Runnig snapcraft with sources on parent folders (over one level) causes infinite loops
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Current evaluation
Snapcraft entered an infinite loop when sources were placed in parent folders more than one level deep. The report was closed without resolution or a fix, with no comments or associated pull requests.
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Issue body
Here's a test case:
- https://git.launchpad.net/~3v1n0/+git/lets-dump-broken?h=master
run snapcraft from toplevel: WORKS!
run snapcraft from ./packaging: WORKS!
run snapcraft from ./packaging/snap-package: FAILS!
And starts looping and trying to copy over and over the parts.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Snapcraft entered an infinite loop when sources were placed in parent folders more than one level deep. The report was closed without resolution or a fix, with no comments or associated pull requests. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The infinite loop bug triggered by snapcraft processing sources in parent directories more than one level deep was closed without a fix. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft entered an infinite loop when packaging sources from parent directories beyond one level. No comments or patches were submitted, and the report was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without resolution. The report details an infinite loop in snapcraft when sourcing files from parent directories more than one level deep. With zero comments, the issue was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1600428 Setting source: .. causes pull to fail | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Setting source: .. in snapcraft.yaml caused an infinite loop and file name too long error during pull. The bug was not fixed or addressed. |