State `group_installed` from state module `pkg` doesn't work

[RandyTheOtter]

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Qubes OS release

Qubes OS 4.2.4 (R4.2)

Brief summary

State pkg.group_installed returns An error was encountered while installing/updating group 'name_of_the_group': Group 'name_of_the_group' not found

Groups can be installed by executing command directly or using cmd.run.

As far as I can tell this happens with all groups.

Last time I've witnessed this state working was on fedora 40. It doesn't work on fedora 41 and 42. My management qube is a minimal fedora 42.

Steps to reproduce

{% if grains['id'] == 'dom0' %}

test--create-template:
  qvm.clone:
    - name: fedora-42-test
    - source: fedora-42-minimal

{% elif grains['id'] == 'fedora-42-test' %}

test--install-group:
  pkg.group_installed:
    - name: python-classroom

test--install-cmd:
  cmd.run:
    - name: dnf -y install @python-classroom

{% endif %}

Expected behavior

package group installed

Actual behavior

fedora-42-test:
----------
          ID: test--install-group
    Function: pkg.group_installed
        Name: python-classroom
      Result: False
     Comment: An error was encountered while installing/updating group 'python-classroom': Group 'python-classroom' not found.
     Started: 11:38:05.011473
    Duration: 616.222 ms
     Changes:
----------
           ID: test--install-cmd
     Function: cmd.run
         Name: dnf -y install @python-classroom
       Result: True
      Comment: Command "dnf -y install @python-classroom" run
      Started: 11:38:05.632648
     Duration: 1075015.715 ms
      Changes:   
               ----------
               pid:
                   1138
               retcode:
                   0
               stderr:
                   Updating and loading repositories:
                    Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates           100% |   4.4 KiB/s |   6.4 KiB |  00m01s
                   Repositories loaded.
                   Package "bash-completion-1:2.16-1.fc42.noarch" is already installed.
                   Package "curl-8.11.1-6.fc42.x86_64" is already installed.

...

                   Installing groups:
                    Python Classroom                                                                              
                   
                   Transaction Summary:
                    Installing:       714 packages
 
 Summary for fedora-42-test
 ------------
 Succeeded: 1 (changed=1)
 Failed:    1
 ------------

Additional information

Not sure if this is Qubes OS or SaltStack issue, I haven't found anything similar-looking in their repository.

[marmarek]

Looks more like salt issue, we have custom pkg module only for dom0, templates use standard one.