Keep newFromSmartConfig within the length limit (closes #64)

Rebasing onto the four settings from
#142 put newFromSmartConfig at 82
lines, over the linter's 80-line limit. validateKnownKeys now returns
early for a nil config (no config file) itself, as lookupValue already
does, so the caller drops its own nil check. Behavior is unchanged.

Model: opus-5-5

Dockerfile

@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 # golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2-alpine, 2026-08-07
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2-alpine@sha256:91b27804074a0bacea298707f016911e60cf0cdbc6c7bf5ccacb5f0606d18d60 AS lint
 
+RUN apk add --no-cache make build-base vips-dev libheif-dev pkgconfig
+
 WORKDIR /src
 
-# script/bootstrap installs the build dependencies and downloads the Go
-# modules. Only script/, go.mod and go.sum are copied first, so this
-# layer is reused until one of them changes.
-COPY script/ ./script/
+# Copy go mod files first for better layer caching
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN script/bootstrap
+RUN go mod download
 
 # Copy source code
 COPY . .
@@ -29,12 +28,20 @@ FROM golang:1.25.4-alpine@sha256:d3f0cf7723f3429e3f9ed846243970b20a2de7bae6a5b66
 # Depend on lint stage passing
 COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
 
+ARG VERSION=dev
+
+# Install build dependencies for CGO image libraries
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    build-base \
+    vips-dev \
+    libheif-dev \
+    pkgconfig
+
 WORKDIR /src
 
-# Build dependencies and Go modules, as in the lint stage
-COPY script/ ./script/
+# Copy go mod files first for better layer caching
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN script/bootstrap
+RUN GOTOOLCHAIN=auto go mod download
 
 # Copy source code
 COPY . .
@@ -42,14 +49,8 @@ COPY . .
 # Run tests
 RUN make test
 
-# VERSION is declared here, not earlier: a new value reruns only the
-# build, not script/bootstrap or the tests. CGO stays enabled for
-# govips; -trimpath keeps build paths out of the binary, and -s -w
-# leave out the symbol table and debug information.
-ARG VERSION=dev
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOTOOLCHAIN=auto go build -trimpath \
-    -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=${VERSION}" \
-    -o /pixad ./cmd/pixad
+# Build with CGO enabled
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOTOOLCHAIN=auto go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${VERSION}" -o /pixad ./cmd/pixad
 
 # Runtime stage
 # alpine:3.21, 2026-02-25

Dockerfile.lint

@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 # golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2-alpine, 2026-08-07
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2-alpine@sha256:91b27804074a0bacea298707f016911e60cf0cdbc6c7bf5ccacb5f0606d18d60
 
+# pixa is CGO/libvips: the type-aware linters compile every package, so
+# this image needs the same C libraries the build does.
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base vips-dev libheif-dev pkgconfig
+
 WORKDIR /src
 
-# pixa is CGO/libvips: the type-aware linters compile every package, so
-# this image needs the same C libraries the build does. script/bootstrap
-# installs them and downloads the Go modules. Only script/, go.mod and
-# go.sum are copied first; they settle this layer's result, so it may
-# safely be reused between runs.
-COPY script/ ./script/
+# Modules first for layer caching; go.mod/go.sum settle this layer's
+# result, so it may safely be reused between runs.
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN script/bootstrap
+RUN go mod download
 
 COPY . .
 

README.md

@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ What the [upaas](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/upaas) app for pixa needs:
 
 - **Port:** pixa listens on container port `8080`.
 - **Volume:** container path `/var/lib/pixa`, where pixa keeps its
-  database and cache. Creating the host directory when it is missing is
-  upaas's job, tracked in https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/upaas/issues/235.
+  database and cache. upaas bind-mounts the host path it is given and
+  does not create it, so the host directory must exist before the first
+  deploy.
 - **Environment variables:**
     - `PIXA_SIGNING_KEY` (required): secret for signed and encrypted URLs
       and login, 32+ characters, for example from
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ What the [upaas](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/upaas) app for pixa needs:
   `healthy`. The probe uses the port from `PORT` (default `8080`), so a
   port changed only in a mounted config file is not seen by it: change
   the port with `PORT`.
+- **First run:** create the host directory, owned by root or by uid
+  `65532` and gid `65532`. The server runs as the container's `pixad`
+  user, which has that uid and gid, and the container gives the
+  directory to `pixad` when it starts.
 
 ## Rationale
 
@@ -81,10 +86,7 @@ prevent abuse, and allowlisted source hosts for open access.
 
 Multiple source paths may reference the same content blob; the
 database tracks references rather than using filesystem refcounting.
-Toward a target of 1-5k r/s, pixa keeps in memory the content types of
-the 10,000 transformed images most recently cached or served, so a
-cache hit on one of them reads only the image file from disk and not
-the metadata file stored beside it.
+In-process caching of request-to-output mappings targets 1-5k r/s.
 
