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overlays: replace pychroot with non-magic chroot (CRAFT-558)

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#139
Type
pull request
State
merged
Author
cmatsuoka
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Current evaluation

Merged changes replacing the hackish pychroot library with a simpler, non-magic chroot implementation. Resolves interpreter and platform restrictions, fixes CI failures, and passed reviewer approval.

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Issue body

Add a simple, non-magic replacement for pychroot. Pychroot has numerous issues such as being too hackish, being restricted to certain interpreter versions and platforms, and not working in the CI environment. This implementation is much simpler and we can actually understand it. Signed-off-by: Claudio Matsuoka <claudio.matsuoka@canonical.com> - [x] Have you signed the [CLA](http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/contributors/)? -----

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Merged changes replacing the hackish pychroot library with a simpler, non-magic chroot implementation. Resolves interpreter and platform restrictions, fixes CI failures, and passed reviewer approval.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — Merged a simpler, platform-independent chroot implementation to replace pychroot for overlays. This resolves version restrictions, platform limitations, and CI failures. Tests were restarted via a close/reopen cycle.

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