctl disable mosquitto &&   npm install pm2 -g
[main]  Using cache
[main]   ---> a28c93cc21b0
[main]  Step 11/12 : COPY build/* ./
[main]   ---> 00ae3e5b74be
[main]  Removing intermediate container d9652d1eead0
[main]  Step 12/12 : CMD ./startup && modprobe i2c-dev && pm2-runtime start processes.json
[main]   ---> Running in 97ff401ec739
[main]   ---> 06b926e29b09
[main]  Removing intermediate container 97ff401ec739
[main]  Successfully built 06b926e29b09
[Info]  Uploading images
[Success]  Successfully uploaded images
[Success]  Release successfully created!
[Info]  ┌─────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
[Info]  │ Service │ Image Size │ Build Time │
[Info]  ├─────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
[Info]  │ main    │ 684.86 MB  │ 3 seconds  │
[Info]  └─────────┴────────────┴────────────┘
[Info]  Build finished in 35 seconds

And this is the output, util step 2, when not using cache:

Counting objects: 10, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Writing objects: 100% (10/10), 264.57 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 10 (delta 8), reused 0 (delta 0)

[Info]  Starting build for testerpizero, user deo_queiroz_carlos
[Info]  Dashboard link: https://dashboard.resin.io/apps/1003045/devices
[Info]  Building on arm03
[Info]  Pulling previous images for caching purposes...
[Success]  Successfully pulled cache images
[main]  Step 1/12 : FROM resin/raspberry-pi-buildpack-deps:jessie-20180119
[main]   ---> 8f49d3f8563b
[main]  Step 2/12 : RUN apt-get update &&   apt-get install -yq     build-essential     libssl-dev &&   apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[main]   ---> Running in 895568b4b728
[main]  Get:1 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie InRelease [14.9 kB]
[main]  Get:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie InRelease [22.9 kB]
[main]  Get:3 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/main armhf Packages [13.3 MB]
[main]  Get:4 http://archive.raspberrypi.org jessie/main armhf Packages [171 kB]
[main]  Get:5 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/contrib armhf Packages [49.5 kB]
[main]  Get:6 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/non-free armhf Packages [101 kB]
[main]  Get:7 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/rpi armhf Packages [1297 B]
[main]  Get:8 http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/firmware armhf Packages [1208 B]
[main]  Fetched 13.7 MB in 7s (1751 kB/s)
[main]  Reading package lists...
[main]  Reading package lists...
[main]  Building dependency tree...
[main]  Reading state information...
[main]  build-essential is already the newest version.
[main]  Recommended packages:
[main]    libssl-doc
[main]  The following packages will be upgraded:
[main]    libssl-dev libssl1.0.0
[main]  2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded.
[main]  Need to get 1948 kB of archives.
[main]  After this operation, 92.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
[main]  Get:1 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main libssl-dev armhf 1.0.1t-1+deb8u8 [1096 kB]
[main]  Get:2 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main libssl1.0.0 armhf 1.0.1t-1+deb8u8 [852 kB]
[main]  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
[main]  
[main]  Fetched 1948 kB in 0s (2758 kB/s)
[main]  (Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 30% ... 5%
(Reading database ... 65% ... 35%
[main]  (Reading database ... 70%
[main]  (Reading database ... 75%
[main]  (Reading database ... 80%
[main]  (Reading database ... 85%
[main]  (Reading database ... 90%
[main]  (Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 21957 files and directories currently installed.)
[main]  Preparing to unpack .../libssl-dev_1.0.1t-1+deb8u8_armhf.deb ...
[main]  Unpacking libssl-dev:armhf (1.0.1t-1+deb8u8) over (1.0.1t-1+deb8u7) ...
[main]  Preparing to unpack .../libssl1.0.0_1.0.1t-1+deb8u8_armhf.deb ...
[main]  Unpacking libssl1.0.0:armhf (1.0.1t-1+deb8u8) over (1.0.1t-1+deb8u7) ...
[main]  Setting up libssl1.0.0:armhf (1.0.1t-1+deb8u8) ...
[main]  Setting up libssl-dev:armhf (1.0.1t-1+deb8u8) ...
[main]  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
[main]   ---> 92e0755292bd
[main]  Removing intermediate container 895568b4b728

ps: Posted info until step 2, since the cache stop working there already. If necessary, I can expand the info.

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Hi,

Thank you for the extra context. This does look like a bug from our side, we have it in our radar and will update the thread as soon as we have any updates.

Best, Kostas