 ### Routes
 
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ variables set by the file's `env:` section are checked the same way.
 | `PIXA_METRICS_PASSWORD`              | `metrics.password`              | Password for `/metrics`; set together with the username                      |
 | `PIXA_SENTRY_DSN`                    | `sentry_dsn`                    | Sentry DSN for error reporting; empty disables it                            |
 | `PIXA_DEBUG`                         | `debug`                         | Debug logging and plain-HTTP local development; default `false`              |
-| `PIXA_MAINTENANCE_MODE`              | `maintenance_mode`              | Answer image requests with 503; the health check stays 200; default `false`  |
+| `PIXA_MAINTENANCE_MODE`              | `maintenance_mode`              | Maintenance flag reported by the health check; default `false`               |
 
 Key settings in more detail:
 
@@ -286,9 +288,8 @@ Key settings in more detail:
   bytes; default `52428800` (50 MiB). It also limits the image data pixa
   decodes
 - `downstream_timeout` — time allowed for answering one client request, as a
-  duration; default `60s`. The upstream fetch counts toward it, and so do the
-  waits for an upstream connection and for a processing slot (up to 10 seconds
-  each), so keep it longer than `upstream_fetch_timeout` plus 20 seconds
+  duration; default `60s`. The upstream fetch counts toward it, so keep it
+  longer than `upstream_fetch_timeout`
 - `signing_key` — HMAC secret for URL signatures
 - `cache_max_bytes` — disk cache size limit in bytes; `0` disables the
   disk cache entirely; omitted defaults to 75% of the free space on
@@ -297,20 +298,12 @@ Key settings in more detail:
   hosts together, on top of `upstream_connections_per_host`; default `64`. A
   fetch holds its connection until its image has been processed. A fetch that
   finds all of them in use waits up to 10 seconds for one to free up; if none
-  does, and `downstream_timeout` has not ended first, the request is answered
-  503 with the error `server busy, try again later`
+  does, the request is answered 503 with the error
+  `server busy, try again later`
 - `max_concurrent_processing` — the most images decoded and encoded at once;
   default the number of CPUs pixa can use (`GOMAXPROCS`), which follows a
   container's CPU limit. A request that finds all of them in use waits up to 10
-  seconds for one to free up; if none does, and `downstream_timeout` has not
-  ended first, it is answered 503 the same way
-- `maintenance_mode` — while `true`, the image routes (`/v1/image/` and
-  `/v1/e/`) answer every request with 503, a `Retry-After` header and a JSON
-  error body. The health check (`/.well-known/healthcheck.json`) still answers
-  200 and reports `"maintenance_mode": true`. It stays 200 because the image's
-  Docker `HEALTHCHECK` requests it: a 503 there would make the container
-  unhealthy, and upaas marks a deploy failed when its container is unhealthy.
-  The login and URL generator pages and `/metrics` keep working
+  seconds for one to free up; if none does, it is answered 503 the same way
 
 See `config.example.yml` for all options with defaults.
 

