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add support for --destructive-mode

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1791201
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~sergiusens
Labels
18.10-build-vm
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Current evaluation

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Implemented. Added --destructive-mode CLI flag and SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host variable to allow building directly on the host machine instead of using Multipass.

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Issue body

This will allow you to use your current host as the environment to build on (overriding the default bound to be set to use multipass). This is achieved by adding --destructive-mode to the cli arguments or setting the SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT environment variable to "host".

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Implemented. Added --destructive-mode CLI flag and SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host variable to allow building directly on the host machine instead of using Multipass.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Implemented and closed. The --destructive-mode flag and SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host variable were added to allow host-based builds instead of Multipass.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — Closed as implemented. Added --destructive-mode CLI flag and SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host support to bypass multipass and build directly on the host machine.

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