# IOError: \[Errno 25\] Inappropriate ioctl for device

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927 "2015-04-08T11:56:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/1 "2015-04-08T11:56:12Z")

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Hi all,

while trying to run one of our playbook on RH 5.4 (I know, very old …) I get the following error:

> # ansible-playbook -i hosts.local our\_playbook.yml --limit=server --tags=some-users
> 
> PLAY [some.hosts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
> 
> GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
> failed: [server] =\> {“failed”: true, “parsed”: false}  
> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 4194, in ?  
> main()  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 137, in main  
> data = run\_setup(module)  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 81, in run\_setup  
> facts = ansible\_facts(module)  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 4133, in ansible\_facts  
> facts.update(Hardware().populate())  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 2319, in populate  
> self.get\_device\_facts()  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 2514, in get\_device\_facts  
> d[key] = get\_file\_content(sysdir + “/device/” + key)  
> File “/tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup”, line 4123, in get\_file\_content  
> data = datafile.read().strip()  
> IOError: [Errno 25] Inappropriate ioctl for device

I tried to debug it with export ANSIBLE\_KEEP\_REMOTE\_FILES=1 and then:

> python -m trace --trace /tmp/ansible-tmp-1428493209.39-20760333181803/setup

and it hangs:

> subprocess.py(934): if p2cread:  
> subprocess.py(936): if c2pwrite:  
> subprocess.py(937): os.dup2(c2pwrite, 1)  
> \<------------------- HANGS ! Have to CTRL-C it …  
> setup(1699): except (OSError, IOError), e:  
> setup(1701): except:  
> setup(1702): self.fail\_json(rc=257, msg=traceback.format\_exc(), cmd=clean\_args)  
> — modulename: traceback, funcname: format\_exc

Can anybody tell what is wrong with it ? I know that this is very old Red Hat but on another node (even older !)  
it run without any issue.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/2 "2015-04-08T12:57:43Z")

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What version of ansible? i believe these issues were already fixed.

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/3 "2015-04-08T13:00:43Z")

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# ansible-playbook --version

ansible-playbook 1.8.4  
configured module search path = /usr/share/ansible

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/4 "2015-04-08T14:12:07Z")

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try current development

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/5 "2015-04-08T14:35:30Z")

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You mean 1.9 or 2.0 ?  
I am afraid to use it since we constantly use Ansible on our production.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/6 "2015-04-08T16:03:38Z")

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The current git checkout, its easy to use in parallel of any other  
version and only for this test

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/7 "2015-04-09T07:51:20Z")

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# git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive

Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/a/ansible/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 78344, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (42/42), done.  
remote: Total 78344 (delta 12), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 78300  
Receiving objects: 100% (78344/78344), 24.00 MiB | 6.46 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (49276/49276), done.  
Submodule ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-core: Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core.git)) registered for path ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’  
Submodule ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-extras: Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git)) registered for path ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’  
Submodule ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-core: Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core.git)) registered for path ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’  
Submodule ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-extras: Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git)) registered for path ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/core/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 22403, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.  
remote: Total 22403 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 22396  
Receiving objects: 100% (22403/22403), 6.24 MiB | 3.91 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (14887/14887), done.  
Submodule path ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’: checked out ‘5f58240d176a74b8eb0da0b45cf60e498d11ab34’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 20489, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.  
remote: Total 20489 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 20478  
Receiving objects: 100% (20489/20489), 5.64 MiB | 3.19 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (13508/13508), done.  
Submodule path ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’: checked out ‘4048de9c1e2333aa7880b61f34af8cbdce5cbcec’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/a/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/core/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 22403, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.  
remote: Total 22403 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 22396  
Receiving objects: 100% (22403/22403), 6.24 MiB | 2.94 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (14887/14887), done.  
Submodule path ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’: checked out ‘34784b7a617aa35d3b994c9f0795567afc6fb0b0’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/a/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/extras/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 20489, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.  
remote: Total 20489 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 20478  
Receiving objects: 100% (20489/20489), 5.64 MiB | 2.35 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (13508/13508), done.  
Submodule path ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’: checked out ‘21fce8ac730346b4e77427e3582553f2dc93c675’

# cd ansible/

# git tag -l

0.0.1  
0.0.2  
0.01  
0.3  
0.3.1  
0.4  
0.4.1  
0.5  
0.6  
0.7  
0.7.1  
0.7.2  
0.8  
v0.9  
v1.0  
v1.1  
v1.2  
v1.2.1  
v1.2.2  
v1.2.3  
v1.3.0  
v1.3.1  
v1.3.2  
v1.3.3  
v1.3.4  
v1.4.0  
v1.4.1  
v1.4.2  
v1.4.3  
v1.4.4  
v1.4.5  
v1.5.0  
v1.5.1  
v1.5.2  
v1.5.3  
v1.5.4  
v1.5.5  
v1.6.0  
v1.6.1  
v1.6.10  
v1.6.2  
v1.6.3  
v1.6.4  
v1.6.5  
v1.6.6  
v1.6.7  
v1.6.8  
v1.6.9  
v1.7.0  
v1.7.1  
v1.7.2  
v1.8.0  
v1.8.1  
v1.8.2  
v1.8.3  
v1.8.4  
v1.9.0-0.1.rc1  
v1.9.0-0.2.rc2  
v1.9.0-1  
v1.9.0-2  
v1.9.0.1-1  
v1.9.1-0.1.rc1

