.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
+steamcmd-fedora-*.img*
 *.swp
-*.img
-*.img.xz

Dockerfile

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ RUN set -x ; \
         dnf --setopt=logdir=/tmp/dnf-prep-logs --setopt=cachedir=/tmp/dnf-prep-cache -qy up ; \
         dnf --setopt=logdir=/tmp/dnf-prep-logs --setopt=cachedir=/tmp/dnf-prep-cache -qy install \
                 util-linux \
-                wget \
-                less \
-                findutils \
                 ca-certificates \
                 libgcc.{x86_64,i686} \
                 libstdc++.{x86_64,i686} \

README.md

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ use. Some utilities have been left in for convenience (*ie:* `wget`, `less`, `fi
 Size is *not* a priority for this image/project. Currency *(time, not money)*
 and convenience *are* the priorities.
 
-## Tweaks
+The `steamcmd` libraries are made available using `ld.so.conf.d`.
+Most other images juggle symlinks instead.
 
-The `steamcmd` libraries are made available using `ld.so.conf.d`. This *should* be
-preferable to the usual solution: *juggling copies/symlinks*.
+## Fedora tweaks
 
-Below are the adjustments made to the package manager `dnf`.
+These are all for the package manager, `dnf`.
+The goal is to both reduce resource usage *and* improve performance:
 
 - `max_parallel_downloads`: Raised to the limit of 20. Leverages faster networks
 / more connections.

build-image-files.sh

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # base vars
-IMAGE_FILE="steamcmd-latest.img"
+NOW=$(date +%s) # epoch timestamp, eg: 1622772927
+BASE_TAG=$(awk '$1 == "FROM" {print $2}' Dockerfile | cut -d\: -f2) # eg: 2.7.1
+BUILD_TAG="fedora-${BASE_TAG}-${NOW}"
+IMAGE_FILE="steamcmd-${BUILD_TAG}.img"
 
-echo "Building image steamcmd:latest"
-podman build --no-cache --tag steamcmd:latest .
-podman save localhost/steamcmd:latest > "${IMAGE_FILE}"
+echo "Building image steamcmd:${BUILD_TAG}"
+podman build --tag steamcmd:"${BUILD_TAG}" .
+podman save localhost/steamcmd:"${BUILD_TAG}" > "${IMAGE_FILE}"
 echo ""
 echo "Wrote ${IMAGE_FILE}, cleaning up"
-podman rmi steamcmd:latest
+podman rmi steamcmd:"${BUILD_TAG}"
 echo ""
 echo "Attempting to compress the image (begin comforting music)"
 xz --keep --compress -9 --extreme --threads="$(nproc)" "${IMAGE_FILE}"