Fix pylint errors

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ exclude: |
     (?x)(
         ^docs/conf.py$
     )
+default_language_version:
+  # make linting predictable, especially as we know that current pylint is not
+  # working well with py311.
+  python: python3.8
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.10.1
@@ -50,11 +54,12 @@ repos:
           - ansible-compat>=2.2.0
           - molecule>=4.0.0
           - packaging
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-pylint
-    rev: v3.0.0a5
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
+    rev: v2.14.5
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         additional_dependencies:
+          # - astroid<=v2.11.6  #
           - ansible-core>=2.13
           - molecule>=4.0.0
   - repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint.git

src/molecule_podman/driver.py

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from shutil import which
 from typing import Dict
 
-from ansible_compat.ports import cache
 from ansible_compat.runtime import Runtime
 from molecule import logger, util
 from molecule.api import Driver, MoleculeRuntimeWarning
@@ -167,6 +166,7 @@ def __init__(self, config=None):
         # An example could be MOLECULE_PODMAN_EXECUTABLE=podman-remote
         self.podman_exec = os.environ.get("MOLECULE_PODMAN_EXECUTABLE", "podman")
         self._podman_cmd = None
+        self._sanity_passed = False
 
     @property
     def podman_cmd(self):
@@ -214,9 +214,11 @@ def ansible_connection_options(self, instance_name):
             "ansible_podman_executable": f"{self.podman_exec}",
         }
 
-    @cache
     def sanity_checks(self):
         """Implement Podman driver sanity checks."""
+        if self._sanity_passed:
+            return
+
         log.info("Sanity checks: '%s'", self._name)
         # TODO(ssbarnea): reuse ansible runtime instance from molecule once it
         # fully adopts ansible-compat
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ def sanity_checks(self):
                 "Do not raise any bugs if your tests are failing with current configuration.",
                 category=MoleculeRuntimeWarning,
             )
+        self._sanity_passed = True
 
     @property
     def required_collections(self) -> Dict[str, str]: