refactor: improve support for ostree systems #368
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The dependency on
ansible.utils.update_fact
is causing issue withsome users who now must install that collection in order to run
the role, even if they do not care about ostree.
The fix is to stop trying to set
ansible_facts.pkg_mgr
, and insteadforce the use of the ostree package manager with the
package:
moduleuse:
option. The strategy is - on ostree systems, set the flag__$ROLENAME_is_ostree
if the system is an ostree system. The flagwill either be undefined or
false
on non-ostree systems.Then, change every invocation of the
package:
module like this:This should ensure that the
use:
parameter is not used if the systemis non-ostree. The goal is to make the ostree support as unobtrusive
as possible for non-ostree systems.
The user can also set
__$ROLENAME_is_ostree: true
in the inventory or playif the user knows that ostree is being used and wants to skip the check.
Or, the user is concerned about the performance hit for ostree detection
on non-ostree systems, and sets
__$ROLENAME_is_ostree: false
to skipthe check.
The flag
__$ROLENAME_is_ostree
can also be used in the role or tests toinclude or exclude tasks from being run on ostree systems.
This fix also improves error reporting in the
get_ostree_data.sh
scriptwhen included roles cannot be found.