TODO.md

@@ -29,32 +29,6 @@ P2: security: referer blacklist
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-09-29 the container makes `/var/lib/pixa` usable by itself (closes
-  #159): `deploy/docker-entrypoint.sh` creates the directory if it is missing,
-  gives the directory and everything in it to `pixad` when the directory or one
-  of its top-level entries belongs to another user or group, sets its mode to
-  `750`, then runs the server as `pixad`; data left by an earlier run under
-  another uid is taken over this way; "Running under upaas" in `README.md` no
-  longer tells the operator to create or chown the host directory.
-- 2026-09-29 variant content types kept in memory (closes #70):
-  `Cache.metaCache` holds the content types of up to 10,000 variants in an LRU
-  (`github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2`), filled by `StoreVariant` and by
-  `GetVariant` after it reads a `.meta` file, where a type `StoreVariant` added
-  meanwhile is kept over the one read, and never with the
-  `application/octet-stream` served for a variant without one; for a variant it
-  holds, `GetVariant` skips the `.meta` read, still opening the variant file and
-  taking the size from it; eviction removes the entry before deleting the files,
-  and `GetVariant` removes it when the file will not open; the cap is a
-  constant, not a setting; the unused `variantMeta` type is gone; `README.md`
-  describes it.
-- 2026-09-29 maintenance mode refuses image requests (closes #71): while
-  `maintenance_mode` is on, `/v1/image/` and `/v1/e/` answer 503 with a
-  `Retry-After` header and the JSON error body, from one middleware in
-  `internal/server/routes.go`; the health check stays 200 and reports
-  `maintenance_mode`, as the image's Docker `HEALTHCHECK` requests it and upaas
-  marks a deploy failed when its container is unhealthy; the login and URL
-  generator pages and `/metrics` keep working; documented in `README.md` and
-  `config.example.yml`.
 - 2026-09-29 bound concurrent image processing and upstream fetches (closes
   #64): `max_concurrent_processing` (default the number of CPUs pixa can use)
   limits the images decoded and encoded at once, and `upstream_connections`
@@ -65,14 +39,6 @@ P2: security: referer blacklist
   10 seconds for a free one, then gets 503 `server busy, try again later`;
   libvips runs one worker thread per image with its operation cache off;
   documented in `README.md` and `config.example.yml`.
-- 2026-09-29 Dockerfiles install through `script/bootstrap` (closes #95): the
-  `Dockerfile` lint and build stages and `Dockerfile.lint` copy `script/`,
-  `go.mod` and `go.sum`, then run `script/bootstrap` in place of their own
-  `apk add` lines, so the build dependencies are listed in one place;
-  `script/bootstrap` now also installs a C compiler when `gcc` is missing; the
-  build uses `-trimpath` and `-s -w` and keeps `CGO_ENABLED=1` for govips;
-  `ARG VERSION` sits just above the build, so a new version reruns neither
-  `script/bootstrap` nor the tests.
 - 2026-09-29 migrations at the path `REPO_POLICIES.md` sets (closes #96): the
   migration files moved, contents unchanged, from `internal/database/schema/`
   to `internal/db/migrations/` as `000_migration.sql` and `001_schema.sql`; the

config.example.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 # Server settings
 port: 8080
 debug: false
-
-# While true, the image routes (/v1/image/ and /v1/e/) answer every request
-# with 503 and a Retry-After header. The health check keeps answering 200 and
-# reports maintenance_mode as true. It stays 200 because the image's Docker
-# HEALTHCHECK requests it: a 503 there would make the container unhealthy, and
-# upaas marks a deploy failed when its container is unhealthy.
 maintenance_mode: false
 
 # Data directory for SQLite database and cache files
@@ -80,14 +74,13 @@ upstream_connections_per_host: 20
 # Maximum concurrent connections to all upstream hosts together, on top of
 # the per-host limit (default: 64). A fetch holds its connection until its
 # image has been processed. A fetch that finds none free waits up to 10
-# seconds for one, and if none frees up the request is answered 503, unless
-# downstream_timeout has ended first.
+# seconds for one, and if none frees up the request is answered 503.
 upstream_connections: 64
 
 # Maximum number of images decoded and encoded at once (default: the
 # number of CPUs pixa can use, which follows a container's CPU limit). A
 # request that finds none free waits up to 10 seconds for one, and if none
-# frees up it is answered 503, unless downstream_timeout has ended first.
+# frees up it is answered 503.
 # max_concurrent_processing: 4
 
 # Time allowed for one fetch from an upstream host (default: 30s)
@@ -97,10 +90,8 @@ upstream_fetch_timeout: 30s
 # (1 GiB) (default: 52428800, 50 MiB)
 upstream_max_response_size: 52428800
 
-# Time allowed for answering one client request (default: 60s). The
-# upstream fetch counts toward it, and so do the waits for an upstream
-# connection and for a processing slot (up to 10 seconds each), so keep it
-# longer than upstream_fetch_timeout plus 20 seconds.
+# Time allowed for answering one client request, the upstream fetch
+# included, so keep it longer than upstream_fetch_timeout (default: 60s)
 downstream_timeout: 60s
 
 # The origin a browser lets read pixa's responses, sent as the CORS

deploy/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # deploy/docker-entrypoint.sh: the Docker image's ENTRYPOINT. It runs as
-# root only to make /var/lib/pixa usable by pixad: a host directory
-# bind-mounted there keeps its host owner, often root, and data from an
-# earlier run may belong to another uid. The server itself always runs
-# as pixad.
+# root only to give /var/lib/pixa to pixad: a host directory
+# bind-mounted there keeps its host owner, often root, and pixad could
+# not write to it. The server itself always runs as pixad.
 set -eu
 
 main() {
-    mkdir -p /var/lib/pixa
-    # Only the directory and its top-level entries are checked, so a
-    # normal start does not walk the cache. -depth gives each directory
-    # to pixad after its contents, so a start stopped part way leaves
-    # something at the top for the next start to find; -h changes a
-    # symlink itself, never the file it points to.
-    if [ -n "$(find /var/lib/pixa -maxdepth 1 \( ! -user pixad -o ! -group pixad \))" ]; then
-        find /var/lib/pixa -depth -exec chown -h pixad:pixad {} +
+    if [ "$(stat -c %U /var/lib/pixa)" != pixad ]; then
+        chown pixad:pixad /var/lib/pixa
     fi
-    chmod 750 /var/lib/pixa
     exec su-exec pixad /usr/local/bin/pixad "$@"
 }
 

