Merge pull request #3843 from holta/gha-tmp-hack-forcing-u2404

10min-iiab-test-install.yml: Tmp GHA hack using ubuntu-24.04 [and recommend ansible-core 2.18.0]

.github/workflows/10min-iiab-test-install.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   test-install:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
       - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       #    GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(github) }}
       #  run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
       - name: GitHub Actions "runner" environment
         run: |

scripts/ansible

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Technical-Contributors-Guide#female_detective-understanding-ansible
 
 APT_PATH=/usr/bin     # Avoids problematic /usr/local/bin/apt on Linux Mint
-CURR_VER=undefined    # Ansible version you have installed, e.g. [core 2.17.5]
-GOOD_VER=2.17.5       # Orig for 'yum install [rpm]' & XO laptops (pip install)
+CURR_VER=undefined    # Ansible version you have installed, e.g. [core 2.18.0]
+GOOD_VER=2.18.0       # Orig for 'yum install [rpm]' & XO laptops (pip install)
 
 # 2021-06-22: The apt approach (with PPA source in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and
 # .gpg key etc) are commented out with ### below.  Associated guidance/comments