locale_gen Don't do anything

[samikhelil83]

Summary

I'm trying to add this locale on Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 but nothing happens, the output of the command is always Changed:false.
ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

locale_gen

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.17.0]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, 15:14:05) [GCC 11.4.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

$ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
# /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 1.3.6  

# /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 9.0.1

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
CONFIG_FILE() = None

OS / Environment

ubuntu 22.02

Steps to Reproduce

# ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "name": "es_AR.UTF-8",
    "ubuntu_mode": true
}

Expected Results

# locale -a | grep es_AR 
# es_AR.utf8

Actual Results

# locale -a |grep es_AR 
#

Code of Conduct

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[lukasz-zaroda]

I confirm, have the same issue here with Ubuntu 24.04.

[russoz]

Hi @samikhelil83 @lukasz-zaroda ,

I cannot reproduce the error. Running in Ubuntu 24.04, with community.general 10.0.1 (latest at the time of writing):

(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost -v
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
localhost | CHANGED => {
    "changed": true,
    "name": [
        "es_AR.UTF-8"
    ],
    "ubuntu_mode": false
}
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
es_AR.utf8
POSIX

I see you have c.g. 1.3.6 installed as well, it might be using the old one.

I will try running on 9.0.1 as well.

[russoz]

Same thing with 9.0.1:

(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# ansible-galaxy collection list

# /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 9.0.1  
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost -v
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
localhost | CHANGED => {
    "changed": true,
    "name": "es_AR.UTF-8",
    "ubuntu_mode": false
}
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
es_AR.utf8
POSIX

[russoz]

Oddly enough, I tried with 1.3.6 and got the same successful results:

(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# ansible-galaxy collection install 'community.general==1.3.6'
Starting galaxy collection install process
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/community-general-1.3.6.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/community-general-1.3.6-6et3vv9t
Installing 'community.general:1.3.6' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/general'
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/community-kubernetes-2.0.1.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/community-kubernetes-2.0.1-1xoniae9
community.general:1.3.6 was installed successfully
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/google-cloud-1.4.1.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/google-cloud-1.4.1-kdf_eozs
Installing 'community.kubernetes:2.0.1' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/kubernetes'
community.kubernetes:2.0.1 was installed successfully
Installing 'google.cloud:1.4.1' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/google/cloud'
google.cloud:1.4.1 was installed successfully
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/kubernetes-core-5.0.0.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/kubernetes-core-5.0.0-ulj83f8_
Installing 'kubernetes.core:5.0.0' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/kubernetes/core'
kubernetes.core:5.0.0 was installed successfully
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/ansible-netcommon-7.1.0.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/ansible-netcommon-7.1.0-ucobh5by
Installing 'ansible.netcommon:7.1.0' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon'
ansible.netcommon:7.1.0 was installed successfully
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/ansible-utils-5.1.2.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3890spont0ec/tmpkwh03wah/ansible-utils-5.1.2-0h3c60is
Installing 'ansible.utils:5.1.2' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils'
ansible.utils:5.1.2 was installed successfully
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost -v
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
localhost | CHANGED => {
    "changed": true,
    "msg": "OK",
    "name": "es_AR.UTF-8"
}
(venv) root@ubuntu-noble:~# locale -a
C
C.utf8
en_US.utf8
es_AR.utf8
POSIX

Not sure anymore of what is going on.

[russoz]

Could you please run with -vvvv and paste the results in pastebin or gist.github.com? As in

ansible -m locale_gen -a "name=es_AR.UTF-8 state=present" localhost -vvvv

[lukasz-zaroda]

https://gist.github.com/lukasz-zaroda/8ca7101b65c43f2b7a5f4555b47ceced This is the output of an example command. The given locale has been not generated on the target.

Also: Locale's line in /etc/locale.gen is still commented after running the module, so maybe is it something with line detection?

[russoz]

Hi, #9131 was actually used to investigate more and it does seem that the module has an issue when running in ubuntu_mode=true. I should be working on it by the next weekend or so.