Using 1.7.3. I don't quote false or true anywhere; just using literal value.
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Michael Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > > There was a bug in ansible where when a variable foo is the string > "false" it interprets both "foo" and "not foo" as true. > > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/8629 > > But this bug is for an old version of ansible. Which version are you using? > >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Matt Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a task to copy two different versions of the same file: >> >> - name: Copy Version A >> copy: ... >> when: useCopyA >> >> - name: Copy Version B >> copy: ... >> when: not useCopyA >> >> >> >> For a playbook that has useCopyA defined as false, Ansible is skipping both >> tasks. >> >> If I replace "not useCopyA" with "not false", "Copy Version B" successfully >> executes with either OK or Changed, so 'not' works as I would expect. I >> have 'useCopyA' defined as false in my defaults/main.yml. It is only >> defined as true in one inventory which I am not using. Any idea on what >> could be going wrong here? >> >> -- >> 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/3423dba6-2c6e-46f4-8685-fbe9e9ed95bb%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/8Ty9NhhGBlE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CAJQqANdF%3D71nmpmmBmpO1q5dW55PCym4V-gZotM%3DSNChFF74cw%40mail.gmail.com. > 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/F1BDC279-1ECF-4B17-90DA-6F8F74F8FF18%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
