# Regression in 'package' module? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073 "2016-11-22T10:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nusenu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/1 "2016-11-22T10:30:00Z")
Hi, I recently migrated from OS specific modules to the 'package' module to reduce the number of tasks [1]. At the time I used ansible 2.0 (and IIRC it worked but I'm not 100% sure). Now I'm running ansible 2.2 and apparently the package module on OpenBSD targets does not seem to use the openbsd\_pkg module(?) and package installation fails because it looks for ports to build even though build is set to false (default) ?:     "failed": true,     "invocation": {         "module\_args": {             "build": false,             "name": "['tor']",             "ports\_dir": "/usr/ports",             "state": "present"         }     },     "item": [         "tor"     ],     "msg": "Can't find [tor]\n" Doesn't the 'package' module use openbsd\_pkg on OpenBSD targets? (installing the tor package with the openbsd\_pkg works fine) Have there been any major changes in the package module between ansible 2.0 and 2.2? thanks, nusenu [https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/issues/85](https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/issues/85) [1] [https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/commit/550d656a2c5ec8f2b588b32d9cf256aab2743bb7](https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/commit/550d656a2c5ec8f2b588b32d9cf256aab2743bb7) ---
**Author:** ![Nusenu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/2 "2016-11-22T11:57:00Z")
turns out this role commit introduced the problem, it replaces the static string "tor" with the generic "{{ item }}". [https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/commit/06eaad05443f5282b4ac74af688a5f6e60e45b83#diff-2444ad0870f91f17ca6c2a5e96b26823](https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/commit/06eaad05443f5282b4ac74af688a5f6e60e45b83#diff-2444ad0870f91f17ca6c2a5e96b26823) ---
**Author:** ![Nusenu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/3 "2016-11-22T12:34:00Z")
>     "failed": true, >     "invocation": { >         "module\_args": { >             "build": false, >             "name": "['tor']", >             "ports\_dir": "/usr/ports", >             "state": "present" >         } >     }, >     "item": [ >         "tor" >     ], >     "msg": "Can't find [tor]\n" I'm wondering why is name set to "['tor']" and not "tor" even after changing tor\_packages from: tor\_packages: tor to tor\_packages:   - tor or tor\_packages: ['tor'] ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/4 "2016-11-22T16:39:24Z")
when an argument is defined as a list, it is always a list, even if you only supply one element. ---
**Author:** ![Nusenu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/5 "2016-11-22T17:06:00Z")
Brian Coca: > when an argument is defined as a list, it is always a list, even if you > only supply one element. Yes, that is what I actually expect. and that is why I do not understand that name is set to the entire list instead of the first (and only) item of the list if I use it in a with\_items loop: [https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/blob/master/tasks/main.yml#L43](https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/blob/master/tasks/main.yml#L43) Or am I misreading the error message? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/6 "2016-11-22T17:50:52Z")
can you run with -vvv and show that output? also can you check the value of asnible\_pkg\_mgr? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/7 "2016-11-22T20:06:06Z")
The task executes once per item, I’m guessing it failed on the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Nusenu1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regression-in-package-module/23073/8 "2016-11-23T12:13:00Z")
Brian Coca: > The task executes once per item, I'm guessing it failed on the first one. After further tests I've come to the conclusion that this is actually a bug. I filed the bug report here: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5708](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5708) Looking forward to your comments and a fix.