Return of issue #13602: ansible runs setup for all plays when run with -t

[Hagai Kariti]

Hi

It seems that https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13602 is back in Ansible 2.1.1 and devel. Running ansible-playbook with -t will collect facts even if no task/role in the play is selected. This also happens with smart gathering, if the fact cache is expired. Example:

test.yml:

---

- name: No tagged task here

  hosts: localhost

  tasks:

    - debug: msg="I won't run"

- name: Tagged task here

  hosts: localhost

  tasks:

    - debug: msg="tagged task"

      tags: runme

And this is the output after clearing the fact cache:

$ ansible-playbook test.yml -t runme

 [WARNING]: Host file not found: /etc/ansible/hosts

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

PLAY [No tagged task here] *****************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

PLAY [Tagged task here] ********************************************************

TASK [debug] *******************************************************************

ok: [localhost] => {

    "msg": "tagged task"

}

The setup task is run on the untagged play, like reported in #13602

[Aditya Menon]

Hi, 

  I believe there is a regression here in ansible 2.1.1.0. I'll be reinstalling 1.9 again. Please let me know if there is a workaround or a fix for this planned as I want to use the new features of the latest ansible.

  

Thanks

Aditya Menon