`banger kernel import <name> --from <dir>` copies a staged kernel
bundle into the local catalog. <dir> is the output of
`make void-kernel` or `make alpine-kernel` (build/manual/void-kernel/
or build/manual/alpine-kernel/).
kernelcat.DiscoverPaths locates artifacts under <dir>:
1. Prefers metadata.json (written by make-void-kernel.sh).
2. Falls back to globbing: boot/vmlinux-* or vmlinuz-* (Alpine
fallback), boot/initramfs-*, lib/modules/<latest>.
The daemon's KernelImport copies kernel + optional initrd via
system.CopyFilePreferClone and modules via system.CopyDirContents
(no-sudo mode — catalog lives under ~/.local/state), computes SHA256
over the kernel, and writes the manifest via kernelcat.WriteLocal.
While wiring this up, fixed a latent bug in system.CopyDirContents:
filepath.Join(sourceDir, ".") silently drops the trailing dot, so
`cp -a source source/contents target/` was copying the whole source
directory (including its basename) instead of just its contents.
Replaced the join with a manual "/." suffix. imagemgr.StageBootArtifacts
(the only existing caller) silently benefits.
scripts/register-void-image.sh and scripts/register-alpine-image.sh
are rewritten to use `banger kernel import … && banger image register
--kernel-ref …` instead of the find-and-pass-paths dance. Preserves
the same user-facing commands and env vars.
Tests cover: metadata.json preference, glob fallback, Alpine vmlinuz
fallback, kernel-missing error, round-trip copy into the catalog, and
the --from required flag.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Stage a complete Alpine x86_64 image stack so \ --image alpineworks like the existing manual Void path instead of relying on Debian-oriented image builds.\n\nAdd make targets plus kernel/rootfs/register helpers that download pinned Alpine artifacts, extract a Firecracker-compatible vmlinux, build a matching mkinitfs initramfs, seed OpenRC services, and register/promote a managed image named alpine.\n\nFold in the bring-up fixes discovered during boot validation: use rootfstype=ext4 in shared boot args, install libgcc/libstdc++ for the opencode binary, and give opencode more time to become ready on cold boots.\n\nValidate with go test ./..., the Alpine helper builds, image promotion, and banger vm create --image alpine --name alp --nat plus guest service and port checks.
