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Remove dangling symlink from JDK plugin

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Project
snapcraft
Number
#761
Type
pull request
State
closed
Author
gnuoy
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Current evaluation

Abandoned after reviewers questioned if removing the symlink would break CA certificate functionality. The author confirmed certs are still used but could not propose a fix. Another contributor could not reproduce the issue. Closed twice due to inactivity.

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Issue body

Using the JDK plugin results in a dangling symlink which in turn causes lint-snap-v2_external_symlinks to fail: package contains external symlinks: usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/security/cacerts lint-snap-v2_external_symlinks This pull request removes the symlink from the snap LP Bug #1617296

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b Abandoned after reviewers questioned if removing the symlink would break CA certificate functionality. The author confirmed certs are still used but could not propose a fix. Another contributor could not reproduce the issue. Closed twice due to inactivity.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 Abandoned and closed due to inactivity. Maintainers questioned if removing the symlink would affect CA certificate availability and could not reproduce the reported dangling link. The proposed fix was never validated or merged.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 Closed due to inactivity. Maintainers questioned CA certificate handling without the symlink, but the author could not provide a fix or reproducer. The changes were never merged and the request was abandoned.

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#1905 Remove dangling symlink from JDK plugin (LP Bug #1617296) snapcraft closed Closed without merging. The proposed fix was deemed unnecessary after a bases refactor resolved the dangling symlink issue. Superseded by architectural changes.
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#1617296 The JDK plugin results in a dangling symlink snapcraft (launchpad) closed Abandoned. The JDK plugin dangling symlink causing snap lint failures remains unaddressed due to lack of follow-up comments.
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