# source ./hacking/env-setup

running egg\_info  
creating lib/ansible.egg-info  
writing requirements to lib/ansible.egg-info/requires.txt  
writing lib/ansible.egg-info/PKG-INFO  
writing top-level names to lib/ansible.egg-info/top\_level.txt  
writing dependency\_links to lib/ansible.egg-info/dependency\_links.txt  
writing manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’  
reading manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’  
reading manifest template ‘MANIFEST.in’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘v2’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘docsite’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘ticket\_stubs’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘packaging’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘test’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘hacking’  
writing manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’

Setting up Ansible to run out of checkout…

PATH=/tmp/a/ansible/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin  
PYTHONPATH=/tmp/a/ansible/lib:  
MANPATH=/tmp/a/ansible/docs/man:

Remember, you may wish to specify your host file with -i

Done!

# export PATH=/tmp/a/ansible/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

# export PYTHONPATH=/tmp/a/ansible/lib

# export MANPATH=/tmp/a/ansible/docs/man

# which ansible

/tmp/a/ansible/bin/ansible

# ansible --version

ansible 2.0.0 (devel 1e7f7bfc12) last updated 2015/04/09 07:38:32 (GMT +000)  
lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 5f58240d17) last updated 2015/04/09 07:38:36 (GMT +000)  
lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 4048de9c1e) last updated 2015/04/09 07:38:40 (GMT +000)  
v2/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 34784b7a61) last updated 2015/04/09 07:38:45 (GMT +000)  
v2/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 21fce8ac73) last updated 2015/04/09 07:38:49 (GMT +000)  
configured module search path = /usr/share/ansible

# ls -la

total 264  
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 .  
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 ..  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 bin  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 90807 Apr 9 07:38 CHANGELOG.md  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 10328 Apr 9 07:38 CODING\_GUIDELINES.md  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1446 Apr 9 07:38 CONTRIBUTING.md  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 35148 Apr 9 07:38 COPYING  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 61 Apr 9 07:38 .coveragerc  
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 docs  
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 docsite  
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 examples  
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 .git  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 25 Apr 9 07:38 .gitattributes  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 815 Apr 9 07:38 .gitignore  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 596 Apr 9 07:38 .gitmodules  
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 hacking  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 2230 Apr 9 07:38 ISSUE\_TEMPLATE.md  
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:39 lib  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 8841 Apr 9 07:38 Makefile  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 456 Apr 9 07:38 MANIFEST.in  
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 packaging  
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 plugins  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3789 Apr 9 07:38 README.md  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 2133 Apr 9 07:38 RELEASES.txt  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1174 Apr 9 07:38 setup.py  
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 test  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 62 Apr 9 07:38 test-requirements.txt  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 ticket\_stubs  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 129 Apr 9 07:38 tox.ini  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 140 Apr 9 07:38 .travis.yml  
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 9 07:38 v2  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 14 Apr 9 07:38 VERSION

# cd ..

# vi hosts

# ansible -i hosts all -m ping

node10 | success \>\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“ping”: “pong”  
}

# cd /etc/ansible/playbooks/adhoc

# ansible-playbook -i hosts.local local.yml --limit=node10 --tags=users-local --list-tasks --list-hosts

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 323, in   
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 209, in main  
force\_handlers=options.force\_handlers,  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/playbook/ **init**.py”, line 180, in **init**  
(self.playbook, self.play\_basedirs) = self.\_load\_playbook\_from\_file(playbook, vars)  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/playbook/ **init**.py”, line 257, in \_load\_playbook\_from\_file  
playbook\_data = utils.parse\_yaml\_from\_file(path, vault\_password=self.vault\_password)  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/utils/ **init**.py”, line 778, in parse\_yaml\_from\_file  
return parse\_yaml(data, path\_hint=path)  
File “/tmp/a/ansible/lib/ansible/utils/ **init**.py”, line 602, in parse\_yaml  
loaded = yaml.load(data, Loader=Loader)  
File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/yaml/ **init**.py”, line 73, in load  
loader.dispose()  
AttributeError: ‘CSafeLoader’ object has no attribute ‘dispose’

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/8 "2015-04-09T13:56:20Z")

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now it looks like your yaml library is not in sync with itself

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/9 "2015-04-15T10:17:43Z")

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BTW, if I install it from github how do I switch between each release/branch ?