go.mod

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/httprate v0.16.0
 	github.com/gorilla/csrf v1.7.3
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2
-	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/slok/go-http-metrics v0.13.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2

go.sum

@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-7 h1:ag5OxFVy3QYTFTJODRzTKVZ6xvdfLLCA1cy/Y6xGI0I=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-7/go.mod h1:XYhtn6ijBSAj6n4YqAaf7RBPS4I06AItNorpy+MoQNM=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=

internal/imgcache/cache.go

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 )
 
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ var (
 // HTTP status code for successful fetch.
 const httpStatusOK = 200
 
-// metaCacheSize is how many variants' content types metaCache holds. A
-// variant not among them is served as before, reading its .meta file.
-const metaCacheSize = 10000
-
 // CacheConfig holds cache configuration.
 type CacheConfig struct {
 	StateDir    string
@@ -54,6 +49,12 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 	Logger *slog.Logger
 }
 
+// variantMeta stores content type for fast cache hits without reading .meta file.
+type variantMeta struct {
+	ContentType string
+	Size        int64
+}
+
 // Cache implements the caching layer for the image proxy.
 type Cache struct {
 	db          *sql.DB
@@ -75,10 +76,9 @@ type Cache struct {
 	evictionStarted  bool
 	evictionStopOnce sync.Once
 
-	// metaCache holds the content types of the variants most recently
-	// stored or served, so a hit does not read the variant's .meta file.
-	// It never stands in for the variant file, which is always opened.
-	metaCache *lru.Cache[VariantKey, string]
+	// In-memory cache of variant metadata (content type, size) to avoid
+	// reading .meta files
+	metaCache map[VariantKey]variantMeta
 
 	// contentLocks serializes StoreSource and evictSourceBlob per
 	// content hash, closing the race window between an eviction's row
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ func NewCache(db *sql.DB, config CacheConfig) (*Cache, error) {
 		log = slog.Default()
 	}
 
-	metaCache, err := lru.New[VariantKey, string](metaCacheSize)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create variant content type cache: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	c := &Cache{
 		db:               db,
 		config:           config,
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ func NewCache(db *sql.DB, config CacheConfig) (*Cache, error) {
 		evictionPressure: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		evictionStop:     make(chan struct{}),
 		evictionDone:     make(chan struct{}),
-		metaCache:        metaCache,
+		metaCache:        make(map[VariantKey]variantMeta),
 		contentLocks:     newContentLock(),
 	}
 
@@ -182,30 +177,13 @@ func (c *Cache) Lookup(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*LookupResult, e
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// GetVariant returns a reader, size, and content type for a cached
-// variant. The content type comes from metaCache, or else from the
-// variant's .meta file and is then kept in metaCache. A variant with
-// no .meta file is served as application/octet-stream, which is not
-// kept.
+// GetVariant returns a reader, size, and content type for a cached variant.
 func (c *Cache) GetVariant(cacheKey VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return nil, 0, "", ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	contentType, known := c.metaCache.Get(cacheKey)
-	if !known {
-		return c.loadVariantWithMeta(cacheKey)
-	}
-
-	reader, size, err := c.variants.LoadWithSize(cacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		// The file is gone, e.g. deleted outside pixa
-		c.metaCache.Remove(cacheKey)
-
-		return nil, 0, "", err
-	}
-
-	return reader, size, contentType, nil
+	return c.variants.LoadWithMeta(cacheKey)
 }
 
 // StoreSource stores fetched source content and metadata. On a
@@ -308,8 +286,6 @@ func (c *Cache) StoreVariant(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	c.metaCache.Add(cacheKey, contentType)
-
 	_, err = c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
 		INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes, content_type)
 		VALUES (?, ?, ?)
@@ -523,31 +499,6 @@ func (c *Cache) IncrementTransformCount(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-// loadVariantWithMeta is GetVariant for a variant metaCache does not
-// hold: it reads the content type from the variant's .meta file and
-// keeps it in metaCache, unless a StoreVariant has put one there
-// meanwhile, as the store's is newer. A read that finds no .meta file,
-// as one can between a store's writing of the variant file and of its
-// .meta file, serves application/octet-stream and keeps nothing, so
-// metaCache only ever holds a type read from a .meta file or passed to
-// StoreVariant.
-func (c *Cache) loadVariantWithMeta(
-	cacheKey VariantKey,
-) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
-	reader, size, contentType, err := c.variants.LoadWithMeta(cacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, "", err
-	}
-
-	if contentType == "" {
-		return reader, size, fallbackContentType, nil
-	}
-
-	c.metaCache.ContainsOrAdd(cacheKey, contentType)
-
-	return reader, size, contentType, nil
-}
-
 // writeMetadataSidecar writes the JSON metadata sidecar of a stored source.
 // A failure is logged and is otherwise non-fatal; the metadata is in the
 // database.

