Will this work ok if I use apt: module directly instead? For different
package lists in Debian and Ubuntu, for example.
19 cze 2014 18:49 "Michael DeHaan" <mich...@ansible.com> napisał(a):
> Never do this, ansible_pkg_mgr does not allow the with_items block to be
> grouped into a single yum/apt transaction, which results in much slower
> package installations.
>
> I understand why it's appealing, but really don't ... you'll also find
> that the yum and apt modules have different options you may want to use
> from time to time anyway.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Maciej Delmanowski <dryb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How about this solution?
>>
>> In `defaults/main.yml`:
>>
>> java_distribution_packages:
>> Debian: [ 'openjdk-7', 'java-stuff' ]
>> RefHat: [ 'java-runtime-7', 'other-stuff' ]
>>
>> And then, in `tasks/main.yml`:
>>
>> - {{ ansible_pkg_mgr }}: name={{ item }} state=latest
>> witn_items: java_distribution_packages[ansible_os_family]
>>
>> I think that should work fine and let you override
>> java_distribution_packages in inventory.
>>
>> Maciej
>>
>>
>> 2014-06-19 14:40 GMT+02:00 Jeff Geerling <geerling...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> The technique I usually use for making a role work cross-distro is to do
>>> two things:
>>>
>>> *For variables*: Include a variables file named {{ ansible_os_family
>>> }}.yml (then stick 'Debian.yml' and 'RedHat.yml', etc. into the role's vars
>>> folder.
>>>
>>> *For tasks*: Add "when: ansible_os_family == 'Distribution'" to the
>>> task (where 'Distribution' is Debian, RedHat, etc.).
>>>
>>> This presents an issue; for normal variables that I want to let role
>>> users override easily, I put the variables in the roles 'defaults/main.yml'
>>> file. But for distribution-specific variables (for example, "java_packages"
>>> in my Java role <https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-java>), I
>>> have to put the distro-specific vars include files in the main 'vars'
>>> folder, so those variables have higher precedence than, say, group_vars.
>>>
>>> I've bumped into this a few times, but could usually find other ways of
>>> getting the variable I want to take hold. For some users, it's not
>>> possible, thus I have bugs like: Openjdk-7 cannot be installed
>>> <https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-java/issues/1>.
>>>
>>> What are some possible fixes/other ways to do this?
>>>
>>> I could set up a variable for each distro (like "java_redhat_packages"
>>> and "java_debian_packages", but in some roles, where 5-10 of these would be
>>> needed, I fear maintainability and simplicity would be sacrificed for
>>> variable overridability...
>>>
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