1.7.2

Highlights

Many bug fixes, particularly:

• f031b8e fixing a regression introduced in runc 1.20rc1+
• d626559 New behaviour for containers, they will default to host's hostname and use CONTAINER_ID as prompt distinguisher. This will give a lot less headaches for GUI apps and X11 forwarding
• Better fish support as $SHELL inside the container
• Improved cleanup of exported apps/bins when deleting a container
• cbd55e5 Better POSIX compatibiltiy

What's Changed

• all: properly handle env vars and configs in all commands by @xarvex in #1328
• chore: bump CI actions, minor fixes to README and other files by @kbdharun in #1345
• docs: Specify that distrobox is in the extra repo by @nicknamenamenick in #1316
• docs: Support latest alpine by @Ferenc- in #1341
• docs: Update copyright in footer by @mirkobrombin in #1365
• docs: Update useful_tips.md by @danmac in #1330
• enter: make log_timestamp date format universally compatible by @JamiKettunen in #1343
• export: cancel export when trying to delete by @taukakao in #1340
• export: consider only absolute candidate icon paths that exist by @JamiKettunen in #1318
• init: Support musl variant of Void Linux by @JamiKettunen in #1327
• init: add explicit creation of /etc/fish/conf.d by @Book-reader in #1348
• init: massively speed up apt/pacman/xbps deps install by @JamiKettunen in #1324
• install: use more portable install(1) arguments by @JamiKettunen in #1364
• CI: fix hostname test
• CI: try to ensure enough disk space
• CI: use shell-funcheck
• all: improve function docs
• assemble: add custom hostname support
• create: fix regression with rootless runc 1.20~rc1, Fix #1359
• docs: add Slackware 15. Fix #1357
• docs: move upgrading instruction a bit more ahead, Fix #1342
• docs: update xhost command to be silent. Fix #1350
• enter: Fix support for Active Directory usernames including backslashes. Fix #1360
• enter: fix regression in fish shell login with initful systems
• enter: fix typo in command generation, Fix #1331
• export: fix duplicate extra_flags, Fix #1311
• export: use different symbol for IFS, Fix #1351
• init, create: use $CONTAINER_ID to distinguish container's prompts. Use host's hostname by default.
• init: ensure fish config is sourced only on interactive shell. Fix #1292
• init: fix endless hook append, Fix #1320
• init: fix performance regression in skel file setup, Fix #1317
• init: forward wayland display only if it is set
• rm: revert 22bc081, simplify removal of exported app/bins. Fix #1301

New Contributors

• @nicknamenamenick made their first contribution in #1316
• @danmac made their first contribution in #1330
• @taukakao made their first contribution in #1340
• @xarvex made their first contribution in #1328
• @Ferenc- made their first contribution in #1341
• @Book-reader made their first contribution in #1348
• @kbdharun made their first contribution in #1345
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #1361

Full Changelog: 1.7.1...1.7.2.0