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User-reported catkin plugin failure ("Unable to find Catkin package roscpp_tutorials") on snapcraft 2.43.1. Closed stale by ~mr-cal on 2026-10-02; no fix was made.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: Maintainer ~mr-cal closed the bug with no code change, noting "Closing as stale - ros plugins have changed significantly since this bug report." The ROS/catkin plugins have since moved out of snapcraft core in commit 38996d538 (PR #2984), so the reported snapcraft 2.43.1 behaviour no longer applies.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
ERROR: Rosdep cannot find all required resources to answer your query
Missing resource roscpp_tutorials
ROS path [0]=/home/temasek/catkin_ws/parts/workspace/src/src
Sorry, an error occurred in Snapcraft:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/_ros/rosdep.py", line 127, in get_dependencies
output = self._run(command).strip()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/_ros/rosdep.py", line 210, in _run
subprocess.check_output(["rosdep"] + arguments, env=env)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 626, in check_output
**kwargs).stdout
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 708, in run
output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['rosdep', 'keys', 'roscpp_tutorials']' returned non-zero exit status 1
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/snapcraft", line 9, in <module>
load_entry_point('snapcraft==2.43.1', 'console_scripts', 'snapcraft')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 716, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 696, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1037, in invoke
return Command.invoke(self, ctx)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 889, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/_runner.py", line 93, in run
ctx.forward(lifecyclecli.commands["snap"])
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 552, in forward
return self.invoke(cmd, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/lifecycle.py", line 136, in snap
project = _execute(steps.PRIME, parts=[], **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cli/lifecycle.py", line 35, in _execute
lifecycle.execute(step, project_config, parts)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 90, in execute
executor.run(step, part_names)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 194, in run
self._handle_step(part_names, part, step, current_step, cli_config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 208, in _handle_step
getattr(self, "_run_{}".format(current_step.name))(part)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 250, in _run_pull
self._run_step(step=steps.PULL, part=part, progress="Pulling")
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/lifecycle/_runner.py", line 327, in _run_step
getattr(part, step.name)()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/__init__.py", line 415, in pull
self._runner.pull()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/_runner.py", line 83, in pull
"override-pull", self._override_pull_scriptlet, self._sourcedir
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/_runner.py", line 162, in _run_scriptlet
scriptlet_name, function_call.strip()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/_runner.py", line 218, in _handle_builtin_function
function(**function_args)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/pluginhandler/__init__.py", line 435, in _do_pull
self.plugin.pull()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/catkin.py", line 451, in pull
self._setup_dependencies(rosdep, catkin)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/catkin.py", line 456, in _setup_dependencies
self.catkin_packages, rosdep, catkin
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/catkin.py", line 803, in _find_system_dependencies
dependencies |= rosdep.get_dependencies(package)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/plugins/_ros/rosdep.py", line 134, in get_dependencies
'Unable to find Catkin package "{}"'.format(package_name)
FileNotFoundError: Unable to find Catkin package "roscpp_tutorials"
We would appreciate it if you created a bug report at
https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+filebug with the above text included.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | User-reported catkin plugin failure ("Unable to find Catkin package roscpp_tutorials") on snapcraft 2.43.1. Closed stale by ~mr-cal on 2026-10-02; no fix was made. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
20
Complexity:
42
Confidence:
98
Actionability:
78
|
close resolved | Snapcraft 2.43.1's Catkin build incorrectly sent workspace package roscpp_tutorials to rosdep; PR #2585 later fixed workspace dependency checking. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
24
Complexity:
42
Confidence:
98
Actionability:
84
|
close resolved | Snapcraft 2.43.1’s Catkin pull sent the workspace-local roscpp_tutorials package to rosdep, causing “Missing resource” and FileNotFoundError; merged PR #2585 later fixed workspace dependency checking. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
8
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
50
|
close stale | Snapcraft 2.43.1 catkin plugin crash: rosdep cannot find key for roscpp_tutorials, raising FileNotFoundError during pull. 2834 days old, zero comments, no labels; the catkin plugin no longer exists in modern snapcraft. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft ROS/catkin plugin fails with FileNotFoundError for roscpp_tutorials. Issue is 7+ years old, uses deprecated Python 3.5 and snapcraft 2.43.1, with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
70
|
close stale | 7-year-old report of a snapcraft ROS build failure caused by a missing catkin package. No maintainer response. The snapcraft ROS plugin and build environment have significantly changed, making this report obsolete. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
92
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft ROS/catkin plugin fails to resolve roscpp_tutorials dependency during build. Issue is 7+ years old with no maintainer response or labels. |
Update history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
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Related work
-
Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#2984
(confidence 70%)
Commit 38996d538 'plugins: move the existing plugin to a new package' removed the ROS plugins from snapcraft, rendering this old report obsolete.
-
Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#2847
(confidence 55%)
Commit 1d476f622 'catkin plugin: consider only local workspaces' changed workspace/dependency detection behaviour in the area that produced this error.
-
Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#2833
(confidence 45%)
Commit 949f90946 'remove rospack workaround now that rosdep -i works' is another catkin/rosdep workspace discovery change after the reported version.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1866718 Snapcraft ROS plugins should be using catkin_pkg instead of fetching all deps with rosdep | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as stale without implementation; maintainer ~mr-cal closed it on 2026-07-24 after the ROS 1 plugin proposal remained dormant. | |
| #4300 snapcraft fails for python projects if there is no setup.py | snapcraft | closed | Closed as stale in April 2025 without a Snapcraft fix. The reproducer declared bin/cos-alerter, but its packaging metadata did not define a console script; no resolving PR or commit was linked. |