Why are there multiple loop devices for the same snap?
I used lsblk to check connected devices, when I found that there are a total of 3 loop devices for the same snap "core", with revision numbers.
loop1 7:1 0 81.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4110
loop2 7:2 0 81.7M 1 loop /snap/core/4017
loop0 7:0 0 81.3M 1 loop /snap/core/3887
On checking the mount directory of snaps, this is what I get:
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Jan 22 13:17 3887
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 6 20:48 4017
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 20 22:37 4110
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 23 19:31 current -> 4110
and snap list shows this:
core 16-2.31.1 4110 canonical core
Why is snapd not removing the old versions of snap core? Is it a normal behavior, or is there any way to remove this if this is not supposed to happen? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 mount snap loop-device
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
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I used lsblk to check connected devices, when I found that there are a total of 3 loop devices for the same snap "core", with revision numbers.
loop1 7:1 0 81.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4110
loop2 7:2 0 81.7M 1 loop /snap/core/4017
loop0 7:0 0 81.3M 1 loop /snap/core/3887
On checking the mount directory of snaps, this is what I get:
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Jan 22 13:17 3887
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 6 20:48 4017
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 20 22:37 4110
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 23 19:31 current -> 4110
and snap list shows this:
core 16-2.31.1 4110 canonical core
Why is snapd not removing the old versions of snap core? Is it a normal behavior, or is there any way to remove this if this is not supposed to happen? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 mount snap loop-device
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
muru
1
asked Mar 4 '18 at 7:56
ApurvApurv
285
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I used lsblk to check connected devices, when I found that there are a total of 3 loop devices for the same snap "core", with revision numbers.
loop1 7:1 0 81.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4110
loop2 7:2 0 81.7M 1 loop /snap/core/4017
loop0 7:0 0 81.3M 1 loop /snap/core/3887
On checking the mount directory of snaps, this is what I get:
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Jan 22 13:17 3887
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 6 20:48 4017
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 20 22:37 4110
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 23 19:31 current -> 4110
and snap list shows this:
core 16-2.31.1 4110 canonical core
Why is snapd not removing the old versions of snap core? Is it a normal behavior, or is there any way to remove this if this is not supposed to happen? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 mount snap loop-device
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
muru
1
asked Mar 4 '18 at 7:56
ApurvApurv
285
I used lsblk to check connected devices, when I found that there are a total of 3 loop devices for the same snap "core", with revision numbers.
loop1 7:1 0 81.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4110
loop2 7:2 0 81.7M 1 loop /snap/core/4017
loop0 7:0 0 81.3M 1 loop /snap/core/3887
On checking the mount directory of snaps, this is what I get:
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Jan 22 13:17 3887
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 6 20:48 4017
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 321 Feb 20 22:37 4110
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 23 19:31 current -> 4110
and snap list shows this:
core 16-2.31.1 4110 canonical core
Why is snapd not removing the old versions of snap core? Is it a normal behavior, or is there any way to remove this if this is not supposed to happen? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 mount snap loop-device
16.04 mount snap loop-device
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
muru
1
asked Mar 4 '18 at 7:56
ApurvApurv
285
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
muru
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asked Mar 4 '18 at 7:56
ApurvApurv
285
edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
muru
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edited Mar 4 '18 at 9:11
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In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable.
You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that.
answered Apr 9 '18 at 21:05
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In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable.
You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that.
answered Apr 9 '18 at 21:05
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In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable.
You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that.
answered Apr 9 '18 at 21:05
j1mcj1mc
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In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable.
You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that.
answered Apr 9 '18 at 21:05
j1mcj1mc
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In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable.
You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that.
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