I've been following a few issues with local packages recently. Originally, I was hoping #1264 would solve my problems, but with newer versions, I've identified some other problems. Other issues like #1448 were resolved, but didn't solve all the issues for local packages.

As of apko 0.23.0+ I've identified a new problem where local packages that have dependencies from upstream cannot be built. Packages that do not have dependencies (such as statically compiled) seem to work fine with the latest (0.25.1).

Here is what the output looks like in 0.25.1:

% apko build --arch aarch64 image.yaml image test.tar --ignore-signatures
Error: building "arm64" layer: installing apk packages: error getting package dependencies: solving "py3.13-celery-prometheus-exporter-bundle=1.7.0-r0" constraint: not in indexes
2025/02/24 22:24:36 INFO error during command execution: building "arm64" layer: installing apk packages: error getting package dependencies: solving "py3.13-celery-prometheus-exporter-bundle=1.7.0-r0" constraint: not in indexes

Version 0.22.1 still works with local dependencies, but everything newer appears to fail.