Do conditionals work with the replace module?

[Slim Slam]

Do conditionals work with the replace module?

I have something like this:

- name: Set date for demo 1
  replace: dest={{ workdirectory2 }}/junk.java regexp='2016' replace="{{ hostvars['localhost']['year'] }}"
  when: (is_demo and "'{{ hostvars['localhost']['soft'] }}' == 'newapp'")

And it appears to ignore the "when" conditional entirely and always executes the replace.

J

[Slim Slam]

So, this DOES work:

- name: Set date for demo 1
  replace: dest={{ workdirectory2 }}/junk.java regexp='2016' replace="{{ hostvars['localhost']['year'] }}"
  when: (is_demo and '{{ hostvars['localhost']['soft'] }}' == 'newapp')

Simply removing the double quotes around the 2nd part of the conditional makes it work. So the new question is:  Is that a bug?

J

[Brian Coca]

no, you are doing and " " string before, which is always true. unless its an empty string. The when will not arbitrarily look inside quotes in hopes there is another conditional in there.

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Brian Coca