[BUG] Failed to enable unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/salt-master.service is masked.

[dseomn]

Description

When I try to install salt-master from the repo mentioned by https://docs.saltproject.io/salt/install-guide/en/latest/topics/install-by-operating-system/debian.html I get this error:

Setting up salt-master (3007.0) ...
/usr/bin/systemctl
Synchronizing state of salt-master.service with SysV service script with /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable salt-master
Failed to enable unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/salt-master.service is masked.
dpkg: error processing package salt-master (--configure):
 installed salt-master package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 salt-master
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I want the salt-run command from the salt-master package, but I don't want to run any salt services, so I masked salt-master.service. Shouldn't the install still work?

Setup
(Please provide relevant configs and/or SLS files (be sure to remove sensitive info. There is no general set-up of Salt.)

Please be as specific as possible and give set-up details.

• on-prem machine
• VM (Virtualbox, KVM, etc. please specify)
• VM running on a cloud service, please be explicit and add details
• container (Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, etc. please specify)
• or a combination, please be explicit
• jails if it is FreeBSD
• classic packaging
• onedir packaging
• used bootstrap to install

Steps to Reproduce the behavior

1. Make /etc/systemd/system/salt-master.service a symlink to /dev/null.
2. Install salt-master 3007.0 from https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/debian/12/amd64/latest

Expected behavior

The package installs successfully, but does not enable or start the salt-master service.

Screenshots
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Versions Report

salt --versions-report

(Provided by running salt --versions-report. Please also mention any differences in master/minion versions.)

Salt Version:
          Salt: 3007.0
 
Python Version:
        Python: 3.10.13 (main, Feb 19 2024, 03:31:20) [GCC 11.2.0]
 
Dependency Versions:
          cffi: 1.16.0
      cherrypy: unknown
      dateutil: 2.8.2
     docker-py: Not Installed
         gitdb: Not Installed
     gitpython: Not Installed
        Jinja2: 3.1.3
       libgit2: Not Installed
  looseversion: 1.3.0
      M2Crypto: Not Installed
          Mako: Not Installed
       msgpack: 1.0.7
  msgpack-pure: Not Installed
  mysql-python: Not Installed
     packaging: 23.1
     pycparser: 2.21
      pycrypto: Not Installed
  pycryptodome: 3.19.1
        pygit2: Not Installed
  python-gnupg: 0.5.2
        PyYAML: 6.0.1
         PyZMQ: 25.1.2
        relenv: 0.15.1
         smmap: Not Installed
       timelib: 0.3.0
       Tornado: 6.3.3
           ZMQ: 4.3.4
 
Salt Package Information:
  Package Type: onedir
 
System Versions:
          dist: debian n/a trixie
        locale: utf-8
       machine: x86_64
       release: 6.7.12-amd64
        system: Linux
       version: Debian GNU/Linux n/a trixie

Additional context
N/A

[max-arnold]

I can confirm this:

systemctl mask salt-minion
systemctl mask salt-master

Works for the minion:

curl -L https://bootstrap.saltproject.io | sh -s -- -X -d onedir latest

Doesn't work for the master:

curl -L https://bootstrap.saltproject.io | sh -s -- -X -d -M onedir latest