ubuntu-desktop-installer LD_LIBRARY_PATH not defined anymore
Metadata
Current evaluation
Classic snap shell environment no longer sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH, possibly a snapcraft 8.0.1 regression. Untriaged, no maintainer engagement in 961 days.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has no labels, no maintainer response, no assignee, and 0 comments after 961 days. Per guidelines, untriaged issues should be marked needs_triage regardless of age. The LD_LIBRARY_PATH behavior for classic snaps needs maintainer assessment to determine if this is still a valid concern in current versions.
Impact:
60
Quick Win:
36.0
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
50
Support Request:
30
Issue body
Perhaps a 8.0.1 regression but our desktop installer snap (which is classic) stopped working, getting into the shell environment LD_LIBRARY_PATH isn't set anymore.
For reference our source is on https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-installer/blob/main/snap/snapcraft.yaml
A 10 days old build didn't have the issue so maybe a 8.0.1 regression?
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
60
Quick Win:
36.0
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
50
Support Request:
30
|
needs triage | Classic snap shell environment no longer sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH, possibly a snapcraft 8.0.1 regression. Untriaged, no maintainer engagement in 961 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Reports LD_LIBRARY_PATH missing in snapcraft 8.0.1+ for a classic snap. Untriaged, zero comments, inactive for over two years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Reports LD_LIBRARY_PATH missing in snapcraft 8.0.1 shell environment, breaking the ubuntu-desktop-installer snap. Unlabelled, zero comments, inactive for ~2.5 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Reports a potential snapcraft 8.0.1 regression where LD_LIBRARY_PATH is no longer set in classic snap environments. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for ~2.5 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Regression in snapcraft 8.0.1 where LD_LIBRARY_PATH is no longer set in classic snap shell environments, breaking the ubuntu-desktop-installer snap. Unaddressed for over two years with zero comments or labels. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1635 snap: remove leaking LD_LIBRARY_PATH | snapcraft | merged | Removed leaking LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the snapcraft-classic wrapper, resolving Launchpad bug #1723208. The variable leaked into the environment, breaking snaps on distros like Trusty, and was redundant given existing rpaths. Approved and merged. | |
| #1992557 snapcraft remote-build snapcraft.yaml validation too strict | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft remote-build validation rejects empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH in environment, blocking some classic snaps. Issue is 4 years old with no maintainer engagement. | |
| #1975498 PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH not set in snapcraft 7.0 | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as a reported regression in snapcraft 7.0 where PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are unset after dropping the snapcraft-runner wrapper. A manual workaround was provided. | |
| #1638405 libunity not added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft 2.20 wrapper script omits libunity from LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Launchpad buildd but not locally. No labels, no comments, no maintainer interaction in ~7.6 years. Current desktop extension explicitly adds libunity to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, making the original problem obsolete. |