# Minor state=absent/present consistency upgrade for apt/yum modules

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-state-absent-present-consistency-upgrade-for-apt-yum-modules/11505>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-state-absent-present-consistency-upgrade-for-apt-yum-modules/11505 "2012-05-05T16:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-state-absent-present-consistency-upgrade-for-apt-yum-modules/11505/1 "2012-05-05T16:55:54Z")

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Most of our modules took state=absent/present.

Yum and apt took state=installed/removed/latest/$version

To make things less likely to cause frustration, absent is now an  
alias for 'removed', and 'present' is now an alias for 'installed'.

Users need not make any changes to their playbooks, but if someone  
attempts to use absent/present, it will now do what you mean.

--Michael