the snapcraft snap prints: using regular magic file `/usr/share/misc/magic'
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Current evaluation
Warnings were fixed by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1283, which selects the magic database path when Snapcraft runs as a snap (commit 8694f55ec).
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR snapcore/snapcraft#1283 was merged as commit 8694f55ec, predetermining python-magic's database path to prevent the regular-file warnings.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
I installed snapcraft 2.29 from the edge channel: $ sudo snap install snapcraft --edge
When I run any command, it prints two warnings about magic file.
$ snapcraft -v
/etc/magic, 4: Warning: using regular magic file `/usr/share/misc/magic'
/etc/magic, 4: Warning: using regular magic file `/usr/share/misc/magic'
2.29
This was in ubuntu gnome zesty. I will test in more platforms.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Warnings were fixed by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1283, which selects the magic database path when Snapcraft runs as a snap (commit 8694f55ec). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Magic-file warnings in the snapcraft snap were fixed by merged PR #1283 (commit 8694f55ec), which predetermines the magic database path when running as a snap. Maintainer closed the Launchpad bug #1685530 pointing to that PR. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snap’s magic-file warnings were fixed by merged PR #1283 (commit 8694f55ec), which preselects the correct magic database when running as a snap. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned. The report of duplicate magic file warnings in snapcraft 2.29 received no discussion or fix and was left unresolved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The report about snapcraft printing magic file warnings was closed without comments or resolution, indicating it was abandoned. No fix was implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments, likely abandoned or superseded. The magic file warning was not addressed. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Reporting magic file warnings in the snapcraft snap was closed without resolution. No comments or fixes were provided, indicating the report was abandoned. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#1283
(confidence 100%)
The maintainer linked this PR as the resolution; it was merged as commit 8694f55ec.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1742504 magic.mgc, 1: Warning: offset `' invalid | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1870 (d20b9678d), replacing python-magic ELF detection with readelf and eliminating magic.mgc warnings and architecture-specific crashes. |