cloud-images /release link is mutable

[Soren Hansen]

It turns out that on cloud-images.ubuntu.com, the various /release directories are symlinks that change over time. This makes the /release links unreliable.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Dan Watkins (oddbloke)]

This is expected behaviour; if you want to pin to a specific image for a suite, then you should use the specific release directory for it.

You should also consider carefully if you absolutely want to do that, or if you want the image you are using to have kernels and packages with the most recent security updates already installed. :)