internal/imgcache/eviction.go

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const tempFilePrefix = ".tmp-"
 // to each variant file.
 const variantMetaSuffix = ".meta"
 
-// fallbackContentType is the content type given to a variant file that
-// has no readable .meta sidecar, when it is served or reconciled.
+// fallbackContentType is recorded when a reconciled variant file has
+// no readable .meta sidecar.
 const fallbackContentType = "application/octet-stream"
 
 // UsageBytes returns the total number of bytes of cache content
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ func (c *Cache) sourceCandidates(ctx context.Context) ([]evictionCandidate, erro
 
 // evictVariant removes one variant: accounting row first, then the
 // content and .meta files, so the database never references a deleted
-// file. The metaCache entry goes before the files; a GetVariant that
-// read them just before may put it back, and the next GetVariant then
-// fails to open the file and removes it again.
+// file.
 func (c *Cache) evictVariant(ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey) error {
 	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`DELETE FROM variant_content WHERE cache_key = ?`, string(cacheKey))
@@ -281,8 +279,6 @@ func (c *Cache) evictVariant(ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete variant accounting row: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	c.metaCache.Remove(cacheKey)
-
 	err = c.variants.DeleteWithMeta(cacheKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

internal/imgcache/metacache_internal_test.go

@@ -1,349 +0,0 @@
-package imgcache
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// webpRequest returns a request for a 100x100 WebP variant of path.
-func webpRequest(path string) *ImageRequest {
-	return &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: path,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-}
-
-// assertVariantServed checks that GetVariant serves key with the given
-// content and the image/webp content type storeEvictionTestVariant stores.
-func assertVariantServed(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey, content []byte) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	reader, size, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
-
-	got, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("reading variant %s: %v", key, err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(got, content) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content = %q, want %q", key, got, content)
-	}
-
-	if size != int64(len(content)) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) size = %d, want %d", key, size, len(content))
-	}
-
-	if contentType != testContentTypeWebP {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content type = %q, want %q",
-			key, contentType, testContentTypeWebP)
-	}
-}
-
-// assertVariantNotFound checks that GetVariant refuses key with
-// ErrNotFound.
-func assertVariantNotFound(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	reader, _, _, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-	if err == nil {
-		_ = reader.Close()
-	}
-
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v, want ErrNotFound", key, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// assertLookupMisses checks that Lookup reports request as a miss.
-func assertLookupMisses(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, request *ImageRequest) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	lookup, err := cache.Lookup(t.Context(), request)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup(%s) error = %v", request.SourcePath, err)
-	}
-
-	if lookup.Hit {
-		t.Errorf("Lookup(%s) is a hit, want a miss", request.SourcePath)
-	}
-}
-
-// renameFile renames the file at from to to.
-func renameFile(t *testing.T, from, to string) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	err := os.Rename(from, to)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("renaming %s: %v", from, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestSecondHitDoesNotReadMetaFile checks that once a variant has been
-// stored or read, a hit takes its content type from memory: with the
-// .meta file deleted, GetVariant must still return the stored content
-// type rather than the application/octet-stream it uses without one.
-func TestSecondHitDoesNotReadMetaFile(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	// A second Cache on the same state directory starts with nothing in
-	// memory, as pixad does after a restart, so its first read uses the
-	// .meta file.
-	restarted, err := NewCache(cache.db, cache.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewCache() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, restarted, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	err = os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-	assertVariantServed(t, restarted, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType checks that a GetVariant
-// which began before StoreVariant finished cannot replace the content
-// type the store kept in memory. Such a read can find the variant file
-// but not yet its .meta file, and so gets application/octet-stream. The
-// test deletes the .meta file after the store, then runs the part of
-// GetVariant that comes after its check of memory.
-func TestReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	err := os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.loadVariantWithMeta(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	t.Logf("the read without a .meta file got content type %q", contentType)
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestReadOfOlderMetaFileKeepsStoredContentType checks that a read
-// which got its content type from a .meta file that StoreVariant had
-// not yet rewritten cannot replace the type the store kept in memory.
-// The test writes such a .meta file, with a different content type,
-// after the store, then runs the part of GetVariant that comes after
-// its check of memory.
-func TestReadOfOlderMetaFileKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	olderMeta, err := json.Marshal(VariantMeta{
-		ContentType: testContentTypeJPEG,
-		Size:        int64(len(content)),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("encoding .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	metaPath := cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta"
-
-	err = os.WriteFile(metaPath, olderMeta, StorageFilePerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.loadVariantWithMeta(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	if contentType != testContentTypeJPEG {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) content type = %q, want %q from the .meta file",
