consider adding build-essential to the depends of snapcraft package (fails to build simple C program in fresh classic)
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Closed without resolution or discussion. The proposal to add build-essential to snapcraft's Ubuntu package dependencies was abandoned, leaving C compilation on fresh classic systems unsupported.
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Issue body
in fresh classic setup just installing snapcraft wont pull in a compiler, so even the most simple C program does not compile...
I suggest that for the ubuntu package we make this more convenient by depending on build-essential
Thanks!
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or discussion. The proposal to add build-essential to snapcraft's Ubuntu package dependencies was abandoned, leaving C compilation on fresh classic systems unsupported. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without action. The proposal to add build-essential as a snapcraft package dependency was abandoned due to lack of discussion. No implementation occurred. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | A request to add build-essential to snapcraft dependencies was closed without resolution. Lacking discussion or maintainer response, the suggestion was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without action. The proposal to add build-essential as a snapcraft dependency for Ubuntu was not implemented and appears abandoned due to lack of discussion. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1588241 Implicitly add build-essential to build-packages | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as completed. Modern Snapcraft buildd images now include build-essential by default, making it implicitly available for all builds without requiring manual configuration. | |
| #1677974 snap build dependencies | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments after extended inactivity. The request to specify snap packages as build dependencies was likely abandoned or superseded by later snapcraft updates introducing native support for snap-based build dependencies. |