I've tested with trusty's package that it doesn't regress any behavior on trusty: $ echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list $ sudo apt-get update -q $ sudo apt-get install cloud-image-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: distro-info distro-info-data euca2ools genisoimage libaio1 libboost-system1.54.0 libboost-thread1.54.0 libnspr4 libnss3 libnss3-nssdb librados2 librbd1 libxslt1.1 python-distro-info python-lxml python-requestbuilder python-setuptools qemu-utils sharutils Suggested packages: shunit2 wodim cdrkit-doc python-lxml-dbg debootstrap bsd-mailx mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: cloud-image-utils distro-info distro-info-data euca2ools genisoimage libaio1 libboost-system1.54.0 libboost-thread1.54.0 libnspr4 libnss3 libnss3-nssdb librados2 librbd1 libxslt1.1 python-distro-info python-lxml python-requestbuilder python-setuptools qemu-utils sharutils 0 upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 5,473 kB of archives.
and on precise cloud instance using trusty-proposed (which is admittedly questionable but shows that trusty-proposed package doesn't force removal of cloud-init and such). $ sudo apt-get install qemu-utils # which is needed to avoid other dependencies from trusty $ echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list $ sudo apt-get update -q $ sudo apt-get install cloud-utils $ sudo apt-get -qy install cloud-image-utils sudo: unable to resolve host precise-20150206-162956 Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following extra packages will be installed: cloud-guest-utils cloud-utils distro-info distro-info-data gdisk genisoimage libicu48 python-distro-info Suggested packages: shunit2 wodim cdrkit-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: cloud-guest-utils cloud-image-utils distro-info distro-info-data gdisk genisoimage libicu48 python-distro-info The following packages will be upgraded: cloud-utils ** 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/1418568 Title: cloud-image-utils should Break, not Conflict with cloud-utils To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/+bug/1418568/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs