Enabling trusty/mitaka cloud archive on MAAS 1.9.x hosts causes dist-upgrade to remove MAAS packages

[Drew Freiberger]

On our MAAS nodes for Openstack support, we add the appropriate Ubuntu cloud archive in order to keep the python-openstackclient/python-heatclient/etc tools up-to-date. However, when we perform a dist-upgrade, we see it trying to uninstall the following packages:

  maas maas-dns maas-region-controller maas-region-controller-min

We believe this is possibly interrelated with our bootstack-ops PPA package which requires python-django which is newer than the version available in trusty-updates.

Here's apt-get -s dist-upgrade info with UCA source enabled:
https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/3fMxDZGw9d/

Here's apt-get -s dist-upgrade with UCA disabled:
https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/w29NvRFSV7/

Pointer to bootstack-ops debian/control file for reference:
https://git.launchpad.net/bootstack-ops/tree/debian/control

[Corey Bryant (corey.bryant)]

Hi Drew,

Thanks for reporting this. Is this the right bootstack-ops PPA for me to recreate?

ppa:canonical-bootstack/bootstack-ops

Thanks,
Corey

[Drew Freiberger (afreiberger)]

Yes, that is the correct PPA, though I don't know that the PPA is related. Please do let me know if it is and we'll remedy the PPA.

[Corey Bryant (corey.bryant)]

Drew, can you confirm these are the correct steps to reproduce?

1) trusty
2) install maas maas-dns maas-region-controller maas-region-controller-min
3) add mitaka cloud archive
4) add ppa:canonical-bootstack/bootstack-ops
5) apt dist-upgrade

Thanks, Corey

[Sahid Orentino (sahid-ferdjaoui)]

I marked the bug as incomplete since we are waiting further details to make progress.

Please Drew feel free to change it back to "New" if necessary.

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