[Bug 2007582] Re: "json:reporting" parameter for reporting type passed incorrectly, curtin fails to parse

[Harald Linden]

Here's an example. The public GPG-key in the extra sources section has a
broken formatting. However, any error in the curtin apt section will
trigger the bug as subiquity will try to restart curtin apt-config in
verbose mode after it fails once.

** Attachment added: "cloud-init config that triggers the bug"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subiquity/+bug/2007582/+attachment/5647867/+files/user-data

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to subiquity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007582

Title:
  "json:reporting" parameter for reporting type passed incorrectly,
  curtin fails to parse

Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  "INFO root:39 start: subiquity/Install/install/configure_apt:
  configuring apt"

  ...failed due to an error in the GPG-public-key passed in the
  autoinstall-config.

  Subiquity then starts the same task a lot more verbose:

  "DEBUG subiquitycore.utils:112 astart_command called: ['systemd-run',
  '--wait', '--same-dir', '--property',
  'SyslogIdentifier=subiquity_log.2232', '--property',
  'PrivateMounts=yes', '--setenv',
  'PATH=/snap/subiquity/3698/bin:/snap/subiquity/3698/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/snap/subiquity/3698/bin',
  '--setenv', 'PYTHONPATH=:/snap/subiquity/3698/lib/python3.8/site-
  packages', '--setenv',
  'PYTHON=/snap/subiquity/3698/usr/bin/python3.8', '--setenv',
  'SNAP=/snap/subiquity/3698', '--',
  '/snap/subiquity/3698/usr/bin/python3.8', '-m', 'curtin', '--
  showtrace', '-vvv', '--set', 'json:reporting={"subiquity": {"type":
  "journald", "identifier": "curtin_event.2232.1"}}', '-c',
  '/var/log/installer/subiquity-curtin-apt.conf', 'apt-config', '-t',
  '/tmp/tmp5qaoz6te/mount']"

  
  curtin fails to parse the json for the reporting var correctly due to the whitespace inside and the lack of quotes outside, thus assuming '{"type' to be a subcmd.

  "curtin: error: argument subcmd: invalid choice: '{type:' (choose from
  'apply_net', 'apt-config', 'block-attach-iscsi', 'block-detach-[...]"

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subiquity/+bug/2007582/+subscriptions