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Has Alpine Linux solved the glibc problem? I recall you can't simply install Oracle Java 7+ on Alpine linux without a lot of setup first because of the dependency on glibc.

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Sort of... They have a glib package. Take a look at this Atlassian post to see how you can make your Oracle Java based apps run with Alpine: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/08/minimal-java-do...

I still prefer to use DockerSlim to shrink images. I'm too lazy to worry about the Alpine gotchas :)

Alpine Linux has a glibc solution. The glibc problem lies with other applications.

I think it's easier to get Alpine to fix the issue than Oracle. Until then the issue remains

https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine/issues/11

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