maas-enlist does not show on latest 12.04.1

[Shang Wu]

Issue:
A fresh installed maas with latest updates will not have maas-enlist shows up on the maas menu.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Fresh install maas with latest update to 12.04.1

2. Install the necessary packages:
$ sudo apt-get install maas
$ sudo apt-get install maas-dhcp
$ sudo maas-import-isos

3. Reboot

4. Check the maas menu by running the command:

$ sudo cobbler profile list

5. It only shows:

profiles:
   maas-precise-i386
   maas-precise-i386-commissioning
   maas-precise-x86_64
   maas-precise-x86_64-commissioning
   precise-i386
   precise-i386-auto
   precise-x86_64
   precise-x86_64-auto

Root Cause:

After enabling the -x in the maas-import-isos, it gives the error below:

+ PARENT_PROFILE=quantal-i386
+ grep -qs maas-enlist
+ cobbler profile list
+ cobbler profile add --name=maas-enlist --parent=quantal-i386 --kopts=priority=critical locale=en_US netcfg/choose_interface=auto log_host=10.232.36.101 log_port=514 --kickstart=/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/maas-enlist.preseed
profile quantal-i386 not found, inheritance not possible
+ grep -qs default
+ cobbler system list
+ cobbler system add --name=default --profile=maas-enlist
invalid profile name: maas-enlist
+ cobbler sync

Workaround:

Open the file /usr/sbin/maas-import-isos with your favourite editor, at line 106, Where it says STABLE=$(distro-info --stable), change it to "precise"

add_enlist_profile(){
        STABLE=precise
        DEVEL=$(distro-info --devel)

Run the command again, then the issue is resolved.

P.S. Credit to Dann Frazier's help to solve this issue.

[dann frazier (dannf)]

Just a note about severity - from what I can tell, this looks like a time bomb that should've broken every existing precise/MAAS once the weekly cronjob detected quantal's release.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lei Wang (raywang)]

Hello, Is anyone working on this bug? Since it's been about one more month without update?