** Description changed: Fresh Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, snapd 2.75.2+ubuntu26.04.2. After snap install - alacritty --classic (which also pulled core22), all eight XDG folders - (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Public, Templates, - Videos) became symlinks pointing to their own absolute path, e.g. - Downloads -> /home/USER/Downloads, making them inaccessible. - ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs appears to have been rewritten during the snap - operation. Removing the links and running xdg-user-dirs-update --force - restores them. Does not happen with .deb installs. Symlink mtimes match - the snap-install completion time exactly. Reproduced by others on 26.04 - with unrelated snaps. + alacritty --classic (which also pulled core22) and open the installed + alacritty, all eight XDG folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, + Pictures, Public, Templates, Videos) became symlinks pointing to their + own absolute path, e.g. Downloads -> /home/USER/Downloads, making them + inaccessible. ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs appears to have been rewritten + during the snap operation. Removing the links and running xdg-user-dirs- + update --force restores them. Does not happen with .deb installs. + Symlink mtimes match the snap-install completion time exactly. + Reproduced by others on 26.04 with unrelated snaps. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04 Package: snapd 2.75.2+ubuntu26.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-27.27-generic 7.0.6 Uname: Linux 7.0.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Jun 30 22:02:49 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-06-30 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260423.1) ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SnapChanges: no changes found SourcePackage: snapd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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