When you use set_fact in a single line, it doesn't know what type you mean:
set_fact: flag=1 Thus you want either: when: flag|int == 1 OR: when: flag == '1' otherwise, pass a dictionary to set_fact, and types will be as you would expect: set_fact: flag: 1 On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Olivier Javaux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Still the warning "It is unnecessary to use '{{' in conditionals". > I have read old posts on this subject and the ticket > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/4582 > I am using latest devel release. > But I don't understand why I get this message and if I am using the good > way of doing what I want. > I have to make a lot of tasks under certain conditions. > In order to simplify, I do something like this; > > - shell: something > register st > - set_fact: flag=0 > - set_fact: flag=1 > when: cur_sw.stdout == "something' > - shell: something else > when: flag==1 > ... > > So, I use a fact as a boolean flag to skip or not following tasks. > If flag==1, I execute the following tasks and then update again flag > according to the result. > And if still 1, I execute some other tasks. > > My problem is that when I do: > when: flag==1 > it does not work: it always skip the task. > In order to have it to work, I have to do: > when: "{{flag}}==1" > But when I do that, I have the warning: > It is unnecessary to use '{{' in conditionals, leave variables in loop > expressions bare. > I can avoid the warning by doing: > when: "1=={{flag}}" > but it is only a poor trick! > > Please, could you explain me why > when: flag==1 > does not work? > > Thanks for your help! > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/55b02402-0d36-44b7-9ec6-2c2554a3e44c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/55b02402-0d36-44b7-9ec6-2c2554a3e44c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwb%2BtfzAw5Y7fJ3m-fY69iPghp8g0k1VVxr5xfpc7LKhw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
