Always set prefix in the autotools plugin
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Current evaluation
Closed as rejected. Always setting the autotools prefix would break existing projects by hardcoding paths. Maintainers declined the merge to preserve builder compatibility, suggesting a new install-via enum instead.
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Issue body
Some codebases use prefix, libdir, datadir, etc. to locate installed resources at runtime. Since those paths are accessed at runtime, the prefix always needs to match the final mounted location of the snap.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as rejected. Always setting the autotools prefix would break existing projects by hardcoding paths. Maintainers declined the merge to preserve builder compatibility, suggesting a new install-via enum instead. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Rejected and closed. The proposed prefix change would break existing projects and hardcode paths. Maintainers suggested a new install-via enum instead, but the pull request was closed to preserve existing builder contracts. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and rejected. The hard-coded prefix change would break existing projects and violate current builder contracts. Maintainers advised against merging and suggested implementing the feature via a new install-via enum instead. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1544629 Autotools plugin should support installing via prefix instead of DESTDIR | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without implementation. Lacking comments or resolution, the request to add prefix-based installation support to the autotools plugin was abandoned. |