No help text for the "help" sub-command when in a directory containing snapcraft.yaml
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Current evaluation
snapcraft help help command not found when in directory with snapcraft.yaml. Issue is 848 days old with no maintainer response.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: Similar issues were fixed in PR #5178 (issue #5169) and released in snapcraft 8.5.1, which addressed help command failures. This issue is 848 days old with no maintainer response or labels, and the problem is likely resolved in newer versions.
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
24.0
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
10
Issue body
```
$ snapcraft --version
snapcraft 8.2.5
$ snapcraft help help
Usage: snapcraft [options] command [args]...
Try 'snapcraft -h' for help.
Error: command 'help' not found to provide help for
```
I was originally wanna check whether there an option to specify which base snap to provide the help text of the autotools plugin.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
24.0
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | snapcraft help help command not found when in directory with snapcraft.yaml. Issue is 848 days old with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Unattended bug report from 805 days ago where snapcraft help help fails in a project directory. No maintainer response or comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | CLI help command fails with "command not found" when run inside a directory containing snapcraft.yaml. Unresolved for over two years with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | CLI help command fails with 'command not found' when executed in a directory containing snapcraft.yaml. The report has been inactive for over two years with no maintainer engagement or follow-up. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | snapcraft help help fails with command not found when run in a directory containing snapcraft.yaml. Untriaged, no maintainer response, open for over two years. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2048898 No helpfull message when command doesn't exist | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Unhelpful error when snapcraft.yaml command doesn't exist; no maintainer response in 967 days | |
| #1986645 Some snapcraft 7.x commands have irrelevant "help" info | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | 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. | |
| #1990549 snapcraft isn't context aware in displaying help text | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Feature request for context-aware CLI help based on snapcraft.yaml base. Open for over 4 years with no maintainer interaction or labels. |