Support Alpine

[st-schneider]

Issue Type: Bug

Please add support for alpine images

Extension version: 0.12.0
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.34.0-insider (473af338e1bd9ad4d9853933da1cd9d5d9e07dc9, 2019-05-01T00:21:48.884Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 17.7.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2800)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled checker_imaging: disabled_off flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: enabled rasterization: enabled surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 4, 4
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.23GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[Ilhicas]

This would be highly appreciated.

[lnikell]

if that's possible to solve by installing some libraries inside the container, let us know, please.

[egamma]

@lnikell

if that's possible to solve by installing some libraries inside the container, let us know, please.

It is not possible to fix this by installing additional libraries, sorry.

[MarkKoester]

Does anyone know what the current plans are for supporting Alpine? Is this something that's currently being worked on? Is there a timeline for when support is expected?

[b01]

Is it possible to get an explanation of why this extension does not work with Alpine?

[Chuxel]

@b01 In short: Alpine is musl based instead of glibc, which means that there's work to do to ensure native components work properly. It's the same problem as #423.

[chrmarti]

Available in 0.63.0 of the Remote Containers extension. This currently needs the latest Insiders build: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[chrmarti]

Note that for now Alpine support will only be available with VS Code Insiders (https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/) and not in the upcoming VS Code 1.36.

We keep this back so extension authors have time to adapt to the additional platform. Many extensions will not need any adoption, but some have native OS dependencies and will require updating and testing.

[st-schneider]

Already enjoying the alpine support in the insiders version.

[terry-fei]

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