$SNAP not pointing to current

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Hi guys,

I have recently started to work with snap and really like the idea of universal linux packages!

I have noticed that $SNAP is not pointing to current, but e.g. /snap/foobar/x2.
I think this is problematic for classic snaps. The value of $SNAP could end up in a configuration file and become invalid after an update.

Here the version that I am running:

snap    2.27.5
snapd   2.28.1
series  16
ubuntu  16.04
kernel  4.4.0-97-generic

Many thanks,
Lukas

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Hi Lukas,

The point of the variable is indeed to point to the real path, and not to the symlink.

If you want the symlink, it is available at:

$ echo $(dirname $SNAP)/current
/snap/foobar/current
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