ansible-test fails to check 'requires_ansible' field in meta/runtime.yml of collection

[sshnaidm]

Summary

Because Ansible Galaxy requires now to have requires_ansible field[1][2] in meta/runtime.yml file, when adding it and running ansible-test with --venv option, it fails (requiring packaging module):

Run command: ansible-doc -t inventory openstack.cloud.openstack
2021-07-29 12:01:40.224903 | ubuntu-bionic | ERROR: Output on stderr from ansible-doc is considered an error.
2021-07-29 12:01:40.225013 | ubuntu-bionic |
2021-07-29 12:01:40.225045 | ubuntu-bionic | Command "ansible-doc -t inventory openstack.cloud.openstack" returned exit status 0.
2021-07-29 12:01:40.225073 | ubuntu-bionic | >>> Standard Error
2021-07-29 12:01:40.225101 | ubuntu-bionic | [WARNING]: packaging Python module unavailable; unable to validate collection
2021-07-29 12:01:40.225128 | ubuntu-bionic | Ansible version requirements�[0m

[1] ansible/galaxy-importer#122
[2] ansible/galaxy-importer#124

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

ansible-test

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version

 ansible [core 2.11.3.post0]
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874064 | ubuntu-bionic |   config file = None
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874079 | ubuntu-bionic |   configured module search path = ['/home/zuul/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874093 | ubuntu-bionic |   ansible python module location = /home/zuul/src/opendev.org/openstack/ansible-collections-openstack/.tox/linters/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874107 | ubuntu-bionic |   ansible collection location = /home/zuul/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874124 | ubuntu-bionic |   executable location = /home/zuul/src/opendev.org/openstack/ansible-collections-openstack/.tox/linters/bin/ansible
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874137 | ubuntu-bionic |   python version = 3.6.9 (default, Jan 26 2021, 15:33:00) [GCC 8.4.0]
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874149 | ubuntu-bionic |   jinja version = 3.0.1
2021-07-29 12:01:27.874160 | ubuntu-bionic |   libyaml = True

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed

OS / Environment

any

Steps to Reproduce

ansible-test sanity -v \
    --venv \
    --python 3.6 \
    --skip-test metaclass-boilerplate \
    --skip-test future-import-boilerplate \
    plugins/ docs/ meta/ scripts/ tests/

Expected Results

ansible-test to run without failing on missing requirements with --venv option

Actual Results

ansible-test fails

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct

[sshnaidm]

@mattclay please take a look

[felixfontein]

I think you need to pass --requirements to make ansible-test install the requirements it needs in the venv. Unfortunately packaging does seem to be missing (probably because ansible doesn't declare it as a dependency, but some code still relies on it - see

ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py

Lines 32 to 39 in 865bda3

	# TODO: take the packaging dep, or vendor SpecifierSet?
	try:
	from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
	from packaging.version import Version
	except ImportError:
	SpecifierSet = None
	Version = None

).

[sshnaidm]

@felixfontein unfortunately it doesn't help, still missing packaging

[sivel]

I think this should be as easy as adding packaging to test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/sanity.ansible-doc.txt

[sshnaidm]

if this is it, I prepared #75356