* Run code-smell sanity tests in UTF-8 Mode.
* Update subprocess use in sanity test programs.
* Use raw_command instead of run_command with always=True set.
* Add more capture=True usage.
* Don't expose stdin to subprocesses.
* Capture more output. Warn on retry.
* Add more captures.
* Capture coverage cli output.
* Capture windows and network host checks.
* Be explicit about interactive usage.
* Use a shell for non-captured, non-interactive subprocesses.
* Add integration test to assert no TTY.
* Add unit test to assert no TTY.
* Require blocking stdin/stdout/stderr.
* Use subprocess.run in ansible-core sanity tests.
* Remove unused arg.
* Be explicit with subprocess.run check=False.
* Add changelog.
* Use a Python subprocess instead of a shell.
* Use InternalError instead of Exception.
* Require capture argument.
* Check for invalid raw_command arguments.
* Removed pointless communicate=True usage.
* Relocate stdout w/o capture check.
* Use threads instead of a subprocess for IO.
* Expand ansible-doc to tests/filters and fix existing issues
enable filter/test docs if in single file or companion yaml
add docs for several filters/tests plugins
allow .yml companion for docs for other plugins, must be colocated
verify plugins are valid (not modules, cannot)
fix 'per collection' filtering
limit old style deprecation (_ prefix) to builtin/legacy
start move to pathlib for saner path handling
moved some funcitons, kept backwards compat shims with deprecation notice
Co-authored-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Co-authored-by: Sandra McCann <samccann@redhat.com>
* Run code-smell sanity tests in UTF-8 Mode.
* Update subprocess use in sanity test programs.
* Use raw_command instead of run_command with always=True set.
* Add more capture=True usage.
* Don't expose stdin to subprocesses.
* Capture more output. Warn on retry.
* Add more captures.
* Capture coverage cli output.
* Capture windows and network host checks.
* Be explicit about interactive usage.
* Use a shell for non-captured, non-interactive subprocesses.
* Add integration test to assert no TTY.
* Add unit test to assert no TTY.
* Require blocking stdin/stdout/stderr.
* Use subprocess.run in ansible-core sanity tests.
* Remove unused arg.
* Be explicit with subprocess.run check=False.
* Add changelog.
* Add find_spec and exec_module to RestrictedModuleLoader
* Fix getting new loader with correct path
Fix pep8 errors
* Use convert_ansible_name_to_absolute_paths instead of the loader path
* Apply suggestions from code review
* Fix type hints and test them in CI
* Fix error message for ansible.module_utils.basic if it's missing
Add mypy ignored missing imports for controller sanity tests
* Add mypy attr-defined ignore entries for python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 for vendored six
Add mypy attr-defined ignore for python 2.7 in lib/ansible/utils/collection_loader/_collection_finder.py
* Just test controller python versions to simplify ignoring mypy errors
While getting hostname from container, podman command
fails to return JSON so wrap exception and return
hostname as 'None'
Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
* Add more sanity tests on schema level (so they also work for plugins).
* Fix various issues the sanity test reported.
* Add changelog fragment.
* Fix function name.
* Let validate-modules also validate plugins.
* Support 'option' in 'cli'.
* Use DOCUMENTABLE_PLUGINS instead of UNDOCUMENTED_PLUGIN_TYPES.
* Support 'keyword', clean up error codes.
* Call settings.process_errors only once; remove __version__.
* Add changelog fragment.
* Remove unnecessary PyCharm ignores.
* Ignore intentional undefined attribute usage.
* Add missing type hints. Fix existing type hints.
* Fix docstrings and comments.
* Use function to register completion handler.
* Pass strings to display functions.
* Fix CompositeAction handling of dest argument.
* Use consistent types in expressions/assignments.
* Use custom function to keep linters happy.
* Add missing raise for custom exception.
* Clean up key/value type handling in cloud plugins.
* Use dataclass instead of dict for results.
* Add custom type_guard function to check lists.
* Ignore return type that can't be checked (yet).
* Avoid changing types on local variables.
