second solution

Signed-off-by: jason yang <jasonyangshadow@gmail.com>

internal/pkg/runtime/engine/apptainer/container_linux.go

@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ func create(ctx context.Context, engine *EngineOperations, rpcOps *client.RPC, p
 	if err := system.RunAfterTag(mount.SharedTag, c.chdirFinal); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := system.RunBeforeTag(mount.LayerTag, c.unsymlinkLocatime); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	if err := c.addRootfsMount(system); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1819,6 +1816,13 @@ func (c *container) addBindsMount(system *mount.System) error {
 			}
 		}
 		if !skipAllBinds && !slice.ContainsString(skipBinds, localtimePath) {
+			content, err := os.ReadFile(localtimePath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("while reading host %s, err: %s", localtimePath, err)
+			}
+			if err := c.session.AddFile(filepath.Join(c.session.Layer.Dir(), localtimePath), content); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if err := system.Points.AddBind(mount.BindsTag, localtimePath, localtimePath, flags, "skip-on-error"); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unable to add %s to mount list: %s", localtimePath, err)
 			}
@@ -1850,6 +1854,15 @@ func (c *container) addBindsMount(system *mount.System) error {
 		bindOpt := ""
 		if src == localtimePath || src == hostsPath {
 			bindOpt = "skip-on-error"
+			if src == localtimePath {
+				content, err := os.ReadFile(localtimePath)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("while reading host %s, err: %s", localtimePath, err)
+				}
+				if err := c.session.AddFile(filepath.Join(c.session.Layer.Dir(), localtimePath), content); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		err := system.Points.AddBind(mount.BindsTag, src, dst, flags, bindOpt)