Cannot run 1.9.2 -- ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

[Barry Kaplan]

When I try to use 1.9.2-rc2 

ansible❯ source ~/si/ansible/hacking/env-setup                                                                                                                                            ops/git/master !+
examine files in directory /Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/lib/ansible.egg-info?
running egg_info
writing requirements to lib/ansible.egg-info/requires.txt
writing lib/ansible.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to lib/ansible.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to lib/ansible.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
reading manifest file 'lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
no previously-included directories found matching 'v2'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docsite'
no previously-included directories found matching 'ticket_stubs'
no previously-included directories found matching 'test'
no previously-included directories found matching 'hacking'
no previously-included directories found matching 'lib/ansible/modules/core/.git'
no previously-included directories found matching 'lib/ansible/modules/extras/.git'
writing manifest file 'lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'


Setting up Ansible to run out of checkout...


PATH=/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/bin:/opt/chefdk/bin:/Users/bkaplan/tools/packer:/Users/bkaplan/tools/terraform:/Users/bkaplan/.rbenv/shims:/Users/bkaplan/.rbenv/bin:/Users/bkaplan/.npm/bin:./node_modules/.bin:/Users/bkaplan/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin
PYTHONPATH=/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/lib:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
MANPATH=/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/docs/man:


Remember, you may wish to specify your host file with -i


Done!

Seems installed ok

ansible❯ ansible --version                                                                                                                                                                ops/git/master !+
ansible 1.9.2 (detached HEAD 9bf06bfe84) last updated 2015/06/23 16:10:17 (GMT +550)
  lib/ansible/modules/core:  not found - use git submodule update --init lib/ansible/modules/core
  lib/ansible/modules/extras:  not found - use git submodule update --init lib/ansible/modules/extras
  v2/ansible/modules/core:  not found - use git submodule update --init v2/ansible/modules/core
  v2/ansible/modules/extras:  not found - use git submodule update --init v2/ansible/modules/extras
  configured module search path = modules

But whenever I try to run I get 

ansible❯ ansible-playbook -i inventory/aws/production playbooks/provision/aws/mesos-cluster.yml                                                                                           ops/git/master !+
ERROR: ec2_group is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

Well, really no modules work.

ansible❯ echo $PYTHONPATH                                              
/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/lib:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

I can override PYTHONPATH to just 

ansible❯ export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

But then of course I'm back to 1.9.1

I had this same problem in 1.9.2-rc1 but simply setting PYTHONPATH seemed to work. I never figured out what was going. But now I am fully blocked (with 1.9.2 that is).

[J Hawkesworth]

Did you run 

git submodule update

Otherwise I guess the modules might not be available?

Hope that helps,

Jon

[Barry Kaplan]

Ok, if you ever get these kinds of errors, the fix is easy. When you clone ansible don't forget the --recursive!

[Barry Kaplan]

Seems that (after making sure the submodules are pulled) that there is another problem I am seeing.

After source ..hack.. my PYTHON path is setup as:

  "/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/lib:"

Hence the reason why modules like sys are not found.

If I manually change it to:

  "/Users/bkaplan/si/ansible/lib:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages"

all is well. Does anybody know how that is env is formed? What is hack looking for that should go after ':' ?