Rebuilding a Go project results in error "error obtaining VCS status" in privileged containers
Metadata
Current evaluation
Rebuilding a Go snap in LXD fails with VCS status error; unlabelled, no maintainer response, 1309 days old
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has no labels, no maintainer comments, and no assignee after 1309 days. While the bug report is clear with reproduction steps, the age and lack of engagement make it uncertain whether this is still reproducible in current snapcraft versions. A maintainer should assess if this remains a valid issue or was resolved by changes to Go tooling or snapcraft's build process.
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
32.5
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
35
Support Request:
15
Issue body
Having built a Go snap from a Git repo, rebuilding it results in breakage that only cleaning helps with:
$ snapcraft --use-lxd
# builds fine
# change source
$ snapcraft --use-lxd
Updating build step for spread ('pull' step changed)
+ snapcraftctl build
+ go mod download
+ go install -p 16 -ldflags -linkmode=external ./...
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
32.5
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
35
Support Request:
15
|
needs triage | Rebuilding a Go snap in LXD fails with VCS status error; unlabelled, no maintainer response, 1309 days old | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
needs triage | Go snap rebuild in LXD fails with VCS status error. Issue lacks labels, maintainer response, or comments after over three years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
needs triage | Rebuilding a Go snap in LXD fails with a VCS status error. Unlabeled, unassigned, zero maintainer comments, and inactive for over three years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
90
|
needs triage | Go snap rebuild fails with VCS status error in LXD. Unlabelled, zero comments, inactive for over three years, awaiting maintainer assessment. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Rebuilding a Go snap in LXD fails with VCS status error. Open for over 3 years with no maintainer response, labels, or comments. |
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