* ansible-test - Use relative paths in junit output.
Also fix a traceback in the junit callback during automatic fact gathering.
* ansible-test - Handle out-of-tree JUnit paths.
* ansible-test - Clarify need for empty __init__.py
* ansible-test - Update code-smell boilerplate.
* Update code-smell boilerplate for core.
* Update future boilerplate test for ansible-test.
All ansible-test code (except for targets) and core-specific sanity tests now use the same boilerplate.
The test also checks for unwanted `__future__` and `metaclass` boilerplate.
* Relocate target tools to the correct directory.
Several tools used on target Python versions were incorrectly placed in the controller directory.
* ansible-test - Improve help for unsupported cwd.
* The `--help` option is now available when an unsupported cwd is in use.
* The `--help` output now shows the same instructions about cwd as would be shown in error messages if the cwd is unsupported.
* Add `--version` support to show the ansible-core version.
* The explanation about cwd usage has been improved to explain more clearly what is required.
Resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64523
Resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67551
* Implement find_spec and exec_module to remove reliance on deprecated methods in the collection loader
ci_complete
* Move module execution to exec_module
Remove extra sys.modules handling
Use default module initialization by returning None from loader.create_module
Refactor
ci_complete
* Remove ansible-test's copy of the collection loader
ci_complete
* Fix metaclass for Python 2.x
ci_complete
* Fix Py2/Py3 syntax compatibility
* Refactor
ci_complete
* update collection_loader comments
ci_complete
* simplify find_module
ci_complete
* Fix Py2 compatibility - don't get loader from nonexistent spec
Remove unnecessary PY3 checking
* Refactor common code in load_module and exec_module
ci_complete
* tidy diff
ci_complete
* Include collection_loader in target paths for 'compile' sanity test
* add changelog
* Add "return None" instead of doing it implicitly
Remove get_filename
short-circuit exec_module if it's a redirect
ci_complete
* Add script to freeze sanity requirements.
* Declare sanity test requirements and freeze
* Use pinned requirements for import.plugin test.
* Expand scope of import test for ansible-core.
* Add ignores for galaxy import errors.
* Update test-constraints sanity test.
* ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 8.5 instances.
* Clear libdnf checksum cache from unsigned package in dnf integration test.
Co-authored-by: Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
* `podman inspect` falls back to a same-named image if the named container is not present; since eg `http-test-container` is both the name of the image and container, it wasn't working properly under podman in many instances. Switching to `docker|podman container inspect` limits the query to containers only for both podman and docker, allowing the support container detection/creation to work properly.
* Move RHEL pip package install into function.
* Add RHEL 9 support to bootstrap script.
* ansible-test - Add RHEL 9 support.
* Add install and uninstall instructions for RHEL9 to paramiko tests
* Skip incidental_inventory_docker_swarm on RHEL 9.
* Update dnf tests for rhel9
* Fix prepare_http_tests on RHEL 9.
* fix RHEL9 Python discovery tests to match distro map
* Skip subversion test on RHEL 9.0b.
Co-authored-by: Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <mrd@redhat.com>
* Overhaul ansible-test integration tests.
* ansible-test - Fix import test pyyaml usage.
* ansible-test - Remove unused import.
* ansible-test - Fix traceback when pip is unavailable.
* ansible-test - Fix typo in port forwarding message.
* ansible-test - Fix controller logic in requirements install.
* Fix unit tests in ansible-test integration test.
Unit tests are now run for available Python versions which
provide `virtualenv` (Python 2.x) or `venv` (Python 3.x).
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <mrd@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <wk.cvs.github@sydorenko.org.ua>
- The containers are now based on Ubuntu 20.04 instead of Ubuntu 18.04.
- The default Python version used for the containers is now Python 3.10.
- The included version of PowerShell was upgraded to version 7.1.4.
- The included version of shellcheck was upgraded to version 0.7.0.
ci_complete
Resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75320
The option `--prime-containers` was chosen over `--docker-pull-only` to match the recently added `--prime-venvs` option for sanity tests.
