Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: None is not of type 'string'
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Closed without resolution. The report detailed snapcraft.yaml validation errors involving null plugins and file patterns. With zero comments and over a decade of inactivity, the issue was abandoned.
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I have an example project based on the code snippet in the document of "
Snappy Ubuntu Core - Application Developer Manual 15.04". My project is located at:
https://github.com/liu-xiao-guo/null
snapcraft.yaml
parts:
example-part:
plugin: null
stage-packages:
- gpg
- wget
organize:
opt/bin: bin
filesets:
binaries:
- bin/*
- usr/bin/*
headers:
- *.h
- -include
stage:
- $binaries
- test/bin/test_app
- $headers
snap:
- $binaries
There are a few bugs related to the project:
1) - *.h gives me the following error:
Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: expected alphabetic or numeric character, but found '.' on line 20 of snapcraft.yaml
2) If I take out the above line, I come out the following error:
Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: None is not of type 'string'
3) By the way, I do not fully understand what the "oganize" mean in such a context. the explanation in the document is very weak.
I do not have any clue about the error. By the way, I have changed the "type" in the document to "plugin". However, the errors are the same.
Thanks & best regards,
XiaoGuo
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The report detailed snapcraft.yaml validation errors involving null plugins and file patterns. With zero comments and over a decade of inactivity, the issue was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or maintainer response. The issue reported snapcraft.yaml validation errors but received no comments or fixes, indicating it was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The reported snapcraft.yaml validation errors were not addressed, indicating the issue was abandoned due to inactivity. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution. The reported snapcraft.yaml validation errors stem from outdated documentation or syntax changes. No fix or merge occurred. |
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