Misleading error message when trying to install unconfined snaps from the edge channel
Bug #1598886 reported by
Simon Fels
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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snapd (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I try to install the TPM snap from the edge channel I get the following output:
$ snap install tpm --channel=edge
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Download snap "tpm" from channel "edge" (snap not found)
The mistake here is that I forgot --devmode as the snap is published with "confinement: devmode" but the error message is misleading here. For the filtering (channel==edge && confinement=
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.