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patchelf is missing from snapcraft Depends:

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1742707
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~flexiondotorg
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Closed. Package dependencies were updated to include patchelf, resolving the missing binary error during snap builds.

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Since snapcraft 2.38 patchelf is required. Installing snapcraft via apt does not also install patchelf. ## Expected behaviour `apt install snapcraft` should also install `patchelf`. ## Actual behaviour `apt install snapcraft` does not install `patchelf`. ## Steps to reproduce the behaviour Standup a clean 16.04 VM or container, and run the following: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:snappy-dev/snapcraft-daily sudo apt update sudo apt install snapcraft Trying a build a snap with snapcraft and the following traceback is generated: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/snapcraft", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('snapcraft===2.38-201801031632-af6551a-ubuntu16.04.1', 'console_scripts', 'snapcraft')() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 542, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2569, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2229, in load return self.resolve() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2235, in resolve module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/__main__.py", line 19, in <module> run(prog_name='snapcraft') File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 716, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 696, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1037, in invoke return Command.invoke(self, ctx) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 889, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke return callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/__init__.py", line 124, in run ctx.forward(lifecyclecli.commands['snap']) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 552, in forward return self.invoke(cmd, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke return callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/lifecycle.py", line 139, in snap project_options, directory=directory, output=output) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_packer.py", line 45, in snap execute('prime', project_options) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 79, in execute _Executor(config, project_options).run(step, part_names) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 184, in run self._run_step(step, part, part_names) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 221, in _run_step getattr(part, step)() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/__init__.py", line 564, in prime elf_patcher.patch(elf_file=elf_file) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/elf.py", line 208, in patch self._patch_rpath(elf_file) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/elf.py", line 224, in _patch_rpath elf_file_path=elf_file.path) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/elf.py", line 143, in wrapper return f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/elf.py", line 230, in _run_patchelf [elf_file_path]) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 576, in check_call retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 557, in call with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p: File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 947, in __init__ restore_signals, start_new_session) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1551, in _execute_child raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'patchelf' ## Ubuntu version Ubuntu 16.04.3.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed. Package dependencies were updated to include patchelf, resolving the missing binary error during snap builds.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed. The missing patchelf dependency was addressed by updating the snapcraft apt package dependencies.

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