Node does not yet support alpine

Roemer · Roemer · commit b0b3184adf90 · 2025-08-27T21:10:14.000Z
diff --git a/features/src/node/NOTES.md b/features/src/node/NOTES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 ### System Compatibility
 
-Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine
+Debian, Ubuntu
+
+Alpine does not work as the binaries are compiled with glibc (instead of musl) which does not work on Alpine.
+Some binaries could be taken from https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org but ARM binaries are still missing.
 
 ### Accessed Urls
 
diff --git a/features/src/node/README.md b/features/src/node/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ A package which installs Node.js.
 
 ### System Compatibility
 
-Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine
+Debian, Ubuntu
+
+Alpine does not work as the binaries are compiled with glibc (instead of musl) which does not work on Alpine.
+Some binaries could be taken from https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org but ARM binaries are still missing.
 
 ### Accessed Urls
 
diff --git a/features/test/node/test-images.json b/features/test/node/test-images.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [
     "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian-11",
     "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian-12",
-    "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:alpine",
     "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04"
 ]

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`1`	`1`	`[`
`2`	`2`	`"mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian-11",`
`3`	`3`	`"mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian-12",`
`4`		`- "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:alpine",`
`5`	`4`	`"mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04"`
`6`	`5`	`]`