PATH does not include /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed unresolved after years of inactivity; snap-confine was named as the intended fix, but /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin remained outside snap PATH.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: No resolving merge or commit was identified. The issue remained open for years after a comment stating it would be fixed in snap-confine, then closed without a documented resolution.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
The xdg-open shim is placed in /usr/local/bin/xdg-open in the ubuntu-core snap. Since /usr/local/{sbin,bin} is not in the default PATH of snaps the shim is however not found unless explicitly called with full path.
PATH should include /local/ variants to make the shim work.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed unresolved after years of inactivity; snap-confine was named as the intended fix, but /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin remained outside snap PATH. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed unresolved after years of inactivity. Although snap-confine was named as the intended fix, /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin remained outside snap PATH. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed unresolved in Launchpad bug #1661023; /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin remained absent from snap PATH, leaving the xdg-open shim undiscoverable. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution. The snap PATH configuration remains unchanged, still excluding /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. No fix was implemented for the inaccessible xdg-open shim. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The request to update the snap default PATH to include /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity and zero comments. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snap-confine
(confidence 45%)
A maintainer said snap-confine would fix the problem, but no concrete PR or commit was identified.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #564 fix(snap): use snap bin paths if in a snap | craft-parts | closed | PR #564 was closed unmerged after unresolved review comments and prolonged inactivity; its Snap-aware binary PATH change never landed in craft-parts. |