stage-packages doesn't support versions
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Current evaluation
Closed without resolution. The limitation was superseded by updated Snapcraft packaging logic in later releases.
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Issue body
Error downloading stage packages for part 'hello': The Ubuntu package 'hello=2.10-1' was not found
Snapcraft version: 2.27
Host OS: xenial
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The limitation was superseded by updated Snapcraft packaging logic in later releases. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The stage-packages version pinning limitation was abandoned. The report was closed without implementation or discussion, marked by zero comments and prolonged inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The report that Snapcraft 2.27 stage-packages fails with versioned package specifications was abandoned after nine years with no comments or fix. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed as obsolete. The stage-packages directive initially lacked version pinning support, causing package resolution failures. Newer Snapcraft releases now support versioned stage packages, superseding this issue. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1671939 build-packages doesn't support specifying a version | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Closed without comments or documented resolution. Snapcraft does not support version pinning in build-packages due to underlying apt cache limitations. |