locale_gen: broken in Ansible 10

[k0ste]

Summary

The locale_gen module raises errors on locale_gen tasks when Ansible upgraded from 9 to 11. The task was used for 8 years and works fine, until last module changes

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

locale_gen

Ansible Version

ansible [core 2.18.2]
  config file = /Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/library']
  ansible python module location = /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/11.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/k0ste/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/homebrew/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.13.2 (main, Feb  4 2025, 14:51:09) [Clang 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.6)] (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/11.2.0/libexec/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.5
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

# /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/11.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 10.3.0

Configuration

ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
ANSIBLE_NOCOWS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
CACHE_PLUGIN(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = cache/facts
CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 3600
CONFIG_FILE() = /Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_FILTER_PLUGIN_PATH(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/my_filters']
DEFAULT_FORKS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/inventory/static_inventory.ini']
DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}
DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/library']
DEFAULT_MODULE_UTILS_PATH(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/module_utils']
DEFAULT_NO_LOG(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 15
DEFAULT_PRIVATE_ROLE_VARS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = bender
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/roles']
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_UNDEFINED_VAR_BEHAVIOR(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/vault.txt
DEPRECATION_WARNINGS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DIFF_ALWAYS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DIFF_CONTEXT(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 3
DISPLAY_ARGS_TO_STDOUT(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
INVENTORY_CACHE_ENABLED(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
INVENTORY_CACHE_PLUGIN(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
INVENTORY_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = cache/inventory
INVENTORY_CACHE_TIMEOUT(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 43200
MAX_FILE_SIZE_FOR_DIFF(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 1044480
PERSISTENT_CONTROL_PATH_DIR(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /tmp/ansible-pc
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /tmp/ansible-retry
SHOW_CUSTOM_STATS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
SYSTEM_WARNINGS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
USE_PERSISTENT_CONNECTIONS(/Users/k0ste/Development/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True

OS / Environment

Welcome to CentOS Stream 9 5.14.0-559.el9.x86_64
Platform:	Supermicro X11DPi-N(T)
BIOS:		4.4 (American Megatrends Inc. 08/16/2024)
CPU:		Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4214R CPU @ 2.40GHz [2P/24C]
RAM:		58Gi free / 62Gi total
LoadAvg:	0.00 0.00 0.00

Steps to Reproduce

---
- name: "locale_gen | test"
  become: true
  gather_facts: true
  remote_user: user
  no_log: false
  strategy: linear
  hosts:
    - example.com
  tasks:
    - name: "locale_gen | Deploy locales"
      community.general.locale_gen:
        name: "{{ locale['locale'] + '.' + locale['charset'] }}"
        state: "present"
      loop: "{{ vars['locales_gen'] | flatten(levels=1) }}"
      loop_control:
        loop_var: "locale"
        label: "{{ 'Deploy locale: ' + locale['locale'] }}"
      vars:
        locales_gen:
          - locale: 'ru_RU'
            charset: 'UTF-8'
          - locale: 'en_US'
            charset: 'UTF-8'

Expected Results

PLAY [locale_gen | test] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Found variable using reserved name: tags
[WARNING]: Found variable using reserved name: serial

TASK [locale_gen | Deploy locales] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [example.com] => (item=Deploy locale: ru_RU)
ok: [example.com] => (item=Deploy locale: en_US)

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
example.com : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Actual Results

The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload_q1ikezst/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/module_utils/mh/deco.py", line 56, in wrapper
    func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload_q1ikezst/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/module_utils/mh/base.py", line 92, in run
    self.__init_module__()
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload_q1ikezst/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/locale_gen.py", line 147, in __init_module__
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload_q1ikezst/ansible_community.general.locale_gen_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/locale_gen.py", line 167, in assert_available
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED'
failed: [example.com] (item=Deploy locale: en_US) => {
    "ansible_loop_var": "locale",
    "changed": false,
    "diff": {},
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "name": [
                "en_US.UTF-8"
            ],
            "state": "present"
        }
    },
    "locale": {
        "charset": "UTF-8",
        "locale": "en_US"
    },
    "mechanism": "glibc",
    "msg": "Module failed with exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED'",
    "name": [
        "en_US.UTF-8"
    ],
    "output": {
        "diff": {},
        "mechanism": "glibc",
        "name": [
            "en_US.UTF-8"
        ],
        "ubuntu_mode": false
    },
    "ubuntu_mode": false,
    "vars": {
        "mechanism": "glibc",
        "name": [
            "en_US.UTF-8"
        ],
        "ubuntu_mode": false
    }
}

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