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[BUG] - CloudFormation helper scripts fail on Ubuntu 24.04
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Description
### Name of the resource
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### Resource Name
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### Issue Description
Running CloudFormation helper scripts (version 2.0-29 installed from https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-py3-latest.tar.gz) fails on Ubuntu 24.04.
The errors are related to use of the `imp` module, which was removed in Python 3.12. If I fix those, there are also errors related to `from .packages.six.moves` imports.
### Expected Behavior
`cfn-init` and the other helper scripts should run without errors.
### Observed Behavior
When run, the scripts produce Python errors.
### Test Cases
* Install CloudFormation helper scripts on Ubuntu 24.04 (or any system running Python 3.12)
* Run `cfn-init`
### Other Details
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Research direction
Install version 2.0-29 from the linked aws-cfn-bootstrap-py3-latest.tar.gz on Ubuntu 24.04 or another Python 3.12 system, then run cfn-init to reproduce the errors. Inspect the helper-script source for uses of the removed imp module and the failing .packages.six.moves imports; done means cfn-init and the other helper scripts run without Python errors.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, python
- Domain
- cloud
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100