package ansible-core 2.12.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: installed ansible-core package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

A similar issue appears to have been adressed by Debian in issue
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001040

Also ansible-core version 2.12.4-1 in Ubuntu appears to have the proper build dependency.

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/a/ansible-core/ansible-core_2.12.4-1.dsc

Will ansible-core 2.12.4-1 be made available to Jaunty/22.04 or should the patch be backported?

As it is impossible to install ansible-core because of this bug I suggest increasing the priority

The ansible-core.postinst invoked py3compile -p ansible-core as postinstallation script. On Ubuntu, that is generating a broken symlink for some reason at /usr/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/ansible_release.py

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 18 2021 /usr/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/ansible_release.py -> ../release.py

Note the symlink is pointing to the release.py module path below /usr/lib/python3.10/

But, on this package actually delivers the ansible/release.py over in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/release.py

root@test-jammy:~# dpkg -L ansible-core | grep release
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/release.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/ansible_release.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/ansible_release.py

A potential fix has been uploaded to the following PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/4899/+packages

The autopkgtest change was forwarded to debian in https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ansible-core/-/merge_requests/1

Hello maznio, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ansible-core into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ansible-core/2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Package ansible-core/2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1 fixes this issue for me.

Thanks, Sam!

I also verified that installing 2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1 from jammy-proposed does not trigger the configuration issues reported, therefore, fixing this bug.

sudo apt-get install ansible-core -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  cowsay sshpass
Recommended packages:
  ansible
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ansible-core
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1168 kB of archives.
After this operation, 7493 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package ansible-core.
(Reading database ... 59299 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ansible-core_2.12.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking ansible-core (2.12.0-1) ...
Setting up ansible-core (2.12.0-1) ...
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/ansible_release.py'dpkg: error processing package ansible-core (--configure):
 installed ansible-core package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ansible-core
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hi Bran,

This is the issue that has been originally reported for this bug. From your logs, I see you installed ansible-core 2.12.0-1, which is the affected version.

To verify the fix, you need to install ansible-core from the -proposed pocket.
Instructions on how to do so are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed.

Please, do verify this new version fixes the issue for you.

Since Sam and I already verified this one, the fix will likely land in jammy in a few days, as long as your test results with the new package version will not show us there is something wrong with this update.

Thanks!

@Athos Ribeiro,

Installing 2.12.0-1 from jammy-proposed worked for me.

This bug was fixed in the package ansible-core - 2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1

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ansible-core (2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * d/control: switch build-dep from python3-all to python3. (LP: #1969917)
  * d/t/unit: run DEP8 tests with python 3.10.

 -- Athos Ribeiro <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:19:45 -0300

The verification of the Stable Release Update for ansible-core has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.