locale_gen.py UbuntuMode bug

[Bartosz-lab]

Summary

When I tried to use locales_gen module in my playbook to manage locales in Ubuntu 22.04 it did nothing.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

module locale_gen

Ansible Version

# Ubuntu 22.04
$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.13.4rc1]
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/bartosz/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/bartosz/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.4 (main, Jun 29 2022, 12:14:53) [GCC 11.2.0]
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

# Ubuntu 22.04
$ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general

# /home/bartosz/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 5.5.0  

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed

OS / Environment

Ubuntu 22.04

Steps to Reproduce

    - name: Add Polish locales (don't add in ubuntu)
      community.general.locale_gen:
        name: pl_PL.UTF-8
        state: present
    
    - name: Delete English locales (don't delete on ubuntu)
      community.general.locale_gen:
        name: en_GB.UTF-8
        state: absent

Expected Results

I expected my script will set locales propertly, but it didn't work.

Actual Results

Code of Conduct

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[ansibullbot]

Files identified in the description:

• plugins/modules/system/locale_gen.py

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cc @AugustusKling
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Files identified in the description:

• plugins/modules/locale_gen.py

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[russoz]

@felixfontein looks like this was solved in #5282 but the issue wasn't closed?

[felixfontein]

@russoz thanks!