Singularity was updated to version 2.6.0, bringing features, bugfixes and
security fixes.
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-12021: Fixed access control on systems supporting overlay file
system (boo#1100333).
Highlights of 2.6.0:
Highlights of 2.5.2:
- a new
build
command was added to replace create
+ bootstrap
- default image format is squashfs, eliminating the need to specify a size
- a
localimage
can be used as a build base, including ext3, sandbox, and
other squashfs images
- singularity hub can now be used as a base with the uri
- Restore docker-extract aufs whiteout handling that implements correct
extraction of docker container layers.
Bug fixes:
- Fix 404 when using Arch Linux bootstrap #1731
- Fix environment variables clearing while starting instances #1766
- several more bug fixes, see CHANGELOG.md for details