snapcraft does not take the software source mirror site setting
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed as stale without a code fix; Snapcraft 0.6~trusty~ppa1 did not honor the Software Center mirror setting. The reporter later identified SNAPCRAFT_LOCAL_SOURCES as a workaround.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: Launchpad records issue #1527036 as closed as stale without a resolving PR or commit. The comments only document the reported behavior and the SNAPCRAFT_LOCAL_SOURCES workaround, not a later fix.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
I expect that snapcraft will pull files from the site that I choose in the software center, but it didn't. Not sure if it's intended or a bug.
Steps:
1. On 14.04.1 Install snapcraft from the PPA.
2. Try to build a snap with snapcraft from any branch
3. Check the site that it connects to.
4. Change the software source from the software center
5. repeat 2 and 3
Expected result:
* Source should change with the software source setting.
Actual result:
* It always pull source from the same site, regardless the setting in the software source.
snapcraft version: 0.6~trusty~ppa1
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale without a code fix; Snapcraft 0.6~trusty~ppa1 did not honor the Software Center mirror setting. The reporter later identified SNAPCRAFT_LOCAL_SOURCES as a workaround. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale without a fix; Snapcraft 0.6~trusty~ppa1 did not honor the Software Center mirror setting. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale without a fix; snapcraft 0.6~trusty~ppa1 did not honor the Software Center's source-mirror setting. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The report indicated snapcraft ignored software center mirror settings, but received no comments or fixes before closure. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity or superseded by modern snapcraft releases. The mirror configuration bug was never addressed as the project evolved past the 2014 PPA version. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The issue was likely abandoned or superseded by newer versions that handle package sources differently. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Snapcraft ignoring software center mirror settings was closed without resolution. Zero comments were posted, indicating the report was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1583236 snapcraft APT sources checking too strict | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft still turns any apt-get update failure into a package-list refresh error; this old report needs a modern reproducer and a policy for distinguishing harmless source failures. | |
| #2020683 snapcraft remote-build cannot use a custom version of snapcraft | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as stale without a fix. A maintainer said Snapcraft developers could tap channel branches; later channel-selection work remains open in canonical/snapcraft#6384. |