Installed Ansible 1.7.1 from the ppa:

$ ansible --version
ansible 1.7.1

And I am seeing the exact same output as with the 1.6.3, the --check still 
reports the the authorized_keys files on the remote host are empty (the 
diff is still the same).

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:47:06 AM UTC-7, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> Ansible 1.6.3 is no longer the active released version of Ansible, and 
> since 1.6.3 there have been many updates, many security related.
>
> When reporting issues, it's helpful to have tested at least the latest 
> release, which is 1.7.1.
>
> If you see diff issues there, let us know, but seeing you reported on 
> 1.6.3 there's a good chance this is now resolved.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Romain Richard <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply, more info below.
>>
>> On Monday, September 8, 2014 4:01:30 PM UTC-7, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>
>>> This could be handled by having a previous task that copied a blank file 
>>> over, provided you weren't logged in as that user.
>>>
>>
>> That's not a bad idea, I will look into that.
>>  
>>
>>> You could also keep a list of previous keys and use state=absent to 
>>> remove those.
>>>
>>
>> That seems cumbersome.
>>  
>>
>>> I'm open to the idea of having a parameter like exclusive=yes that 
>>> removes the other keys in the file.
>>>
>>
>> Would sure make my task easier.
>>  
>>
>>> Some ansible modules don't fully understand check mode and will report 
>>> "changed=True" automatically without running in check mode rather than risk 
>>> making a change.
>>>
>>
>> I see.
>>  
>>
>>> Can we see the changed lines from your ansible playbook, as well as the 
>>> output of ansible --version to confirm this is from those lines and a 
>>> recent version of Ansible?
>>>
>>
>> $ ansible --version
>> ansible 1.6.3
>>
>> Not sure what you meant by "the changed lines from your ansible playbook".
>>
>> In this case it is showing that there would be additions from your 
>>> template that are not in the original file, so it seems that it is 
>>> returning accurately in this regard.
>>> Or is your assertion that the diff is *also* wrong?  That seems somewhat 
>>> unlikely, but somewhat resembles what may be an older bug in Ansible -- I 
>>> could be wrong.
>>>
>>
>> It seems that the diff is saying the same thing as the check, so I 
>> suppose it is not wrong, but it shows differences while there are actually 
>> none (if I had run the command again without the --check, there would have 
>> been no changes).
>> It makes me believe that what Ansible feeds to the diff is wrong, because 
>> of that --check option.
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