Bug 481258

Summary:	ghostwriter snap: "foo-install-cups" plug produces confusing warning on installation
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco>
Component:	Snaps	Assignee:	Scarlett Moore <sgmoore>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	neon-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Snap
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Raphael Kubo da Costa 2024-02-12 11:12:20 UTC

I've run `snap install ghostwriter` on an Ubuntu 22.04 installation. It seems to have succeeded, but it also produced a cryptic warning in the process:

$ snap install ghostwriter
2024-02-12T12:00:03+01:00 INFO cannot update "cups", will not have required content "foo": snap has no updates available
ghostwriter 23.08.4 from KDE✓ installed

Regardless of whether the warning should have been shown at all, the "foo" part got me confused. It seems to come from <https://invent.kde.org/packaging/snapcraft-kde-applications/-/blob/7c80c0c285153f5951c028c164279bd65e591bc2/ghostwriter/snapcraft.yaml#L49>; using a more descriptive name than "foo" would be helpful.

Comment 1 Scarlett Moore 2025-01-24 14:38:48 UTC

It was for auto install of cups as suggested by documentation. Though I have removed it as it silently broke other things. One must snap install cups manually now.