final_message is silent on ubuntu-12.04.5 / cloud-init 0.6.3

[Loic Dachary]

Steps to reproduce:

* upload https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img to OpenStack glance
* cat /tmp/user-data.txt
#cloud-config
final_message: "YOOOOOOO, after $UPTIME seconds"
* openstack server create --image 'teuthology-ubuntu-12.04' --flavor 'vps-ssd-1' --key-name loic --user-data /tmp/user-data.txt --wait try
* ssh ubuntu@try
* tail /var/log/cloud-init.log
Oct 29 17:44:06 try [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: handling keys-to-console with freq=None and args=[]
Oct 29 17:44:06 try [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: handling phone-home with freq=None and args=[]
Oct 29 17:44:06 try [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: handling final-message with freq=None and args=[]
* ubuntu@try:~$ sudo cat /var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt
#cloud-config
final_message: "YOOOOOOO, after $UPTIME seconds"

[James Falcon (falcojr)]

This is filed against a very old version of cloud-init. If this is still an issue, feel free to file a new bug against the current version of cloud-init with updated logs.

[James Falcon (falcojr)]

Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/2592