Snapcraft fails if Ubuntu Advantage/Pro is configured
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Closed without resolution or comments. Snapcraft crashes in destructive mode on Ubuntu Pro systems due to a permission denied error copying auth configuration files. No fix or PR provided, indicating the report was abandoned.
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Running snapcraft on 20.04 with destructive mode inside a system with Ubuntu Pro enabled does not work, producing the following output:
$ snapcraft --destructive-mode
*EXPERIMENTAL* --target-arch for core20 enabled.
Sorry, an error occurred in Snapcraft:
[('/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage', '/home/itrue/.cache/snapcraft/stage-packages/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage', "[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage'")]
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/legacy.py", line 27, in legacy_run
run()
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1635, in invoke
rv = super().invoke(ctx)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/_runner.py", line 130, in run
snap_command.invoke(ctx)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/lifecycle.py", line 387, in snap
_execute(steps.PRIME, parts=tuple(), pack_project=True, output=output, **kwargs)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/lifecycle.py", line 102, in _execute
lifecycle.execute(step, project_config, parts)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 145, in execute
executor.run(step, part_names)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 199, in run
self._handle_step(part_names, part, step, current_step, cli_config)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 213, in _handle_step
getattr(self, "_run_{}".format(current_step.name))(part)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 255, in _run_pull
self._run_step(step=steps.PULL, part=part, progress="Pulling")
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 353, in _run_step
self._prepare_step(step=step, part=part)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 344, in _prepare_step
preparation_function()
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/pluginhandler/__init__.py", line 489, in prepare_pull
self._fetch_stage_packages()
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/pluginhandler/__init__.py", line 468, in _fetch_stage_packages
self.stage_packages = self._stage_packages_repo.fetch_stage_packages(
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/repo/_deb.py", line 464, in fetch_stage_packages
with AptCache(
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/repo/apt_cache.py", line 53, in __enter__
self._populate_stage_cache_dir()
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/repo/apt_cache.py", line 123, in _populate_stage_cache_dir
shutil.copytree("/etc/apt", cache_etc_apt_path)
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 557, in copytree
return _copytree(entries=entries, src=src, dst=dst, symlinks=symlinks,
File "/snap/snapcraft/8210/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 513, in _copytree
raise Error(errors)
shutil.Error: [('/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage', '/home/itrue/.cache/snapcraft/stage-packages/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage', "[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/apt/auth.conf.d/90ubuntu-advantage'")]
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. Snapcraft crashes in destructive mode on Ubuntu Pro systems due to a permission denied error copying auth configuration files. No fix or PR provided, indicating the report was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The permission denied error when copying Ubuntu Advantage configuration during destructive mode remains unfixed. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned due to inactivity. Snapcraft crashes with a permission denied error when copying the Ubuntu Advantage apt configuration during destructive mode builds. The bug remains unfixed. |
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