I've verified this on a recent instance of precise. See below for how. ## launch instance with user-data showing the bug we've sqaushed
$ cat user-data.txt #cloud-config apt_sources: - source: "cloud-archive:havana" output: {all: '| tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log'} ## now on the instance $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloud_config_sources.list cloud-archive:havana $ echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-proposed main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise-proposed.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-proposed main $ sudo apt-get update E: Type 'cloud-archive:havana' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloud_config_sources.list E: The list of sources could not be read. $ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloud_config_sources.list $ sudo apt-get update -q $ sudo apt-cache policy cloud-init cloud-init: Installed: 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.10 Candidate: 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.11 Version table: 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.11 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main amd64 Packages *** 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.10 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.6.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages $ sudo apt-get install -qy cloud-init $ sudo rm -Rf /var/lib/cloud/ /var/log/cloud-init* $ sudo reboot ## ssh back in, and expect it to have applied our cloud-archive:havana $ ( cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d && ls -l ) total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166 Mar 20 07:02 cloudarchive-havana.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 Mar 20 07:02 precise-proposed.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 Mar 20 07:01 precise-proposed.list.save $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudarchive-havana.list deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-updates/havana main deb-src http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-updates/havana main $ sudo apt-get update -q $ sudo apt-cache policy python-novaclient python-novaclient: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:2.15.0-0ubuntu1~cloud0 Version table: 1:2.15.0-0ubuntu1~cloud0 0 500 http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/havana/main amd64 Packages 2012.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244355 Title: needs to use add-apt-repository for cloud-archive:string To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1244355/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs