[Bug 1445143] [NEW] fail to process user-data with cloud-config-archive

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

launching an instance with this user-data causes the stack trace further below
#cloud-config-archive:
 - content: |
     #cloud-config
     chpasswd: {expire: false}
     manage_etc_hosts: true
     password: ubuntu


Apr 16 17:20:29 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Consuming user data failed!#012Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/cloud-init", line 280, in main_init
    init.consume_data(PER_ALWAYS)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 496, in consume_data
    self._consume_userdata(frequency)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 566, in _consume_userdata
    self._do_handlers(user_data_msg, c_handlers_list, frequency)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 489, in _do_handlers
    walk_handlers(excluded)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 472, in walk_handlers
    handlers.walk(data_msg, handlers.walker_callback, data=part_data)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/handlers/__init__.py", line 248, in walk
    payload = util.fully_decoded_payload(part)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 126, in fully_decoded_payload
    return cte_payload.decode(charset, errors='surrogateescape')
TypeError: decode() argument 1 must be str, not Charset

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: cloud-init 0.7.7~bzr1088-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py]
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.19.0-14.14-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 16 17:48:07 2015
Ec2AMI: ami-000002ed
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: aki-00000002
Ec2Ramdisk: ari-00000002
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cloud-init
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images vivid

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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