-			testVariantKeyOne, contentType, testContentTypeJPEG)
-	}
-
-	kept, _ := cache.metaCache.Get(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if kept != testContentTypeWebP {
-		t.Errorf("content type in memory = %q, want the stored %q",
-			kept, testContentTypeWebP)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestFailedReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType checks that a read
-// which found no .meta file cannot leave application/octet-stream in
-// memory, even when another read has removed the content type
-// StoreVariant kept there. In this order: the store; a read that finds
-// the variant in memory but cannot open its file, and so removes it
-// from memory; a read that opened the variant file before the store
-// wrote its .meta file. Later hits must get the stored content type.
-func TestFailedReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-	variantPath := cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne)
-	metaPath := variantPath + ".meta"
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	renameFile(t, variantPath, variantPath+".hidden")
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne)
-	renameFile(t, variantPath+".hidden", variantPath)
-
-	renameFile(t, metaPath, metaPath+".hidden")
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	t.Logf("the read without a .meta file got content type %q", contentType)
-
-	renameFile(t, metaPath+".hidden", metaPath)
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestEvictedVariantIsNotServed checks that a variant the evictor
-// removed is a miss and cannot be read, although it had been stored
-// and served before.
-func TestEvictedVariantIsNotServed(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1500)
-
-	oldRequest := webpRequest("/old.jpg")
-	newRequest := webpRequest("/new.jpg")
-	oldKey := CacheKey(oldRequest)
-	newKey := CacheKey(newRequest)
-	oldContent := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 1000)
-	newContent := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 1000)
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, oldKey, oldContent)
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, newKey, newContent)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, oldKey, oldContent)
-	setVariantLastAccessed(t, cache, oldKey, time.Now().Add(-time.Hour))
-
-	err := cache.EvictToLimit(t.Context())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("EvictToLimit() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertLookupMisses(t, cache, oldRequest)
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, oldKey)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, newKey, newContent)
-}
-
-// TestVariantDeletedFromDiskIsNotServed checks that a variant whose
-// file was deleted by something other than the evictor cannot be read,
-// and is a miss afterwards.
-func TestVariantDeletedFromDiskIsNotServed(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-
-	request := webpRequest("/deleted.jpg")
-	key := CacheKey(request)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, key, content)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, key, content)
-
-	err := os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(key))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing variant file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, key)
-	assertLookupMisses(t, cache, request)
-}
-
-// TestConcurrentVariantStoreReadAndEvict stores, reads and evicts
-// variants from several goroutines at once, for the race detector.
-func TestConcurrentVariantStoreReadAndEvict(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	ctx := t.Context()
-
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	for goroutine := range 8 {
-		wg.Go(func() {
-			key := VariantKey(fmt.Sprintf("aabbccdd01%02d", goroutine))
-			content := []byte(key)
-
-			for range 20 {
-				err := cache.StoreVariant(
-					ctx, key, bytes.NewReader(content), testContentTypeWebP)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("StoreVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				reader, _, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				_ = reader.Close()
-
-				if contentType != testContentTypeWebP {
-					t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content type = %q, want %q",
-						key, contentType, testContentTypeWebP)
-				}
-
-				err = cache.evictVariant(ctx, key)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("evictVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, key)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-}

internal/imgcache/storage.go

@@ -506,44 +506,32 @@ func (s *VariantStorage) Load(key VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
-// LoadWithSize returns a reader and file size for the content at the
-// given key.
-func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithSize(key VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
+// LoadWithMeta returns a reader, size, and content type for the content at
+// the given key.
+func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithMeta(
+	key VariantKey,
+) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
+	metaPath := path + ".meta"
 
 	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from cache key
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, 0, ErrNotFound
+			return nil, 0, "", ErrNotFound
 		}
 
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to open content: %w", err)
+		return nil, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open content: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	stat, err := f.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = f.Close()
 
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat content: %w", err)
+		return nil, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to stat content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return f, stat.Size(), nil
-}
-
-// LoadWithMeta returns a reader, size, and content type for the content at
-// the given key. The content type is read from the .meta file, and is
-// empty when that file is missing or unreadable.
-func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithMeta(
-	key VariantKey,
-) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
-	f, size, err := s.LoadWithSize(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, "", err
-	}
-
-	var contentType string
-
-	metaPath := s.keyToPath(key) + ".meta"
+	// Load metadata for content type
+	contentType := "application/octet-stream" // fallback
 
 	metaData, err := os.ReadFile(metaPath) //nolint:gosec // path derived from cache key
 	if err == nil {
@@ -553,7 +541,7 @@ func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithMeta(
 		}
 	}
 
