Since [the released version of] MAAS declares avahi-utils as a "Recommends", you can use `apt-get --no-install-recommends` as an alternate workaround. But then you'll lose zeroconf hostname discoveries in MAAS.
I understand that this has been changed to a hard dependency in MAAS 2.2, so I'm glad this is getting some attention upstream. ** Changed in: maas Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to avahi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661869 Title: maas install fails inside of a 16.04 lxd container due to avahi problems Status in MAAS: Invalid Status in avahi package in Ubuntu: New Status in lxd package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The bug, and workaround, are clearly described in this mailing list thread: https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc- users/2016-January/010791.html I'm trying to install MAAS in a LXD container, but that's failing due to avahi package install problems. I'm tagging all packages here. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1661869/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp