List of items in deb parameter of apt module

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Hi!

Since the with_items are going to be deprecated and following the porting guide here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.7.html
I tried to rewrite some of my tasks where I am installing debian packages to use list format (which works with packages that come from a debian repository in the name parameter), but ran into an issue.

It seems that the deb parameter does not work with lists.

This is what I have (and works)

  • name: Install local .deb-packages
    apt:
    deb: “{{ item }}”
    state: present
    with_items:

  • “/some/path/packet_A.deb”

  • “/some/path/packet_B.deb”

and this is what I tried to do (which fails)

  • name: Install local .deb-packages
    apt:
    deb:

  • “/some/path/packet_A.deb”

  • “/some/path/packet_B.deb”

state: present

Did I misunderstand something or is this an open issue in the apt module that needs to be fixed before deprecating the with_items variant?

Thanks for your help in advance!

2

The apt module does not have a "deb" parameter. Use "name" instead.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/apt_module.html

3

Sorry, too fast. There is a deb parameter!

But according to
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/apt_module.html that
parameter does not support a list argument.
The "name" parameter does.
The porting guide says this explicitly:
"Instead of relying on implicit squashing, tasks should instead supply
the list directly to the name, pkg or package parameter of the
module."

So if you need to iterate over a list of local deb files, you'd still
have to do it in a loop.

Dick