Hooks don't support an `environment` keyword

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1

Currently one can add an app-specific environment like so:

# ...

apps:
  my-app:
    command: foo
    environment:
      FOO: BAR

One can implement a global environment, which will affect apps and hooks:

# ...

environment:
  FOO: BAR

apps:
  my-app:
    command: echo "$FOO"

hooks:
  configure:

However, there is no support for a hook-specific environment. Is there a reason for this, or is it an oversight?

2

Fixed with this:

3

I have just tested this out and it seems it does not work. I could not find any documentation about this either.

hooks:
  install:
  environment:
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/usr/lib

Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: The ‘hooks/install’ property does not match the required schema: Additional properties are not allowed (‘environment’ was unexpected)

4

Until snapcraft gains support you may use either of environment via passthrough, or command-chain:

hooks:
  <hookname>:
    command-chain:
    - ...
    passthrough:
      environment:
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ...
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5

Thanks. Any plans when this will be fully supported?

6

This is reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1848381, you could mark yourself affected by the bug, maybe it will get more priority from the snapcraft devs that way

7

done. and done. and some more done to pass the minimum required characters :wink:

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