An error occurred building hello world Snapcraft
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Snapcraft 2.43.1 prime crashes with FileNotFoundError when app command points to bin/hello, but only gnu-bash part is built so the binary doesn't exist. User configuration error, 7.9 years old, 0 comments, no labels.
Suggested action: close not a bug
Reason: The user's snapcraft.yaml defines an app with 'command: bin/hello' but the only part built is gnu-bash (which produces bin/bash, not bin/hello). No part builds the hello binary, so prime/bin/hello correctly does not exist. This is a user configuration error, not a snapcraft bug. The issue is 2878 days old with 0 comments and no maintainer engagement.
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
9.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
85
Issue body
I am trying to build hello world snap.
The snapcraft.yaml is:
name: hello
version: '2.10'
summary: GNU Hello, the "hello world" snap
description: |
GNU hello prints a friendly greeting.
grade: devel
confinement: devmode
apps:
hello:
command: bin/hello
bash:
command: bash
parts:
gnu-bash:
source: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz
plugin: autotools
configflags: ["--infodir=/var/bash/info"]
When I try to build the snap I got the next error:
popalex@ubuntu18-esb:~/mysnaps/hello$ snapcraft prime
Skipping pull gnu-bash (already ran)
Skipping build gnu-bash (already ran)
Skipping stage gnu-bash (already ran)
Skipping prime gnu-bash (already ran)
Sorry, an error occurred in Snapcraft:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/snapcraft", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('snapcraft==2.43.1+18.4', 'console_scripts', 'snapcraft')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 722, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 697, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/lifecycle.py", line 115, in prime
_execute(steps.PRIME, parts, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/lifecycle.py", line 35, in _execute
lifecycle.execute(step, project_config, parts)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 90, in execute
executor.run(step, part_names)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 196, in run
self._create_meta(step, processed_part_names)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 359, in _create_meta
self.config.validator.schema,
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 109, in create_snap_packaging
packaging.write_snap_yaml()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 312, in write_snap_yaml
snap_yaml = self._compose_snap_yaml()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 468, in _compose_snap_yaml
snap_yaml["apps"] = self._wrap_apps(self._config_data["apps"])
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 567, in _wrap_apps
self._wrap_app(app, apps[app])
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 575, in _wrap_app
app[k] = self._wrap_exe(app[k], "{}-{}".format(k, name))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/meta/_snap_packaging.py", line 546, in _wrap_exe
with open(exepath, "rb") as exefile:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/popalex/mysnaps/hello/prime/bin/hello'
We would appreciate it if you created a bug report at
https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+filebug with the above text included.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
9.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
85
|
close not a bug | Snapcraft 2.43.1 prime crashes with FileNotFoundError when app command points to bin/hello, but only gnu-bash part is built so the binary doesn't exist. User configuration error, 7.9 years old, 0 comments, no labels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Snapcraft build fails with FileNotFoundError during prime stage. Issue is 7.8 years old, uses deprecated snapcraft 2.43.1, and has no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Reports a FileNotFoundError during snapcraft prime due to missing bin/hello. Issue remains untriaged and inactive for over 7 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
92
Support Request:
30
|
close stale | Report of a FileNotFoundError during snapcraft prime with v2.43.1 due to a missing prime/bin/hello file. The issue has been inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
95
|
close stale | User reports a FileNotFoundError during snapcraft prime with snapcraft 2.43.1. No maintainer response, inactive for over 7 years, and the reported version is long deprecated. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft (launchpad)#1797378
(confidence 60%)
Similar FileNotFoundError during prime when app command points to a file not copied to prime/bin/, but different root cause (prettier.js vs prettier).
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