xdelta3 not generated using the snapcraft snap
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Current evaluation
Fixed xdelta3 lookup in snapcraft snaps via snapcore/snapcraft#2127, merged as commit 146235160.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The issue was resolved by PR snapcore/snapcraft#2127, titled "delta: properly search for in-snap xdelta3." Repository history records the merged change as commit 146235160.
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Issue body
We currently aren't searching for xdelta3 correctly
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed xdelta3 lookup in snapcraft snaps via snapcore/snapcraft#2127, merged as commit 146235160. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed bundled xdelta3 discovery; snapcore/snapcraft#2127 merged in commit 146235160, ensuring Snapcraft finds its in-snap xdelta3 executable. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#2127 (commit 146235160), which updated Snapcraft to locate bundled xdelta3 correctly when generating deltas from the snap. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned and closed without discussion. The snapcraft snap incorrectly searched for xdelta3, preventing generation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The snapcraft snap incorrectly searched for xdelta3. No fix or discussion was provided, indicating the report was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The snapcraft snap failed to locate or generate xdelta3 due to an incorrect search path, but no fix was provided. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed. The snapcraft snap failed to locate xdelta3 due to an incorrect search path. No fix or pull request was linked, indicating the issue was abandoned or resolved internally without tracking. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#2127
(confidence 100%)
The issue comment links directly to this PR, whose merged commit corrects xdelta3 discovery.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #934 deltas: migrate from xdelta to xdelta3. | snapcraft | merged | Merged canonical/snapcraft#934, replacing xdelta with xdelta3 for delta generation; landed as commit f4abf6f4b. | |
| #1645456 Migrate xdelta to xdelta3 | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft replaced xdelta with xdelta3 for delta generation via merged PR snapcraft#934 (commit f4abf6f4b), referenced by sergiusens when closing the bug. | |
| #2127 delta: properly search for in-snap xdelta3 | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2127 (commit 146235160), replacing shutil.which with file_utils.get_tool_path so Snapcraft locates bundled xdelta3 when run as a snap; fixes LP #1769978. | |
| #1642822 Generate the delta file in snapcraft by introducing the new deltas package | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | XDelta-based delta generation landed as the new snapcraft 'deltas' package, merged in canonical/snapcraft#918 (commit a129cdfee), with follow-ups adding delta uploads to push (#940) and xdelta3 migration (#934). |