-	return f, size, contentType, nil
+	return f, stat.Size(), contentType, nil
 }
 
 // Exists checks if content exists at the given key.

internal/imgcache/testutil_internal_test.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const (
 	testHostExample       = "example.com"
 	testPathCat           = "/photos/cat.jpg"
 	testContentTypeJPEG   = "image/jpeg"
-	testContentTypeWebP   = "image/webp"
 	testHeaderContentType = "Content-Type"
 )
 

internal/server/login_rate_limit_internal_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/database"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/handlers"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/healthcheck"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/logger"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/middleware"
 )
@@ -72,15 +71,8 @@ func newTestServer(t *testing.T) *Server {
 		t.Fatalf("database.New() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	hc, err := healthcheck.New(lc, healthcheck.Params{
-		Globals: &globals.Globals{}, Config: cfg, Logger: log, Database: db,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("healthcheck.New() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
 	h, err := handlers.New(lc, handlers.Params{
-		Logger: log, Healthcheck: hc, Database: db, Config: cfg,
+		Logger: log, Database: db, Config: cfg,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("handlers.New() error = %v", err)

internal/server/maintenance_internal_test.go

@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"strconv"
-	"testing"
-
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/healthcheck"
-)
-
-// unsignedImagePath is an image URL that carries no signature.
-const unsignedImagePath = "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/cat.jpg/100x100.jpeg"
-
-// TestMaintenanceModeRefusesImageRequests verifies that while maintenance
-// mode is on, both image routes answer 503 Service Unavailable with a
-// Retry-After header and the JSON error body the image handlers send.
-func TestMaintenanceModeRefusesImageRequests(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s := newTestServer(t)
-	s.config.MaintenanceMode = true
-
-	requests := []struct {
-		method string
-		path   string
-	}{
-		{http.MethodGet, unsignedImagePath},
-		{http.MethodHead, unsignedImagePath},
-		{http.MethodGet, "/v1/e/token/cat.jpg"},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range requests {
-		t.Run(tc.method+" "+tc.path, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-			s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-				t.Context(), tc.method, tc.path, nil))
-			t.Logf("status %d, body %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
-
-			if rec.Code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
-				t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d",
-					rec.Code, http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
-			}
-
-			retryAfter := rec.Header().Get("Retry-After")
-
-			seconds, err := strconv.Atoi(retryAfter)
-			if err != nil || seconds <= 0 {
-				t.Errorf("Retry-After = %q, want a positive number of seconds",
-					retryAfter)
-			}
-
-			// A HEAD response carries no body.
-			if tc.method == http.MethodHead {
-				return
-			}
-
-			var body struct {
-				Error     string `json:"error"`
-				Status    int    `json:"status"`
-				Timestamp string `json:"timestamp"`
-			}
-
-			err = json.NewDecoder(rec.Body).Decode(&body)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("body is not JSON: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			if body.Error == "" || body.Status != http.StatusServiceUnavailable ||
-				body.Timestamp == "" {
-				t.Errorf("body = %+v, want an error, status %d and a timestamp",
-					body, http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestImageRequestsServedWithoutMaintenanceMode verifies that while
-// maintenance mode is off, image requests reach the image handlers instead
-// of the 503. The handlers refuse an unsigned image URL with 401 and a token
-// they cannot decrypt with 400, so either status shows a request got through.
-func TestImageRequestsServedWithoutMaintenanceMode(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s := newTestServer(t)
-	s.config.MaintenanceMode = false
-
-	requests := []struct {
-		method string
-		path   string
-		want   int
-	}{
-		{http.MethodGet, unsignedImagePath, http.StatusUnauthorized},
-		{http.MethodHead, unsignedImagePath, http.StatusUnauthorized},
-		{http.MethodGet, "/v1/e/token/cat.jpg", http.StatusBadRequest},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range requests {
-		t.Run(tc.method+" "+tc.path, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-			s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
-				t.Context(), tc.method, tc.path, nil))
-			t.Logf("status %d, body %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
-
-			if rec.Code != tc.want {
-				t.Errorf("status = %d, want %d from the image handler",
-					rec.Code, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestMaintenanceModeKeepsOtherRoutes verifies that while maintenance mode
-// is on, the health check still answers 200 and reports it, and the login
-// page and /metrics still answer 200. The image's Docker HEALTHCHECK
-// requests the health check: a 503 there would make the container
-// unhealthy, and upaas marks a deploy failed when its container is
-// unhealthy.
-func TestMaintenanceModeKeepsOtherRoutes(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	s := newTestServer(t)
-	s.config.MaintenanceMode = true
-
-	// /metrics is routed only when its username is set.
-	s.config.MetricsUsername = "metrics"
-	s.config.MetricsPassword = "metrics-password"
-	s.SetupRoutes()
-
-	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
-		http.MethodGet, "/.well-known/healthcheck.json", nil))
-	t.Logf("health check status %d, body %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("health check status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-
-	var health healthcheck.Response
-
-	err := json.NewDecoder(rec.Body).Decode(&health)
-	if err != nil || !health.Maintenance {
-		t.Errorf("health check maintenance_mode = %v (error %v), want true",
-			health.Maintenance, err)
-	}
-
-	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	s.ServeHTTP(rec, clientRequest(t, http.MethodGet, nil, firstClient, ""))
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("login page status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(),
-		http.MethodGet, "/metrics", nil)
-	req.SetBasicAuth(s.config.MetricsUsername, s.config.MetricsPassword)
-
-	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	s.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("/metrics status = %d, want %d", rec.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-}

