fix(snap): remove libapt-pkg-dev now that python3-apt is a stage-package
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Merged a fix to remove redundant libapt-pkg-dev from snapcraft build dependencies, resolving uv source distribution build failures by relying on the python3-apt stage-package.
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`uv` now hard-rejects source distributions with non-PEP 625 filenames (`.tar.xz`), which breaks building `python-apt` from source. Snapcraft already has a dedicated `python3-apt` part that installs it via `stage-packages`, making `libapt-pkg-dev` redundant.
## Changes
- **`snap/snapcraft.yaml`**: Drop `libapt-pkg-dev` from `build-deps` build-packages — it was only needed to compile `python-apt` from source
- **`snap/snapcraft.yaml`**: Update stale `MAKEOPTS` comment from "things like python-apt" to reflect actual source-built packages (cryptography, pygit2)
Mirrors the equivalent fix in charmcraft: https://github.com/canonical/charmcraft/pull/2818
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a fix to remove redundant libapt-pkg-dev from snapcraft build dependencies, resolving uv source distribution build failures by relying on the python3-apt stage-package. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
85
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needs review | Removes redundant libapt-pkg-dev build dependency from snapcraft.yaml to resolve python-apt source build failures. Updates a stale comment. Awaiting maintainer review with passing CI. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
5
Confidence:
90
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needs review | Removes redundant libapt-pkg-dev build dependency from snapcraft.yaml since python3-apt is now a stage-package. Updates a stale comment. Currently pending maintainer review with passing CI. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
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| #6382 fix(snap): remove libapt-pkg-dev and stale comment now that python3-apt is a stage-package | snapcraft | closed | Merged to remove the unused libapt-pkg-dev build dependency and update a stale comment, reflecting the switch to python3-apt as a stage-package. | |
| #2850 fix(snap): install python3-apt as a stage-package instead of building… | charmcraft | merged | Merged. Fixes snap build failures from uv rejecting non-compliant python-apt sources by installing python3-apt as a distro stage-package and isolating it in a dedicated snap part. Also fixes ruff lint errors. | |
| #2818 fix(snap): install python3-apt as a stage-package instead of building from source | charmcraft | merged | Merged. Fixed snap build failures from uv rejecting non-PEP 625-compliant python-apt sources by installing python3-apt as an apt stage-package instead of compiling from source. Removed requirements-noble.txt and updated snapcraft configuration. | |
| #1321 chore(snap): remove libapt-pkg-dev since we no longer build python-apt | rockcraft | open | Removes unnecessary libapt-pkg-dev build dependency from snapcraft.yaml since python-apt is installed as a stage-package. Draft PR pending spread test fix. | |
| #401 fix(snap): install python3-apt as a stage-package instead of building from source | imagecraft | closed | Closed and rejected without merging. A maintainer dismissed the snap fix to stage python3-apt instead of building from source as insufficiently impactful. | |
| #3394 requirements: rely on host's python3-apt | snapcraft | closed | Merged into master. Updates snapcraft to use the host's python3-apt, removes it from requirements.txt, and fixes a snap command entry warning. |