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Expose VARNISH_{STATE_DIR,DEFAULT_REL_NAME} in installed headers#4447
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Expose VARNISH_{STATE_DIR,DEFAULT_REL_NAME} in installed headers#4447gquintard wants to merge 1 commit intovarnishcache:masterfrom
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Varnish has a lot of runtime dependencies, mainly because of the C
compiler, and this is an obstacle for VSM tools trying to reduce the
size of their container images.
Exposing `VARNISH_{STATE_DIR,DEFAULT_REL_NAME}` in a new header allows
languages such has `go` and `rust` to discover the default workdir at
compile-time, and skip the runtime dependency on `varnish`
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I'm a bit confused here... How would a container image have any need for VSM if there is no varnish in it ? |
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I think you have the question backwards :-) I reckon it should be "Why should I need Varnish to read the VSM?" Container platforms ( |
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note: this doesn't compete with #444
Varnish has a lot of runtime dependencies, mainly because of the C compiler, and this is an obstacle for VSM tools trying to reduce the size of their container images.
Exposing
VARNISH_{STATE_DIR,DEFAULT_REL_NAME}in a new header allows languages such hasgoandrustto discover the default workdir at compile-time, and skip the runtime dependency onvarnish