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But the update problem is also present on direct installs. It's is less bad on Docker. Example: 2 containers which rely ffmpeg, and there's a vulnerability in
by WirelessGigabit 4y ago
But the update problem is also present on direct installs. It's is less bad on Docker.
Example: 2 containers which rely ffmpeg, and there's a vulnerability in ffmpeg.
But container A can't update cause ffmpeg's update breaks something else...
At least with Docker you can update container B, and maybe isolate A.
On a direct install ffmpeg is a shared component. So now both apps are locked to a
vulnerable version.
Not to mention that shared components are often outdated for the sake of stability.
So App A is restricted to the same version as App B, even though App A would like version 9, and B is on 8.
- thriftwy 4y agoDirect installs have auto update, though, so they may update A and B separately and will often update them along with bundled dependencies. In the Docker scenario, it's quite often that neither A nor B will be updated for a long time, since there's no mechanism to do so.