It would also fit well with a future `--prime-requirements` option for pre-installing requirements for unit and integration tests.
* ansible-test - Create injector scripts at runtime.
* Set bootstrap.sh shebang at runtime.
* Remove shebang and execute bit from importer.
* Update shebang sanity test.
* Preserve line numbers.
* ansible-test - Fix use of abstractproperty
* ansible-test - Use dict.items() where possible.
* ansible-test - Remove unused code.
* ansible-test - Cleanup issues reported by pylint.
* ansible-test - Use dict.items() where possible.
* ansible-test - Use generator.
* Add basic schema for attributes.
* Support attributes for version_added_collection adding mechanism.
* Add changelog fragment.
* Support new attribute properties from #74331.
* Require additional properties strictly.
* Make sure AnsibleModule positional arguments are validated.
* Extract ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTURCTOR_ARGS with inspection.
* Remove no longer necessary return value.
* Fix PR #.
* argument_spec might not have been specified, as in community.general.xenserver_facts.
* Fix typo.
* Add packaging to requirement of ansible-test
Fix#75353
After requires_ansible field was added as mandatory to runtime.yml
file, ansible-test fails to check this field if it doesn't have
packaging module.
[1] https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-importer/pull/124
* Canonicalize module_defaults actions and action_groups pre-fork and cache them on the play
* Call get_action_args_with_defaults with the resolved FQCN plugin and don't pass the redirect list
* Add validation for action_group metadata and a toggle to disable the warnings
* Handle groups recursively referring to each other
* Remove special-casing for non-fqcn actions in module_defaults groups
* Error for actions and groups in module_defaults that can't be resolved
* Error for fully templated module_defaults
* Add integration tests for action_groups
* Changelog
* docs: Update Python 2 doc links
Update links from Python 2 to Python 3
Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
* use docs.python.com/3/ everywhere, except onethat should remain 2.6
* refer to python 3 in module docs and comments
* format two python docs links as list
* updates links in unwanted.py test file
* per matt clay, this should link to python 2
Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <acozine@users.noreply.github.com>
* Remove PyCrypto from setup.py and packaging script
* Remove mention of pycrpto from installation docs
* Remove PyCrypto from vault
* Remove pycryto constraint and unit test requirement
* Remove PyCrypto tests from unit tests
* Add docs and fix warning message
* Remove section about cryptography library in Ansible Vault docs
* Update to six 1.16.0
* Address linting issues
* Remove six find_spex/exec_module warning filters
* Remove unnecessary comment about Py2.6, 2.13 will not support Py2.6, and we're bumping this for 2.12
* ci_complete
* Add changelog fragment
* Add constraint for MarkupSafe
MarkupSafe >= 2.0.0 requires Python >= 3.6.0. Add a constraint for older Python versions
and fix the `groupby_filter` test.
* Fix template_jinja2_latest test.
* patch filter decorators on newer Jinja2
* Jinja2 >= 3.0 renames several filter decorators used by Ansible itself, as well as by filters in collections. This patch ensures that the old names are usable within Ansible and by collections without warnings or errors.
* Ignore docs-build issues.
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <mrd@redhat.com>
* Fix get_available_python_versions calls.
* Make run_playbook vars optional.
* Use ansible_pipelining in inventory.
* Fix type hint.
* Fix order of conditional evaluation.
* Remove unused ibmi platform.
* Add changelog fragment.
Change:
- Added Fedora 34 container image to docker.txt
- Dropped Fedora 32 from CI
- Added Fedora 34 to CI
- Updated Fedora 32 and 33 containers for ssh-related fixes
- Move cron fix from 698eae3f3d into
cron_setup and make it more generic; it can affect modern distros too.
Test Plan:
- ci_complete
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
* Update default containers to 3.4.0.
The 3.4.0 containers use Python 3.6 (the system Python) for `/usr/bin/python3`.
Python 3.9 continues to be the default Python version selected by `ansible-test` for these containers.
* Fix shebang on build-ansible.py.
Using `python` instead of `python3` allows `ansible-test` python interception and requirements install to function.
