Inject universal /slim/init instead of requiring container-specific setup

slim now works with any Containerfile by injecting distro-agnostic scripts
at build time:

- /slim/init: mounts special filesystems, configures networking (static
  QEMU slirp), sets up cgroup2, timezone, and rootless container prereqs.
  Parses slim.cmd=<base64> from the kernel cmdline for runtime overrides,
  otherwise execs /slim/exec.

- /slim/exec: generated from the image's CMD/ENTRYPOINT (via podman image
  inspect), overridable via --cmd at build and run time.

Changes:
- New src/inject.rs: inspect image config, infer command, generate
  /slim/exec script, inject /slim/ into mounted rootfs
- New src/scripts/slim-init.sh: the universal init script (include_str!)
- build.rs: rename --init to --cmd, inject scripts before packing,
  drop Meta::save, restructure to ensure unmount always runs
- qemu.rs: hardcode init=/slim/init, add --cmd (base64 on cmdline),
  drop Meta::load, add -no-reboot
- Remove src/meta.rs and meta.toml (no longer needed)
- Cargo.toml: add serde_json + base64, remove unused walkdir + cpio + toml
- Example Containerfiles simplified to plain FROM + CMD
- New example/test.sh for manual verification
- README updated for new workflow

example/test.sh

@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ test_distro() {
     cat > "$work/Containerfile.infer" <<EOF
 FROM $from
 $extra_setup
-CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo CMD_INFERRED_OK; wget -q -O /dev/null http://1.1.1.1 2>/dev/null && echo CONN_OK; wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.org 2>/dev/null && echo DNS_OK; poweroff -f"]
+CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo CMD_INFERRED_OK; ping -c1 1.1.1.1 >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo PING_OK; ping -c1 example.org >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo DNS_OK; poweroff -f"]
 EOF
     img="slim-test-$distro-infer"
     if podman build -t "$img" -f "$work/Containerfile.infer" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         "$SLIM_BIN" build qcow2 "$img" >/dev/null 2>&1
         output=$(timeout "$TIMEOUT" "$SLIM_BIN" run "$img" 2>&1 || true)
         check_output "$output" "CMD_INFERRED_OK" "$distro CMD-inferred"
-        check_output "$output" "CONN_OK" "$distro connect to 1.1.1.1"
+        check_output "$output" "PING_OK" "$distro ping 1.1.1.1"
         check_output "$output" "DNS_OK" "$distro DNS lookup"
     else
         report fail "$distro CMD-inferred (podman build failed)"
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test_service() {
     work="$(mktemp -d)"
 
     cat > "$work/Containerfile" <<'EOF'
-FROM docker.io/library/nextcloud:32-apache
+FROM nextcloud:32-apache
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends iproute2 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 EOF
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ echo "Building slim..."
 cargo build 2>&1
 
 test_distro "alpine" "alpine:latest" ""
-test_distro "archlinux" "archlinux:latest" "RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm iproute2 wget; pacman -Sc --noconfirm"
+test_distro "archlinux" "archlinux:latest" "RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm iputils iproute2 util-linux; pacman -Sc --noconfirm"
 
 test_service
 

src/build.rs

@@ -41,28 +41,19 @@ pub(crate) fn build(
     }: BuildCmd,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let image = &name;
-    let container = format!("slim-build-{}", image.replace(':', "-"));
-
-    let mount_path = mount_container(image, &container)?;
+    let mount_path = mount_image(image)?;
     println!("Mounted at: {}", mount_path.display());
 
     let result = build_inner(&kind, image, &mount_path, cmd_override);
 
     let unmounted = cmd(&[
-        "podman",
-        "unshare",
-        "--",
-        "podman",
-        "container",
-        "unmount",
-        &container,
+        "podman", "unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "unmount", image,
     ])
     .is_ok();
-    let removed = cmd(&["podman", "rm", &container]).is_ok();
-    if unmounted && removed {
-        println!("Unmounted and removed container.");
+    if unmounted {
+        println!("Unmounted image.");
     } else {
-        eprintln!("warning: failed to clean up container '{container}'");
+        eprintln!("warning: failed to unmount image '{}'", image);
     }
 
     result
@@ -88,22 +79,13 @@ fn build_inner(
     }
 }
 
-fn mount_container(image: &str, container: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    cmd(&["podman", "create", "--name", container, image, "/bin/true"])?;
-    let mount_path = cmd(&[
-        "podman",
-        "unshare",
-        "--",
-        "podman",
-        "container",
-        "mount",
-        container,
-    ])?;
+fn mount_image(image: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    let mount_path = cmd(&["podman", "unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "mount", image])?;
     Ok(PathBuf::from(mount_path.trim()))
 }
 
 /// Copy a directory onto a new raw disk image with EXT4.
-fn to_raw_ext4(dir: &Path, tmp_dir: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
+fn to_raw_ext4(dir: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
     let dir = dir.to_str().context("Invalid UTF-8")?;
     let du_out = cmd(&["podman", "unshare", "--", "du", "-sk", dir])?;
 
@@ -118,10 +100,10 @@ fn to_raw_ext4(dir: &Path, tmp_dir: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
     let size = used
         + (used / 10) // Add 10%
         // TODO: make configurable
-        + 4 * gb; // Add some spare capacity for activities
+        + 64 * gb; // Add some spare capacity for activities
     let size = size.to_string();
 
-    let raw_file = NamedTempFile::new_in(tmp_dir)?;
+    let raw_file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
     let raw_path = raw_file.path().to_str().context("Invalid UTF-8")?;
     cmd(&["podman", "unshare", "--", "truncate", "-s", &size, raw_path])?;
     cmd(&[
@@ -138,9 +120,9 @@ fn to_raw_ext4(dir: &Path, tmp_dir: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
 }
 
 /// Copy a directory onto a new qcow2 disk image with EXT4.
-fn to_qcow2_ext4(mount_path: &Path, tmp_dir: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
-    let raw = to_raw_ext4(mount_path, tmp_dir)?;
-    let qcow2 = NamedTempFile::new_in(tmp_dir)?;
+fn to_qcow2_ext4(mount_path: &Path) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
+    let raw = to_raw_ext4(mount_path)?;
+    let qcow2 = NamedTempFile::new()?;
     let raw_path = raw.path().to_str().context("Invalid UTF-8")?;
     let qcow2_path = qcow2.path().to_str().context("Invalid UTF-8")?;
     cmd(&[
@@ -154,7 +136,7 @@ fn build_qcow2(image: &str, mount_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     fs::create_dir_all(&reg_dir)?;
     println!("Registry: {}", reg_dir.display());
 
-    let qcow2 = to_qcow2_ext4(mount_path, &reg_dir)?;
+    let qcow2 = to_qcow2_ext4(mount_path)?;
 
     fs::copy(qcow2.path(), reg_dir.join("image.qcow2"))
         .context("Failed to copy qcow2 image to registry")?;

src/qemu.rs

@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ pub(crate) fn run(
     }: RunCmd,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let reg_dir = registry_dir(&name)?;
-    let vmlinuz_path = registry_base_dir()?
-        .parent()
-        .context("registry base dir has no parent")?
-        .join("vmlinuz");
+    let vmlinuz_path = registry_base_dir()?.join("vmlinuz");
     let initrd_path = reg_dir.join("initrd");
     let qcow2_path = reg_dir.join("image.qcow2");
     if !vmlinuz_path.exists() {