Comment 6 for bug 1381776

cloud-init from -proposed for precise is pulling in python-serial now, no problems detected after installing this new version

ubuntu@foo2:~$ dpkg -l python-serial
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============================================-===============================================-==============================================================================================================
un python-serial <none> (no description available)
ubuntu@foo2:~$ sudo apt-get install -q cloud-init
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python-serial
Suggested packages:
  python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxgtk2.6 python-wxgtk
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-serial
The following packages will be upgraded:
  cloud-init
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 55 not upgraded.
Need to get 210 kB of archives.
After this operation, 383 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main python-serial all 2.5-2.1build1 [74.3 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main cloud-init all 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.18 [136 kB]
Fetched 210 kB in 1s (174 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package python-serial.
(Reading database ... 47512 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-serial (from .../python-serial_2.5-2.1build1_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace cloud-init 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.17 (using .../cloud-init_0.6.3-0ubuntu1.18_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement cloud-init ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up python-serial (2.5-2.1build1) ...
Setting up cloud-init (0.6.3-0ubuntu1.18) ...
Leaving 'diversion of /etc/init/ureadahead.conf to /etc/init/ureadahead.conf.disabled by cloud-init'
ubuntu@foo2:~$ dpkg -l python-serial cloud-init
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============================================-===============================================-==============================================================================================================
ii cloud-init 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.18 Init scripts for cloud instances
ii python-serial 2.5-2.1build1 pyserial - module encapsulating access for the serial port