This branch fixes the OVF's metadata to include Ubuntu-specific identifiers and

descriptions instead of the generic linux ones (lp:1656293).

This applies to both the general image and the vagrant-specific one.

live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/041-vmdk-ova-image.binary

@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ case $ARCH in
                  *) echo "OVA images are not supported for $ARCH yet.";
                      exit 0;;
 esac
+
+# Switch on $ARCH to determine which ID and description to use in the produced
+# OVF. We have fancy Ubuntu-specific IDs in the OVF specification, we might as
+# well use them.
+case $ARCH in
+        amd64)
+           ovf_id=94
+           ovf_os_type="ubuntu64Guest"
+           ovf_desc_bits=64 ;;
+        i386)
+           ovf_id=93
+           ovf_os_type="ubuntu32Guest"
+           ovf_desc_bits=32 ;;
+esac
+
 cur_d=${PWD}
 my_d=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${0}))
 
@@ -57,7 +72,10 @@ sed -i "${ovf}" \
     -e "s/@@NUM_CPUS@@/2/g" \
     -e "s/@@VERSION@@/${version}/g" \
     -e "s/@@DATE@@/${serial_stamp}/g" \
-    -e "s/@@MEM_SIZE@@/1024/g"
+    -e "s/@@MEM_SIZE@@/1024/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_ID@@/${ovf_id}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_OS_TYPE@@/${ovf_os_type}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_DESC_BITS@@/${ovf_desc_bits}/g"
 
 # Get the checksums
 vmdk_sha256=$(sha256sum ${vmdk_f} | cut -d' ' -f1)

live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/042-vagrant.binary

@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ case $ARCH in
 		exit 0
 esac
 
+# Switch on $ARCH to determine which ID and description to use in the produced
+# OVF. We have fancy Ubuntu-specific IDs in the OVF specification, we might as
+# well use them.
+case $ARCH in
+        amd64)
+           ovf_id=94
+           ovf_os_type="ubuntu64Guest"
+           ovf_desc_bits=64 ;;
+        i386)
+           ovf_id=93
+           ovf_os_type="ubuntu32Guest"
+           ovf_desc_bits=32 ;;
+esac
+
 . /build/config/functions
 
 # Virtualbox is needed for making a small VMDK
@@ -172,7 +186,10 @@ sed -i "${ovf}" \
     -e "s/@@NUM_CPUS@@/2/g" \
     -e "s/@@VERSION@@/${version}/g" \
     -e "s/@@DATE@@/${serial_stamp}/g" \
-    -e "s/@@MEM_SIZE@@/1024/g"
+    -e "s/@@MEM_SIZE@@/1024/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_ID@@/${ovf_id}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_OS_TYPE@@/${ovf_os_type}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@OVF_DESC_BITS@@/${ovf_desc_bits}/g"
 
 ovf_sha256=$(sha256sum ${ovf} | cut -d' ' -f1)
 

live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/ovf/ubuntu-ova-v1-cloudcfg-vmdk.tmpl

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
   <VirtualSystem ovf:id="@@NAME@@">
     <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
     <Name>@@NAME@@</Name>
-    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="100" vmw:osType="other3xLinux64Guest">
+    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="@@OVF_ID" vmw:osType="@@OVF_OS_TYPE@@">
       <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
+      <Description>Ubuntu Linux (@@OVF_DESC_BITS@@-bit)</Description>
     </OperatingSystemSection>
 
     <ProductSection ovf:required="false">

live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/ovf/ubuntu-ova-v1-vmdk.tmpl

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
   <VirtualSystem ovf:id="@@NAME@@">
     <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
     <Name>@@NAME@@</Name>
-    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="100" vmw:osType="other3xLinux64Guest">
+    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="@@OVF_ID@@" vmw:osType="@@OVF_OS_TYPE@@">
       <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
+      <Description>Ubuntu Linux (@@OVF_DESC_BITS@@-bit)</Description>
     </OperatingSystemSection>
 
     <ProductSection ovf:required="false">