snapcraft clean is incomplete
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Reporting that snapcraft clean skips local .snap files was closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned or left unresolved.
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I ran "snapcraft clean" and it did clean up the directories it generated, but it did not remove the .snap files in the local directory. I'm working from a bzr/git upstream branch, and I'd expect 'snapcraft clean' to clean up *all* of the files it generates, not just some. Thanks.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Reporting that snapcraft clean skips local .snap files was closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned or left unresolved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned without resolution. The report noted snapcraft clean omits generated .snap files, but zero comments or patches were submitted to address the gap. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | snapcraft clean failing to remove local .snap files was closed without a fix. Zero comments and prolonged inactivity indicate the report was abandoned or marked stale. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
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| #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 The report appears abandoned or superseded by later updates. | |
| #1675516 can't cleanbuild snapcraft itself | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments, the report of a failed snapcraft cleanbuild due to missing build-packages was abandoned. | |
| #1800119 snapcraft cleanbuild | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The report details a PermissionError during snapcraft cleanbuild caused by restricted access to the .aptitude directory. With zero comments and no fix applied, the issue was abandoned or marked stale. | |
| #1561546 Snapcraft clean removes local plugins | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without a documented fix or resolution. The bug where snapcraft clean incorrectly removes local plugins remains unaddressed, likely abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| #2044389 snapcraft clean failed but exit 0 | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft clean returns exit code 0 despite reporting an error about missing instance. Reported for version 7.5.3, no maintainer response in 2.7 years. | |
| #1609803 snapcraft cleanbuild --no-clean-up | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Feature request to add a --no-clean-up flag to snapcraft cleanbuild was closed without implementation. The issue appears abandoned or declined, with no comments or resolution details provided. | |
| #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. | |
| #1925050 snapcraft status missing information | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | snapcraft status missing information for arch: all revisions was closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned or superseded. | |
| #1578170 Your first snap: snapcraft clean needed before second snapcraft stage | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed and abandoned without resolution. The issue highlights a documentation gap where the Ubuntu snap tutorial skips steps on re-runs unless snapcraft clean is run first. No fix or update was applied. |