- Remove --no-cache flags from uv pip install commands to enable caching
- Mount host uv cache directory to container for persistent caching
- Set UV_LINK_MODE=copy to prevent uv using hardlinks
- When building the starter image
o Build time reduced from ~4:45 to ~3:05 on subsequent builds
(environment specific)
o Eliminates re-downloading of 3G+ of data on each build
o Cache size: ~6.2G (when building starter image)
Fixes excessive data downloads during distro container builds.
Signed-off-by: Derek Higgins <derekh@redhat.com>
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