Bug#1080469: ansible will fail to install or upgrade if /etc/ansible is symbolic link

[Lee Garrett]

Hi Michał,

On Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:58:06 +0200 =?utf-8?b?TWljaGHFgiBK?= <mic...@esrv.pl> 
wrote:
Package: ansible
Version: 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
apt update
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
removing symbolic link /etc/ansible -> /opt/ansible/etc
   * What was the outcome of this action?
package was upgraded successfully

The question here refers to the error you get. What is the output when 
/etc/ansible/ is a symlink?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages ansible depends on:
ii  ansible-core       2.14.16-0+deb12u1
ii  openssh-client     1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3
ii  python3            3.11.2-1+b1
ii  python3-distutils  3.11.2-3
ii  python3-dnspython  2.3.0-1
ii  python3-httplib2   0.20.4-3
ii  python3-jinja2     3.1.2-1
ii  python3-netaddr    0.8.0-2
ii  python3-yaml       6.0-3+b2

Versions of packages ansible recommends:
ii  python3-argcomplete   2.0.0-1
ii  python3-cryptography  38.0.4-3
ii  python3-jmespath      1.0.1-1
ii  python3-kerberos      1.1.14-3.1+b7
ii  python3-libcloud      3.4.1-5
ii  python3-selinux       3.4-1+b6
ii  python3-winrm         0.3.0-4+deb12u1
ii  python3-xmltodict     0.13.0-1

Versions of packages ansible suggests:
pn  cowsay   <none>
pn  sshpass  <none>

-- no debconf information