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--destructive-mode is not available in `snapcraft clean`

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1827191
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~brlin
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Closed without resolution. The snapcraft clean command lacks --destructive-mode support; users are advised to use SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host as a workaround.

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Currently it is not possible to clean a snap project artifacts in --destructive-mode, when the `snapcraft clean --destructive-mode` command is called, it returns: ``` Error: no such option: --destructive-mode ``` ## WORKAROUND ## Use `SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host snapcraft clean` instead.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b Closed without resolution. The snapcraft clean command lacks --destructive-mode support; users are advised to use SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host as a workaround.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b Closed without resolution or comments. The --destructive-mode flag for snapcraft clean was not fixed; the issue was abandoned, with the reporter providing a SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host workaround instead.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 Closed without resolution. The --destructive-mode flag remains unsupported for snapcraft clean. The SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=host environment variable is provided as a workaround.

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