file src and state=absent together

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Hi,

I like constructs like the following:

- name: MPM prefork
  file:
    src: "../../apache2/mods-available/{{ configfile }}"
    dest: "/etc/apache2{{ instance_dashsuffix }}/mods-enabled/{{ configfile }}"
    state: "{{ (instance.instance_data.mpm=='prefork') | ternary('link','absent') }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: "configfile"
  loop:
    - "mpm_prefork.load"
    - "mpm_prefork.conf"

A warning tells me that having state=absent and a source at the same time will
be an error in ansible 2.10

How would I write this in the future?

I do sincerely hope that I wouldn't be forced to write two tasks like:

- name: MPM prefork on
  file:
    src: "../../apache2/mods-available/{{ configfile }}"
    dest: "/etc/apache2{{ instance_dashsuffix }}/mods-enabled/{{ configfile }}"
    state: "link"
  when: "{{ (instance.instance_data.mpm=='prefork') }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: "configfile"
  loop:
    - "mpm_prefork.load"
    - "mpm_prefork.conf"

- name: MPM prefork on
  file:
    dest: "/etc/apache2{{ instance_dashsuffix }}/mods-enabled/{{ configfile }}"
    state: "absent"
  when: "{{ (instance.instance_data.mpm!='prefork') }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: "configfile"
  loop:
    - "mpm_prefork.load"
    - "mpm_prefork.conf"

causing a lot of duplication.

Greetings
Marc

2

You need to add ternary on src also and use the variable omit when false.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#omitting-parameters

I must say, I don't understand why they are doing this change. It make us write
more code that IMHO makes the code more difficult to read.

3

You need to add ternary on src also and use the variable omit when false.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#omitting-parameters

Of course. Thanks.

I must say, I don't understand why they are doing this change. It make us write
more code that IMHO makes the code more difficult to read.

I could not agree more.

Greetings
Marc