Ansible 2.1 - Dynamic vars_files and "skipping vars_file" output messages with -vvv

[digi691]

Hello,

While trying to move over to Ansible 2.1 from 1.9.2, I've noticed Ansible having a lot of output about skipping vars_file when I pass "-vvv" to ansible-playbook.  I'm including 3 vars_file(s) using variable substitution.  I've looked in the projects reported bugs and checked the mailing list with no one describing or reporting this behavior.  Below is an example of what I'm doing:

---

- hosts: all

  user: root

  vars_files:

    - var_files/{{ ansible-distribution }}.yml

    - var_files/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml

    - var_files/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yml

  roles:

    - blah

I'm getting the skipping vars_file message about 150+ times before the PLAYBOOK output line, with additional messages after the PLAYBOOK line, PLAY [all] line, Task SETUP line, and after my last task plays.  The odd thing is that when I test the variables and their precedence that are in the appropriate files, I'm getting the correct variables.  So it seems that it is actually reading the var_files appropriately regardless of the messages and no confirmation messages that they were actually included/read at some point.  Should I report this as a bug to the Ansible project or is this method no longer the "supported" way to include dynamic vars_file(s)?  I've come up with a workaround to avoid these messages which is below.  Guidance on the situation and whether this is actually a bug or not is appreciated.

---

- hosts: all

  user: root

  pre_tasks:

    - include_vars: 'var_files/{{ ansible-distribution }}.yml'

      tags: always

    - include_vars: 'var_files/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml'

      tags: always

    - include_vars: 'var_files/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yml'

      tags: always

  roles:

    - blah

Thanks,

Chris