Builds for i386 start failing after upgrading to "base: core20"

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Build fails for platform i386

I encounter failing builds for platform i386, the root cause is this: linux32: failed to execute snap: No such file or directory Install failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lpbuildd/target/build_snap.py", line 251, in run self.install() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lpbuildd/target/build_snap.py", line 162, in install snap_name]) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lpbuildd/target/lxd.py", line 537, in run subprocess.check_cal…

How to best handle i386 when moving a snap to 'base: core20'

Hi, Existing snaps that produce i386 builds are supportable for the lifetime of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS when using the core or core18 snaps as the base. Publishers who want to move to ‘base: core20’ must drop builds for the i386 architecture since it isn’t unavailable. This presents a problem for publishers whose core/core18 builds are using the latest track and they want to move latest to core20. In my case, I wanted to continue to support i386 for the lifetime of Ubuntu 18.04 LT…