error installing on ub 2404 vm

[tim-moody]

TASK [1-prep : Grab a clean copy of ssh.service] *************************************************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: If you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option
fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Could not find or access '/usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/ssh.service' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"}

[tim-moody]

root@ub2204base:/opt/iiab/iiab# ll /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 5 10:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 2 17:45 ../

[holta]

/usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/ssh.service is normally installed by apt package avahi_daemon which itself is normally installed by:

iiab/roles/network/tasks/install.yml

Lines 21 to 24 in 673fff9

	- name: 'Install 12 network packages: avahi-daemon, hostapd, iproute2, iptables-persistent, iw, libnss-mdns, netmask, net-tools, networkd-dispatcher, rfkill, wireless-tools, wpasupplicant -- later used by https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/network'
	package:
	name:
	- avahi-daemon # 97kB download: RasPiOS (and package libnss-mnds, below) install this regardless -- holdover from the XO days and used to advertise ssh/admin-console being available via avahi-daemon -- used with https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/tasks/avahi.yml

Any chance you've set network_install: False — or some other reason the above is not being run?

Run /opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/iiab-diagnostics to share more context?

[tim-moody]

I'm rerunning, but it looked like avahi was installed but was missing a file

[tim-moody]

using stock local vars none

[tim-moody]

Nope. I built an entirely new vm and got the same error

TASK [1-prep : Install Avahi (mDNS, Zeroconf/Bonjour)] *******************************************************************************
included: /opt/iiab/iiab/roles/network/tasks/avahi.yml for 127.0.0.1

TASK [1-prep : Create user 'avahi'] **************************************************************************************************
changed: [127.0.0.1]

TASK [1-prep : Install avahi announce config file /etc/avahi/services/schoolserver.service] ******************************************
changed: [127.0.0.1]

TASK [1-prep : Grab a clean copy of ssh.service] *************************************************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: If you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option
fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Could not find or access '/usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/ssh.service' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"}

[tim-moody]

http://sprunge.us/06Gtk9

[tim-moody]

/usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples is just empty

[tim-moody]

on Deb 12 I see

root@iiab-ref:~# ll /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  1 18:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar  1 18:30 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1497 Apr  1  2015 example.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1075 Apr 19  2023 sftp-ssh.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1071 Apr 19  2023 ssh.service

[tim-moody]

I patched it with ssh.service from deb 12 install and got past the error.

[holta]

FWIW I cannot reproduce this, e.g. on this 24.04 VM: http://sprunge.us/942sP6?en

I'm rerunning, but it looked like avahi was installed but was missing a file

Can you create an empty 24.04 VM (do not install anything) and then run apt install avahi-daemon ?

For me this is the result:

root@u24:~# ll /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May  2 17:20 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May  2 17:20 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1497 Apr  1  2015 example.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1075 Apr  5 06:57 sftp-ssh.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1071 Apr  5 06:57 ssh.service

(Is your result different? Any idea why if so?)

[tim-moody]

root@ub2404base:~# ll /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 5 10:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 2 22:28 ../

[tim-moody]

Wonder if it's my Canadian archive

root@ub2404base:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
Types: deb
URIs: http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: noble noble-updates noble-backports
Components: main restricted universe multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: noble-security
Components: main restricted universe multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

[holta]

Insane!

If apt is failing to deliver legit apt packages a week after 24.04's release, this sounds quite serious. ⚠️