`perl:5.42-buster` container missing

[atoomic]

view https://github.com/Perl/docker-perl-tester/actions/runs/16213244969/job/45777164592

 1 warning found (use docker --debug to expand):
 - InvalidDefaultArgInFrom: Default value for ARG perl:${BASE} results in empty or invalid base image name (line 3)
Dockerfile:3
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   1 |     ARG BASE
   2 |     ARG CPANOUTDATED
   3 | >>> FROM perl:${BASE}
   4 |     
   5 |     SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
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ERROR: failed to build: failed to solve: perl:5.42-buster: failed to resolve source metadata for docker.io/library/perl:5.42-buster: docker.io/library/perl:5.42-buster: not found

[zakame]

Hi @atoomic, thanks for the report! 👋

Buster is no longer supported even on Debian LTS so it has been dropped even on previous Perls since #165 - the upstream debian and buildpack-deps base images no longer build it as well per docker-library/official-images#17091.

Please update your docker-perl-tester infrastructure to either build Debian 10 buster builds independently, or remove/retire them as unsupported 🙇

[atoomic]

Ok cool I can use bookworm for modern Perl versions.

Any chance we can still get builds for Perl 5.10 and later, even using modern distro?
https://hub.docker.com/_/perl I can only see 5.38 and +

The docker-perl-tester project used to rely on your images to provide all these versions available
https://github.com/Perl/docker-perl-tester/actions/runs/16280459368

[zakame]

Sorry, but we can only support Perl versions as described in perlpolicy (so currently 5.40 and 5.42, plus 5.38 on a best-effort basis.) For reference, Perl 5.10.1 is from 2009, well beyond the window for official or best-effort support - if you truly need 5.10, please check the eol/ and adapt the Dockerfiles to build your own images against the newer Debian releases.