Errors due to "missing" files using "stage:"
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Current evaluation
Abandoned. Reported a snapcraft staging error when excluding directories with missing files. Closed without comments or a fix, indicating the issue was stale.
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Issue body
As they fulfill no purpose in a snap, following "snapcraft help plugins" I'm attempting to drop them from the part:
stage:
- -share/man
Alas "snapcraft" fails with this paradoxical error:
[Errno 2] File or folder doesn't exist: '/home/cris/bau/neovim/stage/share/man/man1/nvim.1'
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. Reported a snapcraft staging error when excluding directories with missing files. Closed without comments or a fix, indicating the issue was stale. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned due to inactivity. Snapcraft's staging error for missing directories was not resolved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The report described a snapcraft error when staging directories with missing files. With zero comments and no patch, the issue was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned due to inactivity. Reported a Snapcraft error when staging directories containing missing files. No fix or workaround was implemented. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 snapcraft.yaml needs to make all stages dirty (was: the can't add file without recreating entire package) | snapcraft | closed | Closed without a direct fix. The maintainer noted snapcraft failed to invalidate stages when snapcraft.yaml changed, requiring an internal --force. Tracking was moved back to Launchpad, superseding this GitHub issue. | |
| #1619049 /sbin and /usr/sbin stage-packages not found | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft wrappers failing to include /sbin and /usr/sbin in stage-package PATHs were closed without resolution. Zero comments and no fix indicate the report was abandoned. | |
| #1537850 Migratable filesets for stage should be considered in snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The snap step incorrectly ignored stage fileset exclusions, causing build errors and requiring redundant configuration. Appears abandoned. | |
| #1873349 snapcraft sometimes generates invalid stage-packages entries in manifest.yaml | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The report detailed invalid duplicate stage-packages entries in manifest.yaml causing USN notification failures. With zero comments and no applied fix, the issue was abandoned. | |
| #1623279 [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/robru/src/bileto.snap/stage/debian/source' | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The report details a snapcraft crash during the snap stage caused by a missing debian/source directory. No fix or discussion occurred, leaving the issue abandoned. | |
| #1746784 Failing while fetching parts.snapcraft.io should be handled better | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution. No fix or merge details provided; likely abandoned or marked stale. | |
| #1655797 Set arch for stage packages | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft rejected architecture qualifiers in stage-packages, causing download failures. With zero comments and no fix, the report was abandoned. | |
| #1772027 Pull stage of an unspecified part is unexpectedly cleaned by snapcraft | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned due to inactivity. Snapcraft incorrectly cleaned an unrelated part's pull stage during partial clean operations. No comments or resolution were provided before closure. | |
| #1548376 docs/snapcraft-syntax.md should explicitly name the conditions under which a file is expected to end up in stage/ and snap/ | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without action due to inactivity. The documentation request to clarify stage-packages and snap directive behavior was abandoned. No updates or fixes were implemented. | |
| #1477904 snapcraft.yaml needs to make all stages dirty (was: the can't add file without recreating entire package) | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Snapcraft continues to skip stages when files are added, requiring manual cleanup of build directories to trigger rebuilds. |