[Bug 2077975] [NEW] walinuxagent.service fails to start on oracular

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2.11.1.4-0ubuntu1 introduces a bug which prevents the agent from
starting. The issue is due to a missing python package:
azurelinuxagent/distutils that should be installed with the package.

$ systemctl status walinuxagent
× walinuxagent.service - Azure Linux Agent
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/walinuxagent.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-08-16 03:38:40 UTC; 8min ago
   Duration: 1.114s
 Invocation: fcf1ab30b85b4de1850e748e935882ab
    Process: 3840 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -u /usr/sbin/waagent -daemon (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 3840 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 16 03:38:40 ctf-vgfygihvnn systemd[1]: walinuxagent.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Aug 16 03:38:40 ctf-vgfygihvnn systemd[1]: walinuxagent.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 16 03:38:40 ctf-vgfygihvnn systemd[1]: walinuxagent.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 16 03:38:40 ctf-vgfygihvnn systemd[1]: Failed to start walinuxagent.service - Azure Linux Agent.

$ /usr/bin/python3 -u /usr/sbin/waagent
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/waagent", line 35, in <module>
    import azurelinuxagent.agent as agent
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/agent.py", line 31, in <module>
    from azurelinuxagent.ga import logcollector, cgroupconfigurator
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/ga/logcollector.py", line 29, in <module>
    from azurelinuxagent.common.conf import get_lib_dir, get_ext_log_dir, get_agent_log_file
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/common/conf.py", line 26, in <module>
    from azurelinuxagent.common.utils.fileutil import read_file #pylint: disable=R0401
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/common/utils/fileutil.py", line 31, in <module>
    import azurelinuxagent.common.logger as logger
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/common/logger.py", line 24, in <module>
    from azurelinuxagent.common.future import ustr
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/azurelinuxagent/common/future.py", line 75, in <module>
    from azurelinuxagent.distutils import version
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'azurelinuxagent.distutils'

** Affects: cloud-images
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Gauthier Jolly (gjolly)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: walinuxagent (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Gauthier Jolly (gjolly)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: patch
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walinuxagent.service fails to start on oracular
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2077975
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