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[wip] nixos/lxd-container.nix: init #61583

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Fixes #43781

Add an LXD-based container. Based on some documentation found here:

https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/image-handling.md

It’s very close to the lxc container image, but with the toplevel in
rootfs/ and some meta information in metadata.yaml. I took some basic
info from the NixOS configuration for this. My main use case is
getting a Chrome OS laptop setup with Crostini.

Eventually, I want to try to get this in some image registries like
https://us.images.linuxcontainers.org/, but they don’t appear to have
any process for including new distros. I’ve opened an issue here:

lxc/lxc-ci#38

Motivation for this change
Things done
  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nix-review --run "nix-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Determined the impact on package closure size (by running nix path-info -S before and after)
  • Assured whether relevant documentation is up to date
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

Fixes NixOS#43781

Add an LXD-based container. Based on some documentation found here:

https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/image-handling.md

It’s very close to the lxc container image, but with the toplevel in
rootfs/ and some meta information in metadata.yaml. I took some basic
info from the NixOS configuration for this. My main use case is
getting a Chrome OS laptop setup with Crostini.

Eventually, I want to try to get this in some image registries like
https://us.images.linuxcontainers.org/, but they don’t appear to have
any process for including new distros. I’ve opened an issue here:

lxc/lxc-ci#38
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Closing if favor of a distrobuilder pr

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