fix(packages/deb): preserve architecture in primed stage packages
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Current evaluation
Merged in canonical/craft-parts#1558 (commit 0b6a556a), preserving foreign-architecture suffixes such as :i386 in primed stage package names and adding regression coverage.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #1558 was approved with all CI checks passing and merged as commit 0b6a556a. It fixes deb metadata parsing to retain architecture-qualified package names.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
## Summary
- preserve foreign-architecture package names when extracting deb package name/version metadata
- use `` instead of `` when reading deb metadata
- add a unit test covering architecture-qualified package names
## Related
- snapcraft#5998
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in canonical/craft-parts#1558 (commit 0b6a556a), preserving foreign-architecture suffixes such as :i386 in primed stage package names and adding regression coverage. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in craft-parts#1558 via commit 0b6a556a, preserving foreign-architecture suffixes in primed stage package names and adding a unit test. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in canonical/craft-parts#1558, preserving foreign-architecture suffixes in primed stage package names and adding a unit test. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a fix preserving foreign architecture names during deb metadata extraction for primed stage packages. Updated parsing logic, added a unit test, passed CI, and received approval from two reviewers. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
10
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
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needs review | Preserves architecture in deb package names during extraction, updates metadata reading method, and adds a unit test. Approved by two reviewers, CI mostly passing with unrelated pending jobs, awaiting merge. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
10
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
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needs review | Preserves foreign-architecture package names during deb extraction by switching to dpkg-deb and adds a unit test. Approved by two reviewers, CI passing, awaiting merge. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
50
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
80
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needs review | Fixes deb package name extraction to preserve architecture qualifiers by switching to dpkg-deb. Includes a unit test. Approved by one reviewer, with two unrelated CI failures. Awaiting maintainer verification and merge. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
80
|
needs review | Fixes deb metadata extraction to preserve foreign architecture qualifiers in package names. Adds unit test. Currently awaiting maintainer review; reported CI failures appear pre-existing and unrelated. |
Update history
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| updated | |
| updated | |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#5998
(confidence 100%)
The upstream Snapcraft report of architecture loss in primed-stage-packages was fixed by this change.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1557 fix(deb): preserve architecture in primed stage packages | craft-parts | closed | PR closed unmerged by its author in favour of canonical/craft-parts#1558, which superseded it; #1558 was merged as commit 0b6a556a "packages: preserve architecture in primed stage packages". | |
| #5998 `primed-stage-packages` in `manifest.yaml` loses architecture information | snapcraft | closed | Fixed in craft-parts PR #1558 via commit 0b6a556a, preserving architecture suffixes such as :i386 in primed-stage-packages. | |
| #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. | |
| #1655797 Set arch for stage packages | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed architecture qualifiers such as i386 in stage packages via snapcore/snapcraft PR #1050. |