salt.master does not work with salt-ssh

[johnkeates]

Running:
salt-ssh host.example.net state.apply salt.master

Results in:

        ID: salt-master
   Function: file.recurse
       Name: /etc/salt/master.d
     Result: False
    Comment: #### /etc/salt/master.d/f_defaults.conf ####
             Unable to manage file: Jinja error: salt/formulas.jinja
             Traceback (most recent call last):
               File "/var/tmp/.root_5ec184_salt/py2/salt/utils/templates.py", line 410, in render_jinja_tmpl
                 output = template.render(**decoded_context)
               File "/var/tmp/.root_5ec184_salt/py2/jinja2/environment.py", line 1008, in render
                 return self.environment.handle_exception(exc_info, True)
               File "/var/tmp/.root_5ec184_salt/py2/jinja2/environment.py", line 780, in handle_exception
                 reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
               File "<template>", line 17, in top-level template code
               File "/var/tmp/.root_5ec184_salt/py2/salt/utils/jinja.py", line 145, in get_source
                 raise TemplateNotFound(template)
             TemplateNotFound: salt/formulas.jinja
             
             ; line 17
             
             ---
             [...]
             {{ configname }}: {{ cfg_salt[configname]|json }}
             {%- else -%}
             #{{ configname }}: {{ default_value|json }}
             {%- endif -%}
             {%- endmacro -%}
             {%- from "salt/formulas.jinja" import file_roots, formulas with context -%}    <======================
             ##### Primary configuration settings #####
             ##########################################
             # This configuration file is used to manage the behavior of the Salt Master.
             # Values that are commented out but have an empty line after the comment are
             # defaults that do not need to be set in the config. If there is no blank line
             [...]
             ---
    Started: 18:22:42.998310
   Duration: 297.709 ms
    Changes:  

Using: salt-ssh 2017.7.1 (Nitrogen)

[johnkeates]

Two years ago, this was reported to salt: saltstack/salt#21370

[aboe76]

no more info added closing