Podman collection does not work on my development environment

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug

/kind feature

Description

I cannot run containers.podman.podman_image in my ansible playbook due to:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "msg": "Could not find imported module support code for common.  Looked for either LooseVersion.py or version.py"
}

Steps to reproduce the issue:

add to your testing playbook:

tasks:
- name: installing podman
  package:
    name: "podman"
    state: present

- name: Pull a specific version of an image
  containers.podman.podman_image:
    name: "redis"
    tag: "4"

run it with ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml my-playbook.yaml
you can see the error (maybe)

Describe the results you received: I got an error message above.

Describe the results you expected: Running playbook

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

Version of the containers.podman collection: Either git commit if installed from git: git show --summary Or version from ansible-galaxy if installed from galaxy: ansible-galaxy collection list | grep containers.podman

ansible-galaxy collection install containers.podman -f --force-with-deps

Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'containers.podman:1.15.1' to '/home/<username>/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/containers/podman'

Output of ansible --version:

ansible 2.9.6
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/<username>/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.10 (default, Nov 22 2023, 10:22:35) [GCC 9.4.0]

Output of podman version:

Version:      3.4.2
API Version:  3.4.2
Go Version:   go1.15.2
Built:        Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Output of podman info --debug:

host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.23.1
  cgroupControllers: []
  cgroupManager: cgroupfs
  cgroupVersion: v1
  conmon:
    package: 'conmon: /usr/libexec/podman/conmon'
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.2, commit: '
  cpus: 8
  distribution:
    codename: focal
    distribution: ubuntu
    version: "20.04"
  eventLogger: file
  hostname: <hostname>
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
  kernel: 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: k8s-file
  memFree: 6468243456
  memTotal: 13129265152
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: 'crun: /usr/bin/crun'
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version UNKNOWN
      commit: ea1fe3938eefa14eb707f1d22adff4db670645d6
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL
  os: linux
  remoteSocket:
    path: /tmp/podman-run-1000/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: 'slirp4netns: /usr/bin/slirp4netns'
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.1.8
      commit: unknown
      libslirp: 4.3.1-git
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 3
      libseccomp: 2.4.3
  swapFree: 4294967296
  swapTotal: 4294967296
  uptime: 72h 6m 40.55s (Approximately 3.00 days)
plugins:
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
  - quay.io
store:
  configFile: /home/<username>/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 17
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 17
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions:
    overlay.mount_program:
      Executable: /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
      Package: 'fuse-overlayfs: /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs'
      Version: |-
        fusermount3 version: 3.9.0
        fuse-overlayfs: version 1.5
        FUSE library version 3.9.0
        using FUSE kernel interface version 7.31
  graphRoot: /home/<username>/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "false"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageStore:
    number: 15
  runRoot: /tmp/podman-run-1000/containers
  volumePath: /home/<username>/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 3.4.2
  Built: 0
  BuiltTime: Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.15.2
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 3.4.2

Package info (e.g. output of rpm -q podman or apt list podman):

Listing... Done
podman/unknown,now 100:3.4.2-5 amd64 [installed]
podman/unknown 100:3.4.2-5 arm64
podman/unknown 100:3.4.2-5 armhf
podman/unknown 100:3.4.2-5 ppc64el
podman/unknown 100:3.4.2-5 s390x

Playbok you run with ansible (e.g. content of playbook.yaml):

- name: Pull, tag and push OCI images
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    tag: "4"
    images: []
  tasks:
    - name: installing podman
      package:
        name: "podman"
        state: present

    - name: Pull a specific version of an image
      containers.podman.podman_image:
        name: "redis"
        tag: "{{ tag }}"

Command line and output of ansible run with high verbosity

Please NOTE: if you submit a bug about idempotency, run the playbook with --diff option, like:

ansible-playbook -i inventory --diff -vv playbook.yml

ansible-playbook 2.9.6
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/<username>/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.8.10 (default, Nov 22 2023, 10:22:35) [GCC 9.4.0]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
host_list declined parsing /mnt/c/Users/<username>/repos/awx/inv_local.yaml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Skipping empty key (localhost) in group (hosts)
Parsed /mnt/c/Users/<username>/repos/awx/inv_local.yaml inventory source with yaml plugin
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

PLAYBOOK: playbook.yaml *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in playbook.yaml

PLAY [Pull, tag and push OCI images] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
META: ran handlers

TASK [installing podman] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /mnt/c/Users/<username>/repos/awx/playbook.yaml:32
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: <username>
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~<username> && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721="` echo /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721 `" ) && sleep 0'
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py
<127.0.0.1> PUT /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-290344hvuvw82/tmpu6yelmfl TO /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_setup.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/ /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_setup.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_setup.py && sleep 0'
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
<127.0.0.1> PUT /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-290344hvuvw82/tmpmh6ox_je TO /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_apt.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/ /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_apt.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/AnsiballZ_apt.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012235.696705-75104995463721/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
ok: [localhost] => {
    "cache_update_time": 1717773694,
    "cache_updated": false,
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "allow_unauthenticated": false,
            "autoclean": false,
            "autoremove": false,
            "cache_valid_time": 0,
            "deb": null,
            "default_release": null,
            "dpkg_options": "force-confdef,force-confold",
            "force": false,
            "force_apt_get": false,
            "install_recommends": null,
            "name": "podman",
            "only_upgrade": false,
            "package": [
                "podman"
            ],
            "policy_rc_d": null,
            "purge": false,
            "state": "present",
            "update_cache": null,
            "upgrade": null
        }
    }
}

TASK [Pull a specific version of an image] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /mnt/c/Users/<username>/repos/awx/playbook.yaml:37
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: <username>
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~<username> && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012237.4058702-8317627162299 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1718012237.4058702-8317627162299="` echo /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012237.4058702-8317627162299 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/<username>/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718012237.4058702-8317627162299/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "msg": "Could not find imported module support code for common.  Looked for either LooseVersion.py or version.py"
}

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Additional environment details (AWS, VirtualBox, physical, etc.):

Running on Ubuntu 20 in WSL 2.0

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