* Add yaml utils file and use it
* Linting fix and missing import
* Abstract a few more details
* Parser imports
* Don't use CSafeDumper in AnsibleDumper
* Move and use convert_yaml_objects_to_native when libyaml is present
* yaml_load and yaml_dump, instead of safe_*
* re-use HAS_LIBYAML from utils.yaml
* add changelog fragment
* Address recent changes
* Use representer instead of recursive type converter
* Restore needed import
* move yaml utils to module_utils
* Properly guard imports
* Update from_yaml(_all)? to handle text wrappers with CSafeLoader
* Use yaml utils for legacy_collection_loader
* Add HAS_YAML, and ignore pylint issue
* oops
* GPL->BSD
* fix module schema
not out of date hardcoded list anymore, uses 'current + 4' to
set valid deprecation targets
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
- Unit tests for `modules` and `module_utils` are now limited to importing only `ansible.module_utils` from the `ansible` module.
- Unit tests other than `modules` and `module_utils` are now run only on Python versions supported by the controller (Python 3.8+).
- Unit tests are now run in separate contexts (`controller`, `modules`, `module_utils`), each using separate invocations of `pytest`.
- Improve code reuse.
- Add missing type hints, fix existing ones and convert them to PEP 484 style.
- Add missing imports and clean up existing ones.
- Add missing docstrings and clean up existing ones.
* deprecated include
Update lib/ansible/modules/_include.py
updated version numbers in schema check (real fix in separate PR)
Co-authored-by: flowerysong <junk+github@flowerysong.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
The `a/` and `b/` prefixes can be disabled in the `git diff` output by setting
`diff.noprefix` to `true`. The output is still a valid diff, but `ansible-test` would
raise an exception since without the prefixes, it thought the diff line was invalid.
This is a follow up to:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73508
To avoid adding no_log statements to passive_interface args.
Signed-off-by: Paul Belanger <pabelanger@redhat.com>
* Catch more potential errors (and increase false-positive rate).
* Flag some false-positives in lib/ansible/modules/ with no_log=False.
Co-authored-by: John Barker <john@johnrbarker.com>
Ensure `yamllint`'s `check_assignment()` correctly ignore the
attribute assignment. Those don't have any `.id` attribute and will
trigger an `AttributeError` exception.
See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73322
* Upgrade pylint and deps in ansible-test.
* Enable pylint on Python 3.9.
* Update pylint config.
* Add ignore for vendored six.
* Add ignores for support plugins.
* Fix issue reported by pylint.
* introduce self-signed.ansible.http.tests
* forwarding of port 444
* forward port 8444 to port 444 on http test container
* Fix port forwarding for Windows under docker
* add changelog fragment
Co-authored-by: Jordan Borean <jborean93@gmail.com>
* validate_modules: fails with .id attribute not found
This patch addresses a problem in the `found_try_except_import` test.
This module tries to identify lines like:
`HAS_FOO = True`
In this case, the target (`HAS_FOO`) is of type `ast.Name` and has a
`id` attribute which provide the name.
In my case, I've a line that set a module attribute`. In this case, the
target (`module.var`) has the type `ast.Attribute` and no `id`
attribute. The code trigger an `AttributeError` exception.
This patch ensures we compare a `ast.Name`.
* Update test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
This warning was intended to help improve test environment configuration.
However, it has ended up producing mostly non-actionable warning noise instead.
In most situations a missing pip or python should result in test failures.
Reporting a missing pip also implies that it should be used by tests, which is not the case.
Tests should be invoking pip as a python module with the appropriate python interpreter instead.
PR #72591
This change:
* Adds an artifacts manager that abstracts away extracting the
metadata from artifacts, downloading and caching them in a
temporary location.
* Adds `resolvelib` to direct ansible-core dependencies[0].
* Implements a `resolvelib`-based dependency resolver for
`collection` subcommands that replaces the legacy
in-house code.
This is a dependency resolution library that pip 20.3+ uses
by default. It's now integrated for use for the collection
dependency resolution in ansible-galaxy CLI.