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/10 "2015-04-15T10:18:38Z")

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I mean install it using git clone …

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/11 "2015-04-15T13:52:57Z")

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git checkout

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/12 "2015-05-19T08:58:09Z")

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I have two yaml libraries: one is from standard RHEL 6 channel and the other is from pip.  
Can I somehow point which should be used ?

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ioerror-errno-25-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device/17927/13 "2015-05-19T09:05:08Z")

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# git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive

Initialized empty Git repository in /root/ansible/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 81678, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (82/82), done.  
remote: Total 81678 (delta 34), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 81585  
Receiving objects: 100% (81678/81678), 25.49 MiB | 6.33 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (51049/51049), done.  
Submodule ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-core: Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core.git)) registered for path ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’  
Submodule ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-extras: Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git)) registered for path ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’  
Submodule ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-core: Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core.git)) registered for path ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’  
Submodule ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’ ([GitHub - ansible/ansible-modules-extras: Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git)) registered for path ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/core/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 23606, done.  
remote: Total 23606 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 23606  
Receiving objects: 100% (23606/23606), 6.53 MiB | 2.11 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (15652/15652), done.  
Submodule path ‘lib/ansible/modules/core’: checked out ‘7dd9f57e161b78981eb797a4c77fd6e7042ad7fd’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 22327, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (61/61), done.  
remote: Total 22327 (delta 29), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 22266  
Receiving objects: 100% (22327/22327), 6.10 MiB | 2.66 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (14724/14724), done.  
Submodule path ‘lib/ansible/modules/extras’: checked out ‘576d94e8d4fa8e79216441efd65be62cfb0c603f’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/core/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 23606, done.  
remote: Total 23606 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 23606  
Receiving objects: 100% (23606/23606), 6.53 MiB | 2.42 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (15652/15652), done.  
Submodule path ‘v2/ansible/modules/core’: checked out ‘85c8a892c80b92730831d95fa654ef6d35b0eca0’  
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/extras/.git/  
remote: Counting objects: 22327, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (61/61), done.  
remote: Total 22327 (delta 29), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 22266  
Receiving objects: 100% (22327/22327), 6.10 MiB | 3.55 MiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (14724/14724), done.  
Submodule path ‘v2/ansible/modules/extras’: checked out ‘70ea05856356ad36f48b4bb7267d637efc56d292’

# cd ansible

# git tag -l

0.0.1  
0.0.2  
0.01  
0.3  
0.3.1  
0.4  
0.4.1  
0.5  
0.6  
0.7  
0.7.1  
0.7.2  
0.8  
v0.9  
v1.0  
v1.1  
v1.2  
v1.2.1  
v1.2.2  
v1.2.3  
v1.3.0  
v1.3.1  
v1.3.2  
v1.3.3  
v1.3.4  
v1.4.0  
v1.4.1  
v1.4.2  
v1.4.3  
v1.4.4  
v1.4.5  
v1.5.0  
v1.5.1  
v1.5.2  
v1.5.3  
v1.5.4  
v1.5.5  
v1.6.0  
v1.6.1  
v1.6.10  
v1.6.2  
v1.6.3  
v1.6.4  
v1.6.5  
v1.6.6  
v1.6.7  
v1.6.8  
v1.6.9  
v1.7.0  
v1.7.1  
v1.7.2  
v1.8.0  
v1.8.1  
v1.8.2  
v1.8.3  
v1.8.4  
v1.9.0-0.1.rc1  
v1.9.0-0.2.rc2  
v1.9.0-1  
v1.9.0-2  
v1.9.0.1-1  
v1.9.1-0.1.rc1  
v1.9.1-0.2.rc2  
v1.9.1-0.3.rc3  
v1.9.1-0.4.rc4  
v1.9.1-1  
v1.9.2-0.1.rc1

# git checkout v1.9.1-1

M lib/ansible/modules/core  
M lib/ansible/modules/extras  
M v2/ansible/modules/core  
M v2/ansible/modules/extras  
Note: checking out ‘v1.9.1-1’.

You are in ‘detached HEAD’ state. You can look around, make experimental  
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this  
state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may  
do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:

git checkout -b new\_branch\_name

HEAD is now at b47d1d7… Version bump for release 1.9.1-1

# source ./hacking/env-setup

running egg\_info  
creating lib/ansible.egg-info  
writing requirements to lib/ansible.egg-info/requires.txt  
writing lib/ansible.egg-info/PKG-INFO  
writing top-level names to lib/ansible.egg-info/top\_level.txt  
writing dependency\_links to lib/ansible.egg-info/dependency\_links.txt  
writing manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’  
reading manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’  
reading manifest template ‘MANIFEST.in’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘v2’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘docsite’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘ticket\_stubs’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘packaging’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘test’  
no previously-included directories found matching ‘hacking’  
writing manifest file ‘lib/ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’  
rm: descend into directory `/root/ansible/lib/ansible.egg-info’?

And now what should be my answer here ?  
And why, when I did the previous installation (a few posts above) it didn’t ask me that question ?  
Has anything changed in the meantime ?
