Lokole install blows up

[jvonau]

Steps to reproduce the problem:

lokole_install True

IIAB version, OS version, hardware details:

master Ubuntu-21.04 rpi4

exception occurred during task execution.
To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2014' in position 177: ordinal not in range(128) failed: [127.0.0.1] (item={'option': 'description', 'value': '"Lokole is an email service that works offline, for rural communities. With a 3G/4G modem, you can arrange to batch-upload / batch-download emails once per night — for almost no cost at all — depending on mobile data plans in your country."'}) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": {"option": "description", "value": ""Lokole is an email service that works offline, for rural communities. With a 3G/4G modem, you can arrange to batch-upload / batch-download emails once per night — for almost no cost at all — depending on mobile data plans in your country.""}, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1619563516.5549765-137083-5628021869192/AnsiballZ_ini_file.py", line 102, in \n _ansiballz_main()\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1619563516.5549765-137083-5628021869192/AnsiballZ_ini_file.py", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1619563516.5549765-137083-5628021869192/AnsiballZ_ini_file.py", line 40, in invoke_module\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules.ini_file', init_globals=None, run_name='main', alter_sys=True)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 210, in run_module\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 97, in run_module_code\n run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,\n File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in run_code\n exec(code, run_globals)\n File "/tmp/ansible_ini_file_payload_86prp13/ansible_ini_file_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/ini_file.py", line 336, in \n File "/tmp/ansible_ini_file_payload_86prp13/ansible_ini_file_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/ini_file.py", line 316, in main\n File "/tmp/ansible_ini_file_payload_86prp13/ansible_ini_file_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/ini_file.py", line 271, in do_ini\nUnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2014' in position 177: ordinal not in range(128)\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}

https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/lokole/tasks/main.yml#L76-L77, making the string simpler got around the issue.

[holta]

Somehow the EM DASH character ("\u2014") is no longer allowed here.

Presumably as a newer version of Ansible or OS starts enforcing stricter requirements going forward.

Good to know.