Update sources added by craft-archives
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Current evaluation
Craft-generated deb822 sources now include explicit Architectures fields, including configured target architectures, so the requested cross-compilation behavior for craft-*.sources is already present.
Suggested action: close resolved
Reason: At pinned revision 7179169c00a32a371bf39d572539703c5a165a06, apt_sources_manager.py emits Architectures in _construct_deb822_source for every generated deb822 source and forwards PackageRepositoryApt.architectures; unit tests assert the field in craft-*.sources. This directly covers the reported example, while #150 and PR #153 (64f1092) provide related prior work for Ubuntu.sources.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
58
Quick Win:
31
Complexity:
32
Confidence:
90
Actionability:
78
Issue body
### What needs to get done
#150 sets architectures for sources in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources`.
It doesn't set architectures for other repositories added by craft-archives in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/craft-*.sources`.
For example, consider the following project file snippet:
```yaml
platforms:
riscv64:
build-on: [amd64]
build-for: [riscv64]
package-repositories:
- type: apt
# architectures: [amd64] - won't this solve the problem?
formats: [deb]
components: [main]
suites: [noble]
key-id: F23C5A6CF475977595C89F51BA6932366A755776
url: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu
- type: apt
architectures: [riscv64]
formats: [deb, deb-src]
components: [main]
suites: [noble, noble-updates, noble-backports]
key-id: F6ECB3762474EDA9D21B7022871920D1991BC93C
url: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
```
### Why it needs to get done
To support cross-compiling in *craft applications.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
58
Quick Win:
31
Complexity:
32
Confidence:
90
Actionability:
78
|
close resolved | Craft-generated deb822 sources now include explicit Architectures fields, including configured target architectures, so the requested cross-compilation behavior for craft-*.sources is already present. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
58
Quick Win:
44
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
97
Actionability:
94
|
close resolved | Craft-generated deb822 repositories now include Architectures, using explicit package-repository values or the host architecture; the #151 enhancement is implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
70
Quick Win:
34
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
80
|
keep open | Enhancement to set architectures for craft-*.sources files to support cross-compiling. Issue #150 was closed without implementation but the gap remains. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
28
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Enhancement to set architectures on craft-*.sources files (not just ubuntu.sources) for cross-compilation support. Triaged by maintainer, assigned to tigarmo, internal ticket CRAFT-4112 created. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Enhancement to ensure craft-archives sets architectures for custom apt sources, matching ubuntu.sources behavior. Triaged and internally assigned, but inactive for over 11 months. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | Enhancement to set architecture flags in craft-archives generated apt sources for cross-compilation. Currently triaged but inactive for nearly a year. |
Update history
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Related work
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Related To:
craft-archives#150
(confidence 99%)
The issue explicitly follows #150; #150 was addressed by PR #153 (64f1092) for Ubuntu.sources, while the current implementation also covers craft-generated sources.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1648665 Architecture-specific sources for parts | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed 2026-08-25 by ~mr-cal as already fixed: Snapcraft part steps can pick architecture-specific sources via build-for env vars (SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_BUILD_FOR/SNAPCRAFT_TARGET_ARCH); no new patch was made. | |
| #153 feat: support foreign architectures | craft-archives | merged | Merged PR #153 as commit 64f1092, adding APT foreign-architecture support for deb822-based Ubuntu sources, including core24; released in craft-archives 2.1.0. | |
| #150 Support foreign architectures | craft-archives | closed | Foreign-architecture support shipped in craft-archives 2.1.0 via merged PR #153 (64f1092), replacing prototype #149 and enabling cross-compilation dependencies. |