Debcraft snap FTBFS on armhf, s390x due to libgit2 issue

Metadata

Project: debcraft
Number: #88
Type: issue
State: open
Author: lengau
Labels: Status: Triaged Type: Bug
Created: 2026-02-20 02:53 PM UTC
Updated: 2026-02-20 02:54 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Debcraft snap FTBFS on armhf and s390x because git2/sys/errors.h is missing when pygit2 builds from source against system libgit2. Triaged as a bug by a maintainer with internal Jira tickets; no fix landed yet, snapcraft.yaml still depends on libgit2-dev.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The issue is labelled 'Status: Triaged' and 'Type: Bug', was filed by a maintainer with concrete Launchpad buildlogs, and the underlying problem is still live: snap/snapcraft.yaml still declares libgit2-1.7/libgit2-dev and has had no changes since it was added (#76), while pygit2 1.14.1 in uv.lock has no armhf/s390x wheels. Inactivity is only ~6 months and the issue is not outdated, so it should stay open pending a fix (e.g. building libgit2 from source or vendoring headers).

Impact: 45 Quick Win: 20.25 Staleness: 60 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 0

Issue body

On [s390x](https://launchpad.net/~canonical-starcraft/debcraft/+snap/debcraft-edge/+build/3061713) and [armhf](https://launchpad.net/~canonical-starcraft/debcraft/+snap/debcraft-edge/+build/3061712), the snap fails to build due to `git2/sys/errors.h` missing. - s390x buildlog: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/848510999/buildlog_snap_ubuntu_noble_s390x_debcraft-edge_BUILDING.txt.gz - armhf buildlog: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/848511003/buildlog_snap_ubuntu_noble_armhf_debcraft-edge_BUILDING.txt.gz

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 03:32 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 45 Quick Win: 20.25 Staleness: 60 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 0	keep open	Debcraft snap FTBFS on armhf and s390x because git2/sys/errors.h is missing when pygit2 builds from source against system libgit2. Triaged as a bug by a maintainer with internal Jira tickets; no fix landed yet, snapcraft.yaml still depends on libgit2-dev.
2026-07-22 12:15 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 80 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	keep open	Debcraft snap fails to build on armhf and s390x due to a missing libgit2 header. Triaged as a bug but inactive for 151 days with no maintainer follow-up.
2026-07-08 08:27 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 50 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	keep open	Debcraft snap fails to build on armhf and s390x due to a missing libgit2 header. Triaged as a bug, currently inactive with no maintainer follow-up.
2026-06-17 03:01 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 65 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 10	keep open	Debcraft snap fails to build on armhf and s390x due to a missing libgit2 header. Triaged but inactive for 116 days, awaiting assignment and a cross-architecture fix.

Update history

No update history recorded yet.

Related work

Related To: debcraft#89 (confidence 70%)
Same class of problem: debcraft snap FTBFS on a non-x86_64 architecture (riscv64) due to missing upstream wheels/toolchain; also open and triaged.

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