Check a var with 'meta noop'?

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Hi! I have some ansible code to run a bunch of checks on a system to verify its compliance, and would like to check the kernel against an expected version. I was hoping this would work:

  • name: versions | Check kernel against expected
    meta: noop
    failed_when: false
    changed_when: ansible_kernel != expected_kernel

this just always succeeds and does not show as changed . . . I don’t actually want to run anything, so ‘command: /bin/false’ seems inappropriate . . . any recommendations?

Thanks!
Guy

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Use debug, if you don't want it to normally display anything use the
verbosity option.