snapcraft: 8.7.3 -> 8.8.0

diff --git a/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py b/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

index 5fa4f898..41264ebb 100644

--- a/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

+++ b/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

diff --git i/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py w/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

index 5fa4f898b..41264ebb0 100644

--- i/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

+++ w/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class LXD(Provider):

             build_provider_flags=build_provider_flags,

         )

python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {

  pname = "snapcraft";

  version = "8.7.3";

  version = "8.8.0";

  pyproject = true;

    owner = "canonical";

    repo = "snapcraft";

    tag = version;

    hash = "sha256-T39hhosZTttX8jMlF5ul9oBcsh+FKusepj0k2NMZHNU=";

    hash = "sha256-54UOXEH3DxT1P/CRi09gEoq9si+x/1GHFuWRIyEvz3E=";

  };

  patches = [

diff --git a/snapcraft/providers.py b/snapcraft/providers.py

index a999537a..dcd290a7 100644

--- a/snapcraft/providers.py

+++ b/snapcraft/providers.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import sys

 from pathlib import Path

 from textwrap import dedent

 from typing import Dict, Optional

+import platform

 from craft_cli import emit

 from craft_providers import Provider, ProviderError, bases, executor

@@ -178,14 +179,14 @@ def get_base_configuration(

diff --git i/snapcraft/providers.py w/snapcraft/providers.py

index 41ab6e8f1..ceaf7539b 100644

--- i/snapcraft/providers.py

+++ w/snapcraft/providers.py

@@ -177,14 +177,15 @@ def get_base_configuration(

     # injecting a snap on a non-linux system is not supported, so default to

     # install snapcraft from the store's stable channel

     snap_channel = get_managed_environment_snap_channel()

-    if sys.platform != "linux" and not snap_channel:

+    import platform

+    if snap_channel is None and (sys.platform != "linux" or "NixOS" in platform.version()):

         emit.progress(

-            "Using snapcraft from snap store channel 'latest/stable' in instance "