Broken dependency on python3-parted in Trusty

[Adam Collard]

last few lines from cloud-init-output.log

Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package python3-parted
failed to install deps!
2015-08-10 09:46:02,678 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed running /var/lib/cloud/instance/scripts/part-001 [1]
2015-08-10 09:46:02,681 - cc_scripts_user.py[WARNING]: Failed to run module scripts-user (scripts in /var/lib/cloud/instance/scripts)
2015-08-10 09:46:02,681 - util.py[WARNING]: Running scripts-user (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_scripts_user' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_scripts_user.pyc'>) failed

This was using MAAS and getting Curtin 0.1.0~bzr236 from the experimental PPA.

Note that python3-parted is not in the archive for Trusty: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=python3-parted

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

this is known, the goal is to drop the dependency on python-parted.
we did not implement a work around as we're getting rid of it soon.

wily works, but trusty was tricky as the curtin launcher picks between available pythons, and in trusty:
  python3-parted is not packaged
  python-yaml (python2) is not available,

so the bin/curtin launcher doesn't find either one as suitable.

we could work around it, but we hope to fix it by dropping parted soon.

[Adam Collard (adam-collard)]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 at 14:55 Scott Moser <email address hidden> wrote:

> this is known, the goal is to drop the dependency on python-parted.
> we did not implement a work around as we're getting rid of it soon.
>
> wily works, but trusty was tricky as the curtin launcher picks between
> available pythons, and in trusty:
> python3-parted is not packaged
> python-yaml (python2) is not available,
>

Huh? python-yaml has been packaged for a long time
http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/python-yaml

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

This bug is believed to be fixed in curtin in 17.1. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.