ArchLinux CI is failing since 2024-10-10 (due to the update of the `cloud-init` package)

[AkihiroSuda]

EDIT: this is a regression in cloud-init 24.3.1-1
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cloud-init/-/issues/3

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https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/11263406944/job/31321212683

time="2024-10-09T22:01:04Z" level=info msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 2 of 4: \"user session is ready for ssh\""
time="2024-10-09T22:01:44Z" level=info msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 2 of 4: \"user session is ready for ssh\""
time="2024-10-09T22:02:24Z" level=info msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 2 of 4: \"user session is ready for ssh\""
time="2024-10-09T22:02:52Z" level=fatal msg="did not receive an event with the \"running\" status"
Error: ERROR] Failed to start "archlinux"

[AkihiroSuda]

Looks like /run/lima-ssh-ready is not created after rebooting.

Also, /mnt/lima-cidata/ isn't mounted

[AkihiroSuda]

This seems caused by the recent update of the cloud-init package: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cloud-init/-/commit/08e804f7c41f7d742496aac6439ea8545d7202b6

canonical/cloud-init@24.2...24.3.1

After this update, /var/lib/cloud/scripts/per-boot/00-lima.boot.sh (mounts the cdrom and executes boot.sh there) is apparently no longer executed.

Potentially relevant:

• feat: Eliminate redundant configuration reads canonical/cloud-init#5536

Debian sid also uses cloud-init 24.3.1, but Debian sid seems unaffected.

[AkihiroSuda]

canonical/cloud-init@143bc9e#diff-eb94d50ed1a0a76032438b4bc5bccb389e9cc03d6766d7881463d8ee75f21f8fR25 introduced the dependency on nc.openbsd, but this binary seems missing on ArchLinux

• [docs]: new dependency on nc.openbsd should be emphasized in the 24.3 release note canonical/cloud-init#5809

The per-boot script is still not executed after installing opencat-netbsd and symlinking /usr/bin/nc.openbsd though

• https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cloud-init/-/issues/3