From 11c94a06896067ce99103237428c21dd7cba0f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Djuradj Kurepa <dkurepa@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:35:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Delete almalinux 8

---
 src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile        | 45 ----------------
 src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64/Dockerfile | 53 -------------------
 src/almalinux/manifest.json                   | 21 --------
 3 files changed, 119 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile
 delete mode 100644 src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64/Dockerfile

diff --git a/src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile b/src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 647c73047..000000000
--- a/src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-FROM library/almalinux:8
-
-ARG PIP_INDEX_URL
-ENV PIP_INDEX_URL=${PIP_INDEX_URL}
-ARG HELIX_FEED
-
-RUN dnf upgrade --refresh -y \
-    && dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs -y  \
-        'dnf-command(config-manager)' \
-    && dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/8/prod/config.repo \
-    && dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs -y \
-        # Get recent python3 This is needed to get a pip recent enough
-        # not to fail the build when installing cryptography library as
-        # a dependency of the helix scripts.
-        python39 \
-        # Required for asp.net core test runs
-        sudo \
-        libicu \
-        libmsquic \
-        # Required for arcade test runs
-        cpio \
-        file \
-    && dnf clean all
-
-# Test runs expect python to be available without version suffix
-RUN alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3 \
-    && ln -sf /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
-
-ENV LANG=en-US.UTF-8
-
-# create helixbot user and give rights to sudo without password
-RUN adduser --uid 1000 --shell /bin/bash --gid adm helixbot \
-    && chmod 755 /root \
-    && echo "helixbot ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/helixbot
-
-USER helixbot
-WORKDIR /home/helixbot
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/helixbot/.vsts-env
-
-RUN python -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV && \
-    ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/pip install --upgrade pip setuptools && \
-    ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/pip download --no-deps --index-url $HELIX_FEED helix-scripts && \
-    ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/pip install --index-url $PIP_INDEX_URL ./helix_scripts-*-py3-none-any.whl && \
-    rm ./helix_scripts-*-py3-none-any.whl
-ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}"
diff --git a/src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64/Dockerfile b/src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bcfc8da5..000000000
--- a/src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-FROM library/almalinux:8
-
-# Install dependencies
-RUN dnf upgrade --refresh -y \
-    && dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs -y \
-        'dnf-command(config-manager)' \
-        epel-release \
-    && dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools \
-    && dnf config-manager --set-enabled epel \
-    && dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/8/prod/config.repo \
-    && dnf install --setopt tsflags=nodocs -y \
-        "perl(Time::HiRes)" \
-        autoconf \
-        automake \
-        azure-cli \
-        brotli-devel \
-        cmake \
-        cpio \
-        elfutils \
-        file \
-        gdb \
-        git \
-        glibc-langpack-en \
-        iproute \
-        jq \
-        krb5-devel \
-        libcurl-devel \
-        libicu-devel \
-        libtool \
-        # Requires epel
-        libunwind-devel \
-        libuuid-devel \
-        libxml2-devel \
-        llvm-toolset \
-        lld \
-        # Requires powertools
-        lttng-ust-devel \
-        make \
-        ncurses-devel \
-        ninja-build \
-        openssl-devel \
-        readline-devel \
-        python3 \
-        sudo \
-        swig \
-        wget \
-        which \
-        xz \
-        zlib-devel \
-        powershell \
-    && dnf module install -y \
-        nodejs:20 \
-    && dnf clean all
diff --git a/src/almalinux/manifest.json b/src/almalinux/manifest.json
index 9fa467abe..fa3242a1f 100644
--- a/src/almalinux/manifest.json
+++ b/src/almalinux/manifest.json
@@ -3,27 +3,6 @@
     {
       "name": "dotnet-buildtools/prereqs",
       "images": [
-        {
-          "platforms": [
-            {
-              "dockerfile": "src/almalinux/8/source-build/amd64",
-              "os": "linux",
-              "osVersion": "almalinux8",
-              "tags": {
-                "almalinux-8-source-build": {},
-                "almalinux-8-source-build-amd64": {}
-              }
-            },
-            {
-              "dockerfile": "src/almalinux/8/helix/amd64",
-              "os": "linux",
-              "osVersion": "almalinux8",
-              "tags": {
-                "almalinux-8-helix-amd64": {}
-              }
-            }
-          ]
-        },
         {
           "platforms": [
             {