ansible.builtin.apt - Updating all installed packages to latest gives "parameters are mutually exclusive deb|package|upgrade

John Himpel

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Mar 18, 2022, 8:05:16 PM3/18/22

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The following ansible block:

- name: Block update APT hosts
block:
- name: main - Update APT repo and cache
ansible.builtin.apt:
update_cache: true
force_apt_get: true
cache_valid_time: 3600 # 1 Hour

- name: main - Update APT hosts
ansible.builtin.apt:
upgrade: dist
force_apt_get: true
register: apt_return

- name: main - Display APT log
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: apt_return.stdout_lines
when: apt_return.stdout_lines is defined

- name: main - Check if reboot is needed
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /var/run/reboot-required
get_md5: false
register: reboot_required_file

- name: main - Reboot APT host
ansible.builtin.reboot:
msg: "Reboot initiated by Ansible due to kernel updates"
connect_timeout: 5
reboot_timeout: 300
pre_reboot_delay: 0
post_reboot_delay: 30
test_command: uptime
when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists
when: ansible_pkg_mgr == "apt"
become: true

Yields:

TASK [update_software : main - update APT hosts] *******************************
fatal: [testRadicale.jlhimpel.net]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "parameters are mutually exclusive: deb|package|upgrade"}

Ansible version: 2.2.12

Python version: 3.10.3

Ansible Controller: Fedora 36 (same issue occurs on Fedora 35)

Ansible target: Ubuntu 18.04.5 (Bionic Beaver)

Ansible target: python 3..6.9

Stefan Hornburg (Racke)

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Mar 21, 2022, 2:44:42 AM3/21/22

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Try with a recent version of Ansible.

Regards
Racke

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John Himpel

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Mar 22, 2022, 3:09:35 PM3/22/22

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I found the issue.

I inadvertently pointed my IDE to a version of the source not located on the ansible controller node. Thus a mismatch between what I was viewing/editing and what was editing.