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	sentryhttp "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/http"
@@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 // make per minute; the next is refused with 429 Too Many Requests.
 const LoginAttemptsPerMinute = 5
 
-// MaintenanceRetryAfterSeconds is the Retry-After, in seconds, sent with
-// the 503 that the image routes answer while maintenance mode is on.
-const MaintenanceRetryAfterSeconds = 300
-
 // SetupRoutes configures all HTTP routes.
 func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 	s.router = chi.NewRouter()
@@ -74,23 +68,15 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 
 	s.router.Get("/logout", s.h.HandleLogout())
 
-	// Image routes, refused while maintenance mode is on. Only these: the
-	// image's Docker HEALTHCHECK requests the health check, a 503 there
-	// would make the container unhealthy, and upaas marks a deploy failed
-	// when its container is unhealthy.
-	s.router.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
-		r.Use(s.refuseDuringMaintenance)
+	// Main image proxy route
+	// /v1/image/<host>/<path>/<width>x<height>.<format>
+	s.router.Get("/v1/image/*", s.h.HandleImage())
+	s.router.Head("/v1/image/*", s.h.HandleImage())
 
-		// Main image proxy route
-		// /v1/image/<host>/<path>/<width>x<height>.<format>
-		r.Get("/v1/image/*", s.h.HandleImage())
-		r.Head("/v1/image/*", s.h.HandleImage())
-
-		// Encrypted image URL route
-		// The trailing filename (e.g., /img.jpg) is ignored but helps
-		// browsers with content type
-		r.Get("/v1/e/{token}/*", s.h.HandleImageEnc())
-	})
+	// Encrypted image URL route
+	// The trailing filename (e.g., /img.jpg) is ignored but helps
+	// browsers with content type
+	s.router.Get("/v1/e/{token}/*", s.h.HandleImageEnc())
 
 	// Metrics endpoint with auth
 	if s.config.MetricsUsername != "" {
@@ -100,30 +86,3 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-// refuseDuringMaintenance answers a request with 503 Service Unavailable,
-// a Retry-After header and a JSON error body while maintenance mode is on,
-// and passes it on otherwise. The body has the fields of the JSON errors
-// the image handlers send.
-func (s *Server) refuseDuringMaintenance(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if !s.MaintenanceMode() {
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-
-			return
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Retry-After", strconv.Itoa(MaintenanceRetryAfterSeconds))
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
-
-		err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
-			"error":     "down for maintenance, try again later",
-			"status":    http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
-			"timestamp": time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error("json encode error", "error", err)
-		}
-	})
-}

script/bootstrap

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 # or apk (detected in that order); assumes NOTHING is present (not git,
 # make, or go). The linter is never installed on the host: golangci-lint
 # runs only inside a container, Dockerfile.lint or the Dockerfile lint
-# stage (see script/lint). A C compiler and the CGO image libraries
-# (pkg-config, vips, libheif) are installed for the govips bindings.
-# Both Dockerfiles run this script too, so their build dependencies are
-# the ones listed here.
+# stage (see script/lint). CGO image libraries (pkg-config, vips,
+# libheif) are installed for the govips bindings.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
@@ -55,11 +53,6 @@ missing() {
 
 # CGO dependencies for govips (image processing)
 ensure_cgo_deps() {
-    # cgo compiles with gcc on Linux; build-base and build-essential
-    # also bring the C library headers.
-    if missing gcc; then
-        pkg_install gcc build-essential gcc build-base
-    fi
     if missing pkg-config; then
         pkg_install pkg-config pkg-config pkg-config pkgconfig
     fi