distroless images are really based on Debian with a slightly different layout for installed packages data. See also: - https://github.com/nexB/container-inspector/blob/90c4aa61be4d69f3392b6e02e88f3996f8375f68/src/container_inspector/distro.py#L420 - https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless - https://medium.com/@luke_perry_dev/dockerizing-with-distroless-f3b84ae10f3a
distroless images are really based on Debian with a slightly different layout for installed packages data.
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