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?
>> 
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