@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
#
# Debian Sid Base
#
-# A number of our guests exist as ports only. We can either use the
-# ports repo or get everything from Sid. However Sid is a rolling
-# distro which may be broken at any particular time. If you are
-# unlucky and try and build your images while gcc is in the process of
-# being uploaded this can fail. Your only recourse is to try again in
-# a few hours when the repos have re-synced. Once built however you
-# won't be affected by repo changes unless the docker recipies are
-# updated and trigger a re-build.
+# Currently we can build all our guests with cross-compilers in the
+# latest Debian release (Buster). However new compilers will first
+# arrive in Sid. However Sid is a rolling distro which may be broken
+# at any particular time. To try and mitigate this we use Debian's
+# snapshot archive which provides a "stable" view of what state Sid
+# was in.
#
# This must be earlier than the snapshot date we are aiming for
-FROM debian:sid-20181011-slim
+FROM debian:sid-20190812-slim
-# Use a snapshot known to work (see http://snapshot.debian.org/#Usage)
-ENV DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE "20181030"
-RUN sed -i "s%^deb \(https\?://\)deb.debian.org/debian/\? \(.*\)%deb [check-valid-until=no] \1snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/${DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE} \2%" /etc/apt/sources.list
-
-# Use a snapshot known to work (see http://snapshot.debian.org/#Usage)
-ENV DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE "20181030"
+ # Use a snapshot known to work (see http://snapshot.debian.org/#Usage)
+ENV DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE "20190820"
RUN sed -i "s%^deb \(https\?://\)deb.debian.org/debian/\? \(.*\)%deb [check-valid-until=no] \1snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/${DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE} \2%" /etc/apt/sources.list
# Duplicate deb line as deb-src