Apt-get simulate command

[Rémi Morel]

Hello,

I have spend a lot of time to find a solution at this issue.

I have a task :

- name: check updated package (Debian)
  command: apt-get -s install {{ item.item }}
  register: updateD
  when: (ansible_os_family == "Debian") and (installD is defined) and ( {{ item.rc }} == 0)
  with_items: "{{ installD.results }}"
  failed_when: updateD > 1
  changed_when: no

and Ansible reaction is :

[WARNING]: Consider using apt module rather than running apt-get

But I don't find any option in documentation to obtain the result of "-s".

[Jean-Yves LENHOF]

Hi,

Could you explain what you want to do ?
To not do things in ansible but simulate, there's --check command line option

Regards,

JYL

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 22. aug. 2016 09:19, Rémi Morel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have spend a lot of time to find a solution at this issue.
> I have a task :
>
> - name: check updated package (Debian)
> command: apt-get -s install {{ item.item }}
> register: updateD

The result of the command is registered in the variable updateD

> when: (ansible_os_family == "Debian") and (installD is defined) and ( {{
> item.rc }} == 0)

You should not use {{ }} in when, they are implied.

> with_items: "{{ installD.results }}"
> failed_when: updateD > 1
> changed_when: no
>
> and Ansible reaction is :
>
> [WARNING]: Consider using apt module rather than running apt-get
>
> But I don't find any option in documentation to obtain the result of "-s".

Since they are in the variable updateD you can print out all of them
like this.

- debug: var=updateD


--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Rémi Morel]

I want to check if a package need to be updated and write a log file. That why i use apt-get -s install, and I put the result with a register to use it later.

Thanks for watching my problem.

RM

[Rémi Morel]

Thanks for the advice !