Better messaging around libc6 incompatibilities
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Current evaluation
Fixed by snapcore/snapcraft#2241 (commit 700d019af), improving glibc ABI incompatibility errors without exposing libc6 details to casual users.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The maintainer linked PR snapcore/snapcraft#2241, which was merged as commit 700d019af titled “elf: better messaging on glibc ABI incompatibilities.”
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Do not surface libc6 to the casual user, make a note on the error though.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by snapcore/snapcraft#2241 (commit 700d019af), improving glibc ABI incompatibility errors without exposing libc6 details to casual users. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Improved glibc ABI incompatibility errors in merged PR #2241, keeping libc6 details out of casual messaging while adding a useful error note. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Improved glibc/libc6 incompatibility messaging in Snapcraft through merged PR #2241, commit 700d019af. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without tracked resolution. The suggested change to abstract libc6 from casual users while preserving error context was not implemented or merged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to hide libc6 from casual users while retaining error notes was abandoned. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#2241
(confidence 100%)
Linked in the closing issue comment and recorded as commit 700d019af.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1881 elf: better handling for newer libc6 | snapcraft | merged | Merged in snapcraft#1881 (commit 10ab28277), requiring libc6 to be explicitly declared in snapcraft.yaml so newer libc6 dependencies are recorded correctly. |