Some snapcraft 7.x commands have irrelevant "help" info
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Closed without resolution. Snapcraft 7.x pull command help text incorrectly displayed irrelevant options. Zero comments were posted, and no fix was implemented, leaving the report abandoned.
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Pretty sure this relates to several snapcraft 7.x commands, but "snapcraft pull --help" displays numerous options that clearly have no relevance for the pull step:
$ snapcraft pull --help
Usage:
snapcraft pull [options] <part-name>
Summary:
Download or retrieve artifacts defined for a part. If part names
are specified only those parts will be pulled, otherwise all parts
will be pulled.
Options:
-h, --help: Show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose: Show debug information and be more
verbose
-q, --quiet: Only show warnings and errors, not
progress
--verbosity: Set the verbosity level to 'quiet',
'brief', 'verbose', 'debug' or
'trace'
-V, --version: Show the application version and exit
--destructive-mode: Build in the current host
--use-lxd: Use LXD to build
--debug: Shell into the environment if the
build fails
--enable-manifest: Generate snap manifest
--manifest-image-information: Set snap manifest image-info
--bind-ssh: Bind ~/.ssh directory to local build
instances
--build-for: Set target architecture to build for
--shell: Shell into the environment in lieu of
the step to run.
--shell-after: Shell into the environment after the
step has run.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft 7.x pull command help text incorrectly displayed irrelevant options. Zero comments were posted, and no fix was implemented, leaving the report abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments or a fix. The report of irrelevant help text for snapcraft 7.x commands was not addressed, indicating the issue was abandoned or marked stale. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without resolution. Report indicated irrelevant help options in snapcraft 7.x pull command. No fix or discussion occurred. |
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