remote-build: support for snap relative sources
Metadata
Current evaluation
Remote build fails when a part uses a snapcraft extension path ($SNAPCRAFT_EXTENSIONS_DIR/ros2) as its source, because the remote builder cannot determine the source type. Open since ~2021 with no labels, comments, or maintainer response.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction in over 4 years (1606 days), and the matching Launchpad bug 1968303 is likewise still open with no response. It is a genuine bug report (clear reproduction and error output), not a support question, but it has never been assessed or categorised by a maintainer, so it needs triage rather than closure. I could not confirm via tools whether remote-build source handling has since changed, which limits confidence in any close action.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
15
Issue body
My part is:
```
parts:
ros2-galactic-extension:
build-packages: [ros-galactic-ros-core]
override-build: install -D -m 0755 launch ${SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/snap/command-chain/ros2-launch
plugin: nil
source: $SNAPCRAFT_EXTENSIONS_DIR/ros2
```
It uses source from snapcraft. This works fine locally but When I try remote-build, I get:
```
Failed to pull source: unable to determine source type of '$SNAPCRAFT_EXTENSIONS_DIR/ros2'.
Check that the URL is correct, or consider specifying `source-type` for this part. See `snapcraft help sources` for more information.
```
I couldn't find `source-type` that would work for my case.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
15
|
needs triage | Remote build fails when a part uses a snapcraft extension path ($SNAPCRAFT_EXTENSIONS_DIR/ros2) as its source, because the remote builder cannot determine the source type. Open since ~2021 with no labels, comments, or maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Remote build fails when using snapcraft extension paths as sources. No maintainer response or labels after over four years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Request to support snapcraft extension relative sources in remote-build. Open 4+ years with zero maintainer interaction. Likely obsolete due to significant changes in snapcraft's remote build and extension systems. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Remote-build fails to resolve snapcraft extension directories as relative sources. Unlabelled and inactive for over four years with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Remote build fails to resolve $SNAPCRAFT_EXTENSIONS_DIR/ros2 as a source, working only locally. Issue is 4 years old with no maintainer comments or labels. |
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Related work
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Duplicate Of:
snapcraft#1968303
(confidence 70%)
Launchpad bug 1968303 is the same 'remote-build: support for snap relative sources' report, still open with no maintainer response.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6287 remote-build: support build paths | snapcraft | open | Enhancement to add --project-dir support for remote-build command, allowing users to specify build paths when multiple snapcraft.yaml files exist. Issue is triaged and assigned to a contributor after upstream dependency was resolved. | |
| #1860526 source-type breaks remote-build | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft remote-build fails when source-type is git because the source directory differs from the working directory, causing go dep to fail. The remote-build command has since been removed from snapcraft, making this issue obsolete. | |
| #109 Failed to pull source: unable to determine source type of '/usr/share/snapcraft/extensions/ros2' | snapcraft-rocks | open | Snapcraft 8 Docker image (ghcr.io/canonical/snapcraft:8_core22) fails to resolve ros2 extension: get_extensions_data_dir() returns /usr/share/snapcraft/extensions but extensions live in site-packages. Triaged, acknowledged by maintainer, workaround shared, still open. | |
| #1106 remote-build: support `build_path` for snaps | craft-application | closed | Accepted and closed. The build_path enhancement for snaps is scoped to the remote-build subcommand for now, with plans to expand to other lifecycle commands later. | |
| #5721 Failed to pull source: unable to determine source type of '/usr/share/snapcraft/extensions/ros2'. | snapcraft | open | Snapcraft 8 Docker image fails to resolve ros2 extension: get_extensions_data_dir() returns /usr/share/snapcraft/extensions but extensions are installed under site-packages/extensions. Untriaged, no maintainer activity in 374 days; same bug tracked in snapcraft-rocks#109. |