Snapcraft clean doesn't remove pkg-config override
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed as unreproducible: the maintainer could not reproduce the reported `snapcraft clean` or `snapcraft clean <part-name>` behavior.
Resolution: closed not a bug
Reason: The sole maintainer comment on 2016-05-30 reported that neither clean command reproduced the issue; no fixing PR or commit is evidenced.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
`snapcraft clean` leaves `parts/<part name>/bin/pkg-config` files for every part. These should probably be removed.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Closed as unreproducible: the maintainer could not reproduce the reported `snapcraft clean` or `snapcraft clean <part-name>` behavior. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | The report was closed after a maintainer could not reproduce the leftover pkg-config override with either `snapcraft clean` form; no code fix was identified. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed with no documented fix or identified closing change; the stale pkg-config cleanup report has no verifiable resolution in the available metadata. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft clean continues leaving pkg-config override files in part directories. Abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without discussion or linked pull request. The report noted snapcraft clean leaves pkg-config override files in part directories. No fix was implemented, indicating the issue was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The report that snapcraft clean leaves pkg-config override files was closed without resolution due to prolonged inactivity, with no fix or pull request submitted. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without resolution. The snapcraft clean command still leaves pkg-config override files in part directories. Likely abandoned due to inactivity. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1690139 "snapcraft clean <part>" fails if the files I asked it to clean don't exist | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed after a maintainer reported that `snapcraft clean` works as expected; no resolving PR or commit was cited. | |
| #1604472 snapcraft changing pkgconfig .pc prefix is creating conflicts between parts | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Resolved conflicting pkg-config prefix rewriting through snapcore/snapcraft PR #676, which a maintainer linked as the issue's resolution. | |
| #1541620 snapcraft can't find modules installed under 'stage' dir | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as invalid after maintainers could not reproduce the problem across repeated clean builds; separate pkg-config support for build-packages was mentioned. | |
| #2044389 snapcraft clean failed but exit 0 | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft 7.5.3 reports a missing build environment during clean but exits 0; a maintainer confirmed the bug and agreed it should fail, with no fix recorded. | |
| #4880 snapcraft indiscriminately removes *.snap files | snapcraft | closed | Closed as an upstream snap pack issue, not a Snapcraft bug; the omission was reproduced with `snap pack` alone and the reporter was redirected to snapd. |