snapcraft help <plugin-name> doesn't work with plugin names containing a '-'
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Current evaluation
Closed without comments or resolution, likely abandoned. The bug prevented snapcraft help from recognizing hyphenated plugin names.
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Issue body
It seems that snapcraft help <plugin-name> doesn't work with a plugin that has a '-' in the name. Both plainbox-provider and tar-content both give the error message:
$ snapcraft help plainbox-provider
The plugin does not exist. Run `snapcraft list-plugins` to see the available plugins.
All others work.
The plugins are available:
$ snapcraft list-plugins
ant cmake go gulp kernel nil python qmake tar-content
autotools copy godeps jdk make nodejs python2 rust waf
catkin dump gradle kbuild maven plainbox-provider python3 scons
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments or resolution, likely abandoned. The bug prevented snapcraft help from recognizing hyphenated plugin names. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without documented resolution. The bug preventing snapcraft help from parsing hyphenated plugin names was abandoned, likely superseded by newer snapcraft versions or resolved externally. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The bug causing snapcraft help to fail on hyphenated plugin names was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned without resolution or comments. The snapcraft help command continues to fail when querying plugin names containing hyphens. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1699 snapcraft <help> command | snapcraft | closed | Closed without implementation or discussion. No resolution or merge details were provided, indicating the snapcraft help command feature request was abandoned. | |
| #1818051 `snapcraft help ruby` fails | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as wontfix. Maintainers confirmed Snapcraft no longer supports help text for plugins, directing users to official documentation instead. | |
| #1571953 Snapcraft help uses many imports | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Reducing imports for snapcraft help and list-plugins scripts was requested to simplify deployment. The request was closed without resolution or implementation, indicating it was abandoned. |