Using "when" with dependent roles

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Hello,

I recently upgraded to Ansible 2.0 and have noticed a change in behavior with how dependent roles in meta/main.yml are executed. For example:
dependencies:

  • { role: role1, when: trigger }
  • { role: role2, when: not trigger }

In Ansible 1.9, I could set trigger == True or trigger == False and only one of these two dependent roles would execute. Now, it doesn’t seem to matter what trigger is set to, both are executed. Does the “when” conditional no longer work in dependent roles?

Thanks,

Andrew

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I recently upgraded to Ansible 2.0 and have noticed a change in behavior
with how dependent roles in meta/main.yml are executed. For example:
dependencies:
- { role: role1, when: trigger }
- { role: role2, when: not trigger }

In Ansible 1.9, I could set trigger == True or trigger == False and
only one of these two dependent roles would execute. Now, it doesn't
seem to matter what trigger is set to, both are executed. Does the
"when" conditional no longer work in dependent roles?

I had stashed this note away because we use this construction a fair bit,
and if it had stopped working in 2.x, we'd have a lot of refiguring to do.
It seems to work for us, though, in 2.1.1.0... Is it still not working for you?

                                      -Josh (jbs@care.com)

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