Ansible on gentoo linux, with both systemd and openrc installed

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This is my first posting here, so pls be kind :wink:

I learn my first steps with ansible for some weeks now and get some issues with the service-module.

As some of you may know, on gentoo linux it is rather common these days to have both systemd and openrc installed at the same time.
systemd as active init-system, and openrc as the “gentoo-default” that is kept there just as a fallback.

So the binaries and tools of both $PS1-systems are installed while only one (in my case systemd) is active and running.

Now when I write a task in ansible that should ensure that service chronyd is running I get back messages that seem openrc-based and not systemd-based.

I discussed these issues on the gentoo-users-ml already:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/279922/focus=280115

(I simply quote the link to open a discussion … I am ready to provide any additional infos if needed)

Maybe this is a case not yet fully considered in the service-module?

I’d be happy to get some pointers or help in here, thanks a lot …

Stefan

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check with gentoo devel, fixes to system detection were added as more
and more distros run in 'mixed mode'.

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sorry, ansible's devel branch ... not gentoo devel.

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oops, groups runs TOFU?

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yep, works:

ansible -i inventories/oops_nodes.yml -l hiro.local -m service -a “name=chronyd state=started” all

hiro.local | success >> {
“changed”: false,
“name”: “chronyd”,
“state”: “started”
}

curious for the diffs now :wink:

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the relevant changes are in the service module