Hello!
I have a question regarding the handling of tracking channels when using the snap revert command.
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Core 22. As of today, the pi gadget snap is tracking 22/stable channel, and it’s using revision 132:
# snap info pi
(...)
tracking: 22/stable
(...)
channels:
(...)
22/stable: 22-2 2022-06-10 (132) 11MB -
22/candidate: 22-2 2022-06-10 (132) 11MB -
22/beta: 22-2 2022-06-10 (132) 11MB -
22/edge: 22-2 2023-01-09 (137) 11MB -
(...)
installed: 22-2 (132) 11MB gadget
Let’s say I now want to refresh to the latest revision in the edge channel. I run the following command (I know --revision=137 is not mandatory, but I am writing a script and I need to have this parameter filled):
# snap refresh pi --channel=22/edge --revision=137
# snap list pi
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
pi 22-2 137 22/edge canonical✓ gadget
All good. The pi snap is now using revision 137 and tracking the 22/edge channel.
Let’s assume there is a problem, though, and I want to revert to the previous “safe” environment (rev 132, 22/stable channel). I issue the revert command:
# snap revert pi
2023-09-12T03:35:04Z INFO No gadget assets update needed
pi reverted to 22-2
# snap list pi
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
pi 22-2 132 22/edge canonical✓ gadget
The snap was indeed reverted to revision 132 (OK), but it’s still tracking channel 22/edge (not OK!).
Is there a way to tell snapd to revert not only the snap revision, but also the tracking channel?
Thanks!