Snapcraft tries to run chisel and fails
Metadata
Current evaluation
Typo in stage-packages (missing $ before CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH) causes snapcraft to try running chisel instead of giving a clear syntax error. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, 1200 days old.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is 1200 days old with no maintainer response, no labels, and no comments. The described behavior (confusing 'chisel: No such file or directory' error from a stage-packages typo) is likely no longer applicable given significant snapcraft evolution over 3+ years. The issue has never been triaged or acknowledged by a maintainer.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
55
Support Request:
20
Issue body
If the user makes a typo in stage-packages and forgets the $ like so:
stage-packages:
- package:{CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH}
Snapcraft for some reason then tries to run chisel, which does not exist in the snap and fails with the following message:
chisel: No such file or directory
This should probably be a syntax error in this case, rather than being interpreted by Snapcraft as something to do with chisel.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
55
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Typo in stage-packages (missing $ before CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH) causes snapcraft to try running chisel instead of giving a clear syntax error. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, 1200 days old. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Typo in stage-packages YAML causes Snapcraft to attempt running chisel instead of raising a syntax error. Untriaged, inactive for over three years with no maintainer comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Unlabelled bug report where a missing dollar sign in stage-packages causes Snapcraft to incorrectly attempt running chisel instead of raising a syntax error. Issue has zero comments and has been inactive for over 3 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Typo in stage-packages YAML causes Snapcraft to attempt running chisel instead of raising a syntax error. Untriaged, inactive for over 3 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Unlabelled report describing a parsing bug where a missing dollar sign in stage-packages causes Snapcraft to attempt running chisel instead of raising a syntax error. No maintainer response or activity in over three years. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2104274 Snapcraft has unclear behavior when providing same build-snap from different channels | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Bug report: snapcraft resolves build-snap from wrong channel (stable vs candidate). Untriaged, no maintainer response in 527 days. |