snapcraft try not available for core22-based snap
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Closed without resolution or comments. The snapcraft try command remains unavailable for core22-based snaps, with attempts failing or falling back to legacy implementations.
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The `snapcraft try` command is not available when building a core22-based snap
Trying different combination of options falls back to the legacy implementation:
$ snapcraft -v try
2022-06-15 17:17:14.730 Starting Snapcraft 7.0.4
2022-06-15 17:17:14.730 Logging execution to '/home/ack/.cache/snapcraft/log/snapcraft-20220615-171714.729051.log'
Usage: snapcraft [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Try 'snapcraft -h' for help.
Error: No such option: -v
$ snapcraft try
Support for 'multipass' needs to be set up. Would you like to do it now? [y/N]: ^CAborted!
$ snapcraft --use-lxd try
Cannot pack snap file: Command '['snap', 'pack', '--check-skeleton', 'try']' returned non-zero exit status 1. (error: open try/meta/snap.yaml: no such file or directory)
Full execution log: '/home/ack/.cache/snapcraft/log/snapcraft-20220615-171729.488780.log'
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The snapcraft try command remains unavailable for core22-based snaps, with attempts failing or falling back to legacy implementations. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The snapcraft try command failure for core22-based snaps was not addressed, indicating the issue was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without resolution. The snapcraft try command failed for core22-based snaps due to missing multipass/LXD setup and legacy fallback errors. No fix was implemented. |
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