Public bug reported: The recent change to lxc-templates in an attempt to fix bug #1236577 introduced a bogus flag to tar "--numeric-uid" which should be "--numeric-owner".
⟫ sudo lxc-create -t ubuntu-cloud --name foo <snip> 2013-10-08 10:36:44 (6.13 MB/s) - ‘ubuntu-13.10-beta2-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz’ saved [218580971/218580971] Extracting container rootfs tar: unrecognised option '--numeric-uid' Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. lxc-create: container creation template for foo failed lxc-create: Error creating container foo ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lxc-templates 1.0.0~alpha1-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 8 10:36:59 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-17 (416 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: lxc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-29 (8 days ago) defaults.conf: lxc.network.type = veth lxc.network.link = lxcbr0 lxc.network.flags = up ** Affects: lxc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apparmor apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236726 Title: lxc ubuntu-cloud template has bogus tar option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1236726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs