Snapd 2.0.2 doesn't reexecute, pulls in ubuntu-core, stays stale

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While investigating a bug report I wrote a quick test that checks re-execution from snapd 2.0.2 which is shipped on the original Ubuntu 16.04 ISO.

summary: Check that re-execution from ancient snapd works 
systems: [ubuntu-16.04-64]
execute: |
    case "$SPREAD_SYSTEM" in
        ubuntu-16.04-*)
            apt-get remove --purge -y snapd snap-confine ubuntu-core-launcher
            apt-get install -y snapd=2.0.2 ubuntu-core-launcher=1.0.27
            ;;
    esac

    echo "Install a sanity check snap collection"
    snap install test-snapd-tools

    echo "Ensure the installed snap works"
    test-snapd-tools.echo Hello | MATCH Hello
    test-snapd-tools.env | MATCH SNAP_NAME=test-snapd-tools

The test showed that we actually don’t re-execute on that version, don’t do a core transition and just stay on a very old and useless version.

Here’s an idea: can we patch the store so that when 2.0.2 is pulling in the ubuntu-core snap it will fail with an error message like “please update your copy of snapd” or something similar? This way people won’t get to a corner that stays stale.

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That doesn’t sound worth pursuing. The installed snapd package should eventually be updated and that one will know how to update properly.