devcontainers: "ENOENT: no such file or directory" when trying to build Laravel Sail container

[parapente]

• VSCode Version: 1.91.1
• Local OS Version: Ubuntu Linux 24.04
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: Containers

Steps to Reproduce:

1. curl -s "https://laravel.build/example-app?with=mariadb,mailpit&devcontainer" | bash
2. cd example-app && code .
3. Try to reopen in container

There is no problem when trying either ./vendor/bin/sail up or using the devcontainers/cli and running devcontainer build --workspace-folder .

% devcontainer --version
0.57.0

remoteContainers-2024-07-20T16-47-32.155Z.log

The problem seems to be with the relative path of the context property in docker-compose.yml. It doesn't use the project root path but the path from the extension. This used to work correctly in previous versions of vscode and the remote extension. I tested it in vscode-insiders and it still doesn't work. I also tested both with docker-compose and docker with builderx and got the same error message.

[parapente]

Some more notes:

I tested vscode 1.90, even with a clean profile (removed ~/.vscode and ~/.config/Code), but it still doesn't work. I also tried the previous versions of the remote extension from this year but they give the same error message.

What works:
If I use the cli devcontainer command devcontainer up --workspace-folder . and then try to reconnect from vscode to the container, it works just fine.

[chrmarti]

Could you update to a more recent Docker Compose? The log shows:

[2024-07-20T16:47:33.693Z] Stop (73 ms): Run: docker compose version --short
[2024-07-20T16:47:33.693Z] Docker Compose version: v2.0.1

[parapente]

I tested it with the latest docker-ce version and it wouldn't work. I'll retest and upload the new log.

[parapente]

Log with docker-ce
remoteContainers-2024-07-22T12-36-21.496Z.log

[chrmarti]

The new log still shows the old version: Docker Compose version: v2.0.1. You might need to update a separate package.

[parapente]

@chrmarti you are correct. I had an old version of the docker compose plugin installed in ~/.docker/cli-plugins which was taking precedence on any new install and I didn't even remember installing. Thank you for your help.