Consecutive runs of rockcraft pack fail
Metadata
Current evaluation
A second rockcraft pack fails when an overlay script creates a fixed group or user because prior state persists; rockcraft clean restores success. The issue remains open and untriaged.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The report provides a complete YAML reproducer: the first pack succeeds, the second stops at addgroup because indico exists, and rockcraft clean makes it pass again. It has no labels, assignee, or maintainer assessment; the only comment is the reporter's cautious link to #57, and no resolving commit or current-version verification is available.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
48
Quick Win:
15
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
84
Actionability:
78
Issue body
Hi!
I've came across an error when trying to pack for second time an image containing a part that creates a group and a user. The first run is successful but the second one throws an error stating that the group already exists. When running `rockcraft clean` the `pack` succeeds again
```
Executing action
:: + addgroup --gid 2000 indico
:: addgroup: The group `indico' already exists.
'overlay-script' in part 'add-user' failed with code 1.
```
The rockcraft.yaml is as follows:
```
name: indico
summary: Indico rock
description: Indico OCI image for the Indico charm
version: "1.0"
base: bare
build-base: ubuntu:22.04
license: Apache-2.0
platforms:
amd64:
parts:
add-user:
plugin: nil
overlay-script: |
addgroup --gid 2000 indico
adduser --system --gid 2000 --uid 2000 --home /srv/indico indico
```
Thank you
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
48
Quick Win:
15
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
84
Actionability:
78
|
needs triage | A second rockcraft pack fails when an overlay script creates a fixed group or user because prior state persists; rockcraft clean restores success. The issue remains open and untriaged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
70
Quick Win:
34
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
75
Actionability:
80
|
needs triage | rockcraft pack fails on consecutive runs when overlay-script creates a group/user that already exists from the first run. Requires rockcraft clean between runs as workaround. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
13
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
75
|
close not a bug | Second 'rockcraft pack' run fails when overlay-script creates a group/user because the cached overlay already has them. Workaround is 'rockcraft clean'. 1300 days old, no maintainer response, no labels. Docs now recommend override-build with useradd/groupadd --root instead. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Unlabelled bug report from 3.5 years ago describing a failure when running rockcraft pack twice due to addgroup complaining about an existing group. No maintainer response or updates. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Unlabelled report of `rockcraft pack` failing on consecutive runs due to non-idempotent overlay scripts. No maintainer response in over 3 years. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related work
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Related To:
rockcraft#57
(confidence 99%)
The reporter explicitly called it possibly related; #57 also concerns leftover state breaking consecutive pack runs.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #57 Leftover files affecting consecutive runs of "rockcraft pack" | rockcraft | open | Failed pack leaves part-install files that break the next pack; a triage update asks whether the supported rockcraft clean reset resolves the hard-link failure. |