Snapcraft clean removes local plugins
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Current evaluation
Closed without a documented fix or resolution. The bug where snapcraft clean incorrectly removes local plugins remains unaddressed, likely abandoned due to prolonged inactivity.
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Issue body
The per-step implementation of cleaning also removes local plugins. This is obviously not desired.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a documented fix or resolution. The bug where snapcraft clean incorrectly removes local plugins remains unaddressed, likely abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Reported that snapcraft clean incorrectly removes local plugins was closed without resolution. With zero comments and over a decade of inactivity, the bug report appears abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a fix or resolution. The reported bug where snapcraft clean removes local plugins remains unresolved, indicating the issue was abandoned or rejected. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The per-step cleaning process incorrectly removed local plugins, but no fix or discussion was provided. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1615060 snapcraft clean is incomplete | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Reporting that snapcraft clean skips local .snap files was closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned or left unresolved. | |
| #1567054 Snapcraft clean doesn't remove pkg-config override | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without discussion or linked pull request. The report noted snapcraft clean leaves pkg-config override files in part directories. No fix was implemented, indicating the issue was abandoned. | |
| #1839014 snapcraft clean with additional arguments doesn't clean anything | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The bug caused snapcraft clean with arguments to crash with a FileNotFoundError when launching a VM. Likely abandoned due to inactivity. | |
| #1501980 the error message when a plugin is not found is not good | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Closed without resolution or comments. The misleading error message for missing snapcraft plugins was never fixed or addressed due to zero activity and no maintainer follow-up. | |
| #2013112 Installing snapcraft under a different name causes version mixup | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | The snapcraft parallel install version mixup was closed without resolution. With zero comments and over three years of inactivity, the bug was abandoned and remains unfixed. | |
| #1862219 Snapcraft Rust Plugin Does not Respect Cargo.lock | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned and closed without resolution. The Snapcraft Rust plugin continues to ignore Cargo.lock files, causing dependency resolution mismatches during automated builds. | |
| #1688151 snapcraft pull doesn't save the installed build dependencies | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution. The bug where snapcraft pull omitted build package dependencies from the pull state file was abandoned. | |
| #1827095 Local plugins not found in alternative snap dir | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The bug preventing local plugins from loading in alternative snap directories remains unfixed. No patches or comments were submitted. | |
| #1799925 snapcraft gives conflicting advice for cleaning parts | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without a fix. Snapcraft incorrectly advised running snapcraft clean with part and step flags, which were unsupported. The author worked around it with a full clean. The report appears abandoned or superseded by later updates. | |
| #1956216 Snapcraft is no longer working within a Docker container | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The report detailed a snapcraft ModuleNotFoundError in Docker containers, but received no comments or fixes. The issue remains abandoned. |