# make module not idempotent **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 3, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/make-module-not-idempotent/24389 "2017-05-03T14:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Greenberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ed\_Greenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ed_Greenberg)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/make-module-not-idempotent/24389/1 "2017-05-03T14:24:04Z")
For certain values of idempotent 🙂 I notice that the make module shows changed every time. I’m trying to make mod\_security: ` - name: make modsecurity make: chdir: /root/modsecurity-2.9.1 ` every time this runs, it shows changed. Nothing in the docs indicates that there is a way to prevent this. Am I missing something? Thanks, Ed G ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/make-module-not-idempotent/24389/2 "2017-05-03T14:33:46Z")
Did you try forcing language in ansible.cfg ? Some modules were not idempotent until I put these lines : module\_lang = C module\_set\_locale = True If this is the case, you should report the bug specifying it, what I’ve not done Regards, 3 mai 2017 16:25 “Ed Greenberg” \ a écrit: ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_Hanff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Shawn\_Hanff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shawn_Hanff)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/make-module-not-idempotent/24389/3 "2017-05-03T16:46:42Z")
Are you not able to add a when: conditional and only run it if certain related files do or don’t exist? We have a similar task that will set certain facts when a certain route exists on a server vs. when the route does not exist.