Attaching an Ubuntu Pro key fails when snapd is withheld

[Aoyan Sarkar]

I held snapd because I do not use snapd and do not like it existing. However, Ubuntu Pro attempts to install/update snapd, which breaks since I held it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-advantage-tools 27.11.3~22.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-50.56-generic 5.15.60
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Sat Nov 26 20:56:03 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-30 (210 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220421)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: ubuntu-advantage-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
cloud-id.txt: none
jobs-status.json: {"update_messaging": {"last_run": "2022-11-26T21:43:29+00:00", "next_run": "2022-11-27T03:43:29+00:00"}, "update_status": {"last_run": "2022-11-26T15:16:29+00:00", "next_run": "2022-11-27T03:16:29+00:00"}, "metering": {"last_run": "2022-11-26T21:43:29+00:00", "next_run": "2022-11-27T01:43:29+00:00"}}
livepatch-status.txt-error: Invalid command specified '/snap/bin/canonical-livepatch status'.

[Renan Rodrigo (renanrodrigo)]

Hello, Aoyan, thanks for reporting.
This is a known bug and we are on it. I am marking it as a duplicate of the known bug.

The Client tries to install snapd when enabling Livepatch (which requires it). Livepatch is auto-enabled on attach for most of the accounts.
While we work on the fix, you can:
- enable with `pro attach <your_token> --no-auto-enable`
- enable other services, such as ESM, but do not enable Livepatch.