Complex args + with_items ansible 2.0

[DomaNitro]

Starting to test my roles with ansible 2.0 dev branch 

Complex args breaks when using with_  but works with 1.9.X

- name         : Loop 

  hosts        : all

  gather_facts : yes

  become       : True

  vars         :

     usermanage_groupsdb  :

        - name         : "group1"

          state        : "present"

          gid          : "5000"

          system       : "true"

        - name         : "group2"

          state        : "present"

          gid          : "5001"

          system       : "false"

  tasks:

       - debug: var=usermanage_groupsdb

       - name: groups | Create groups

         group:

         args: "{{ item }}"

         with_items: usermanage_groupsdb 

I am not sure if thats a bug or its by design. Since the complex args was not heavily documented. 

So I dont want to report it on github unless it is

Regards

Adham

[Luca Berruti]

Hi Adham,

see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13518, the issue is tagged "v2  milestone"

Regards,
Luca

[DomaNitro]

Hey 

That was fast 

fixed it 8716bf8021800a18cb8d6cfea3f296ba4f834692 :) 

[Luca Berruti]

Now I get a "DEPRECATION WARNING":

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Using variables for task params is unsafe, especially if the variables come from an external source like facts. This
feature will be removed in a future release. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    my_dir:
      path: /tmp/2
      state: directory
      mode: 755
    h: localhost
  tasks:
    - file:
      args: '{{my_dir}}'

[DomaNitro]

But, whats the point of having complex args if its not going to be dynamic ?