snapcraft whoami fails if run in a place with recipe using base: core
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed without resolution or fix. The snapcraft whoami command incorrectly parsed snapcraft.yaml and failed on outdated base: core configurations. The issue was abandoned after 513 days with no comments or patches.
Suggested action: —
No scores available.
Issue body
snapcraft does not show "whoami" info in there is a snapcraft.yaml with "base: core" in the directory:
$ grep base snapcraft.yaml
base: core
$ snapcraft whoami
Base 'core' is not supported by this version of Snapcraft.
Recommended resolution: Use Snapcraft 4 from the '4.x' channel of snapcraft where 'core' was last supported.
This command should not need to look at snapcraft.yaml afaiu.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or fix. The snapcraft whoami command incorrectly parsed snapcraft.yaml and failed on outdated base: core configurations. The issue was abandoned after 513 days with no comments or patches. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | snapcraft whoami fails with a base compatibility error when run in a directory containing a snapcraft.yaml with the deprecated base: core. Issue is unlabelled, has no maintainer interaction, and has been inactive for over 16 months. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | snapcraft whoami fails with 'base: core' error. Issue is 489 days old, no activity, and suggests using Snapcraft 4. Clearly outdated for current versions. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | snapcraft whoami command fails when run in a directory containing a snapcraft.yaml with the deprecated base: core, incorrectly parsing the config file instead of just returning user info. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | snapcraft whoami fails when a snapcraft.yaml with the deprecated base: core is present. Issue is inactive for over a year with no maintainer response. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1939713 snapcraft init create base: core18 snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without direct resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. Subsequent Snapcraft releases updated the init default to core20 and core22, effectively resolving the reported behavior. | |
| #1611436 Snapcraft is missing whoami command | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Feature request for a whoami command was closed without implementation. With zero comments and no linked pull request, the request was abandoned. | |
| #1803776 snapcraft init missing a base | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The base requirement for snapcraft init was later implemented in subsequent releases, superseding this report. | |
| #1857019 cannot build snapd snap with build-base: core w/o base: core | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The snapcraft TypeError when using build-base: core without base: core remains unresolved. | |
| #2019931 snapcraft is ignoring the "assumes" section | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Bug report indicating snapcraft omits the assumes section from snap.yaml when using core22 base. Closed after two days with zero comments, indicating the report was abandoned without resolution. | |
| #2099923 Snapcraft builds are failing: install of snap "snapcraft" failed | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft builds failing due to outdated snapd (2.61) on build infrastructure unable to install core20 base. Issue is 556 days old with no maintainer response. | |
| #1869542 snapcraft unable to find snap/snapcraft.yaml file | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft 3.11 (2019) loses snap/snapcraft.yaml after a few builds and drops to the VM shell; workaround is snapcraft clean. 6+ years old, no labels, no maintainer comments, tied to a long-superseded build environment. |