* Refactors of the `ansible-galaxy collection` CLI.
In particular, it:
- reimplements most of the `download`, `install`, `list` and
`verify` subcommands from scratch;
- reuses helper bits previously moved out into external modules;
- replaces the old in-house resolver with a more clear
implementation based on the resolvelib library[0][1][2].
* Adds a multi Galaxy API proxy layer that abstracts accessing the
version and dependencies via API or local artifacts manager.
* Makes `GalaxyAPI` instances sortable.
* Adds string representation methods to `GalaxyAPI`.
* Adds dev representation to `GalaxyAPI`.
* Removes unnecessary integration and unit tests.
* Aligns the tests with the new expectations.
* Adds more tests, integration ones in particular.
[0]: https://pypi.org/p/resolvelib
[1]: https://github.com/sarugaku/resolvelib
[2]: https://pradyunsg.me/blog/2020/03/27/pip-resolver-testing
Co-Authored-By: Jordan Borean <jborean93@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
Co-Authored-By: Sam Doran <sdoran@redhat.com>
Co-Authored-By: Sloane Hertel <shertel@redhat.com>
Co-Authored-By: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <webknjaz@redhat.com>
Signed-Off-By: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <webknjaz@redhat.com>
Change:
- Add Ubuntu 20.04 to CI now that venv is default instead of virtualenv in ansible-test.
Test Plan:
- CI
Tickets:
- Fixes#69203
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
The init script for the test container writes additional lines to
the .bashrc of the user. This was done via a `cat` multiline
instruction, which is implemented internally by writing a
temporary file to TMPDIR (/tmp in this case) first. Docker fails
to provide /tmp just after creation, which results in a race
condition that rarely makes the init fail. Changed the `cat`
statement to multiple `echo`s.
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
* Remove unused code in ansible-test.
* Remove obsolete endpoint logic from ansible-test.
* Remove obsolete region selection in ansible-test.
* Remove obsolete port logic in ansible-test.
* Clean up ansible-test remote providers.
Tests should use the Python built-in ``venv`` module on Python 3 instead of the standalone ``virtualenv`` module.
On Python 2 the ``virtualenv`` module continues to be the only option.
The version installed is either the OS packaged version or the last release to support Python 2, which is version 16.7.10.
Change:
- Changes to make F33 work with current tests
- Add F33 to docker.txt
- Add F33 to AZP config
Test Plan:
- ci_complete
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
* arg_spec - move type checking lookup method to a function
* Change get_wanted_type name and behavior
Change the name to get_validator to bette describe what it is doing.
Change the interface to always return a value. This lines up with the behavior of get_*
functions always returning something or None and check_* functions raising an
Exception if something went wrong during the check.
* Add param to check_type_str()
Not meant to be a long term fix, but gets tests passing. More work is needed to figure
out how to solve this cleanly.
* Remove private attribute mapping types to validator
Since the function that needs it has moved to parameters.py, there is no need to have it as
a attribute of AnsibleModule.
Update tests that were referencing the private attribute.
* Use private method for 'str' type
To avoid having to put the string conversion warning behavior in the check_type_str() method,
use the private _check_type_str() method for 'str' type.
Import CHECK_ARGUMENT_TYPES_DISPATCHER for backwards compalitibility and store it as
a private attribute.
Revert changes to support plugins that are referencing serf._CHECK_ARGUMENT_TYPES_DISPATCHER.
* Add changelog
* Change function name to better reflect its... function
* Change dict name to better reflect its contents
CHECK_ARGUMENT_TYPES_DISPATCHER --> DEFAULT_TYPE_VALIDATORS
* Fix changelog
* import_playbook - change additional params to deprecation
I incorrectly recommended this be set as a warning when it should have been a deprecation.
* Fix deprecation sanity test to not required a collection name when not inside a collection
Also pin virtualenv to 16.7.10 for older Mac OS X systems. This was the version being installed
anway with the previous constraint (<20).
