Rebuild fails because of 'version' can be set only once
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Current evaluation
Incremental snapcraft pack fails with craftctl set version error due to craft-parts write-once restriction. Requires snapcraft clean. Unlabelled, 0 comments, awaiting triage.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue reports a concrete build failure during incremental snapcraft pack caused by craft-parts' write-once restriction on project variables. It has no labels, assignees, or maintainer comments, so it requires initial triage to determine if this is a snapcraft state-management bug or expected behavior requiring documentation.
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
35.0
Staleness:
40
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
40
Issue body
oHi,
Among multiple problems preventing a rebuild without having to make a 'snapcraft clean', a new one appeared:
when making a 'snapcraft pack' over a previous one,
it can result in a fail because it considers snap version has already been set.
A 'snapcraft clean' is then required to build.
```
'override-pull' in part 'frame' failed with code 1.
Detailed information:
:: + '[' -z '' ']'
:: + new_snap_version=0.31.1
:: + craftctl set version=0.31.1
:: error:
:: Traceback (most recent call last):
:: File "/snap/snapcraft/current/lib/python3.12/site-packages/craft_parts/ctl.py", line 112, in main
:: ret = CraftCtl.run(cmd, args)
:: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:: File "/snap/snapcraft/current/lib/python3.12/site-packages/craft_parts/ctl.py", line 45, in run
:: _client(cmd, args)
:: File "/snap/snapcraft/current/lib/python3.12/site-packages/craft_parts/ctl.py", line 99, in _client
:: raise RuntimeError(message)
:: RuntimeError: 'override-pull' in part 'frame' executed an invalid control API call: variable 'version' can be set only once.
```
Thanks.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
35.0
Staleness:
40
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
40
|
needs triage | Incremental snapcraft pack fails with craftctl set version error due to craft-parts write-once restriction. Requires snapcraft clean. Unlabelled, 0 comments, awaiting triage. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
25
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Build fails on subsequent runs without clean due to craft_parts rejecting duplicate version assignments via craftctl. Currently unlabelled and awaiting maintainer review. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
0
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
needs triage | Rebuild fails with 'version can be set only once' error when running 'snapcraft pack' without cleaning. No maintainer response yet. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | snapcraft pack fails with a 'version' can be set only once error from craft-parts when rebuilding without cleaning. Requires manual clean to proceed. Awaiting maintainer triage. |
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