Actually.. possibly_undefined_list should have thrown an undefined error before you ever try to access list_of_items on the second run.
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 12:21:02 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > I was going to submit this as a bug but I decided to send email first in > case I'm doing something wrong. > > The session below should show all required information, but let me know > whether something else is needed. > > ansible$ cat playbooks/test_role_with_undefined_list.yml > > > --- > - hosts: 127.0.0.1 > connection: local > > roles: > - { role: ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list, list_of_items: '{{ > possibly_undefined_list }}' } > ansible$ cat roles/ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list/tasks/main.yml > - name: do something in a loop > debug: msg="loop var is '{{ item }}'" > with_items: list_of_items > ansible$ ansible-playbook -e '{ "possibly_undefined_list":[ "apple", > "orange" ] }' playbooks/test_role_with_undefined_list.yml > > > PLAY [127.0.0.1] > ************************************************************** > > GATHERING FACTS > *************************************************************** > ok: [127.0.0.1] > > TASK: [ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list | do something in a loop] > ************* > ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=apple) => { > "item": "apple", > "msg": "loop var is 'apple'" > } > ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=orange) => { > "item": "orange", > "msg": "loop var is 'orange'" > } > > PLAY RECAP > ******************************************************************** > 127.0.0.1 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed= > 0 > > ansible$ ansible-playbook playbooks/test_role_with_undefined_list.yml > > > PLAY [127.0.0.1] > ************************************************************** > > GATHERING FACTS > *************************************************************** > ok: [127.0.0.1] > > TASK: [ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list | do something in a loop] > ************* > ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=list_of_items) => { > "item": "list_of_items", > "msg": "loop var is 'list_of_items'" > } > > PLAY RECAP > ******************************************************************** > 127.0.0.1 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed= > 0 > > ansible$ cat - >/dev/null > EXPECTED BEHAVIOR ABOVE WAS: > > Error: list_of_items is undefined. > > ansible$ ansible --version > ansible 1.8.4 > configured module search path = None > ansible$ grep error ansible.cfg > # by default (as of 1.3), Ansible will raise errors when attempting to > dereference > #error_on_undefined_vars = False > ansible$ find roles/ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list/ -type f > > > roles/ansible_tests/debug_loop_on_list/tasks/main.yml > ansible$ > > > -- 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/a64e1eb9-d30d-40ee-948c-644e458457c0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