On systems with Python 3, now prefer venv over virtualenv. Test to see if venv is functional since
some systems have a non-functional venv installation (such as Debian).
The recently released version of cffi fails to install on systems with an older version of gcc. In
our case, this in the CentOS 6 test image. There is a fix but it has not yet been released.
https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/cffi/-/issues/480
Change:
- Initial set of changes for renaming to ansible-core
- Includes changelog fragment changes from base -> core
- Does NOT include docs changes
- Modifies detection stuff in setup.py to support ansible<2.9 and ansible-base
Test Plan:
- ci_complete
Change:
- Bump default, ansible-base, distro containers
- We do NOT add fedora33 yet, because it doesn't work right on Shippable
due to an old kernel. This will be added post-AZP.
Test Plan:
- CI
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
* Emit warning when running on the controller with a Python older than 3.8
* Add spaces
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
* and more spaces
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
* s/Py/Python/
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
* Add note to Control node requirements about Py3.8 requirement
* Add collection_name to deprecated call
* more spaces
Co-authored-by: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <wk.cvs.github@sydorenko.org.ua>
* Clarify that we are only packaging for py3.8+
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
Co-authored-by: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <wk.cvs.github@sydorenko.org.ua>
* Update galaxy server image used in CI
* Fix port and migration issue
* Add delete step, still need to deal with pagination
* Make cleanup more efficient
* Remove testing code
Change:
- Cryptography 3.2 drops support for OpenSSL 1.0.2. Some of our CI
infrastructure still uses this version (FreeBSD, namely). For now,
just add a constraint to use old cryptography.
Test Plan:
- CI
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
* Fix ansible-test docker container detection.
* Attach test containers to the correct network.
* Do not assume `localhost` for accesing Docker.
* Look for containers on current network.
* Always map /var/run/docker.sock into containers.
This fixes issues when using a remote Docker host.
* Support container IP lookup from networks list.
* Fix container network attachment.
* Remove redundant container detection messages.
* Limit DOCKER_HOST parsing to TCP.
* Restore docker socket existence check.
The check is skipped if the docker hostname is not localhost.
* Correct changelog entry.
* Add support for GSSAPI/Kerberos to urls.py
* Test out changes with the latest test container
* Get remote hosts working
* Fix up httptester_krb5_password reader
* Fix tests for opensuse and macOS
* Hopefully last lot of testing changes
* Dont do CBT on macOS
* Fixes from review
Change:
- podman > 2 && < 2.2 does not support "images --format {{json .}}"
- podman also now outputs images JSON differently than docker
- Work around both of the above.
Test Plan:
- Tested with podman 2.0.6 in Fedora 31.
Signed-off-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
Co-authored-by: Sviatoslav Sydorenko <wk.cvs.github@sydorenko.org.ua>
* Validate removal versions.
* Validate that removal collection versions and version_added collection versions conform to semver spec.
* Validate removal version numbers in meta/runtime.yml.
* Stricter validation for isodates (f.ex. YYYY-M-D is not allowed).
* Improve error reporting.
* Validate removal collection versions.
Co-authored-by: Andrew Klychkov <aaklychkov@mail.ru>
* DOCS: updates intersphinx references for docs links
* TESTS: Raise the number of bytes scanned to determine if a file is binary. The newest ansible-2.10.inv file has its first null byte at position 2261. 4096 is still a cheap chunksize to read so it still makes sense to raise this.
Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <acozine@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@gmail.com>
On some systems (tested with official Debian Buster-based Python 3.6
docker image), setting the LC_ALL environment variable to en_US.UTF-8
will trigger Python into switching its preferred encoding to ASCII.
If any python process tries to read a non-ASCII file in this scenario,
it will terminate with an error.
And this is exactly what happens to pytest when it tries to load its
configuration that ansible-test supplies because the configuration
contains an em dash.
In order to bypass this issue, we replaced the em dash with a regular
dash and things started working again.
An alternative solution would be to replace the en_US.UTF-8 locale with
something safer, but unfortunately, the en_US.UTF-8 is probably as safe
as it gets.
Matt Clay