Pass the salt version to the workflows running tests

This step is particularly important because, at least Opensuse 15 will
fail to report the right Salt version because git doesn't trust the
checkout path, and, as such, the wrong version get's discovered.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Algarvio <palgarvio@vmware.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: windows-2016
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   windows-2019:
     name: Windows 2019
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: windows-2019
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   windows-2022:
     name: Windows 2022
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: windows-2022
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   macos-12:
     name: MacOS 12
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: macos-12
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   almalinux-8:
     name: Alma Linux 8
@@ -265,6 +269,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: almalinux-8
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   almalinux-9:
     name: Alma Linux 9
@@ -276,6 +281,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: almalinux-9
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   amazonlinux-2:
     name: Amazon Linux 2
@@ -287,6 +293,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: amazonlinux-2
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   archlinux-lts:
     name: Arch Linux LTS
@@ -298,6 +305,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: archlinux-lts
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   centos-7:
     name: CentOS 7
@@ -309,6 +317,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: centos-7
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   centosstream-8:
     name: CentOS Stream 8
@@ -320,6 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: centosstream-8
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   centosstream-9:
     name: CentOS Stream 9
@@ -331,6 +341,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: centosstream-9
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   debian-10:
     name: Debian 10
@@ -342,6 +353,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: debian-10
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   debian-11:
     name: Debian 11
@@ -353,6 +365,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: debian-11
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   debian-11-arm64:
     name: Debian 11 ARM64
@@ -364,6 +377,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: debian-11-arm64
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   fedora-36:
     name: Fedora 36
@@ -375,6 +389,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: fedora-36
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   opensuse-15:
     name: Opensuse 15
@@ -386,6 +401,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: opensuse-15
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   photon-3:
     name: Photon OS 3
@@ -397,6 +413,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: photonos-3
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   photon-4:
     name: Photon OS 4
@@ -408,6 +425,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: photonos-4
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   ubuntu-1804:
     name: Ubuntu 18.04
@@ -419,6 +437,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: ubuntu-18.04
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   ubuntu-2004:
     name: Ubuntu 20.04
@@ -430,6 +449,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: ubuntu-20.04
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   ubuntu-2004-arm64:
     name: Ubuntu 20.04 Arm64
@@ -441,6 +461,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: ubuntu-20.04-arm64
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   ubuntu-2204:
     name: Ubuntu 22.04
@@ -452,6 +473,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: ubuntu-22.04
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   ubuntu-2204-arm64:
     name: Ubuntu 22.04 Arm64
@@ -463,6 +485,7 @@ jobs:
       distro-slug: ubuntu-22.04-arm64
       nox-session: ci-test
       testrun: ${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.testrun }}
+      salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-ci.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
 
   set-pipeline-exit-status:

.github/workflows/test-action-macos.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         description: The python version to run tests with
-        default: 3.9
+        default: "3.9"
+      salt-version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        description: The Salt version to set prior to running tests.
 
 
 env:
@@ -156,6 +160,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Source Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Setup Salt Version
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ inputs.salt-version }}" > salt/_version.txt
+
       - name: Install System Dependencies
         if: steps.nox-dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |

.github/workflows/test-action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
         description: JSON string containing information about what and how to run the test suite
+      salt-version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        description: The Salt version to set prior to running tests.
 
 
 env:
@@ -163,6 +167,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Source Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Setup Salt Version
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ inputs.salt-version }}" > salt/_version.txt
+
       - name: Download cached nox.${{ inputs.distro-slug }}.tar.* for session ${{ inputs.nox-session }}
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with: