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Docker can import any tarball as a rootfs for a container, essentially allowing you to use whatever build tool you want. Dockerfiles/`docker build` is an imple
by cpuguy83 12y ago
Docker can import any tarball as a rootfs for a container, essentially allowing you to use whatever build tool you want.
Dockerfiles/`docker build` is an implementation of a build system which uses the docker engine to make said rootfs.
- ash 12y agoYes, but the actual container image that is being distributed can only be created by Docker. The ability to import is nice, but irrelevant here.