Hi, I would use command (or shell) until it's implemented in apt module. Here is the feature request issue ticket: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/965
Den måndag 4 januari 2016 kl. 16:11:36 UTC+1 skrev Wayne Pascoe: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to create some simple playbooks to manage a few hosts. One of > the tasks I'm trying to complete is to autoremove unneeded packages. I'm > using Ansible 2.1.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 (control machine and managed hosts). > > I started with the following playbook: > --- > - hosts: vpn_endpoint > tasks: > - name: update apt packages > apt: upgrade=dist update_cache=yes > become: yes > - name: autoremove unneeded packages > command: apt-get -y autoremove > become: yes > > This worked, but provided the following warning: > > TASK [autoremove unneeded packages] >> ******************************************** >> changed: [host] >> [WARNING]: Consider using apt-get module rather than running apt-get >> > > Some searching showed me some projects that use a variable > 'apt_autoremove: yes' (e.g. > https://github.com/weareinteractive/ansible-apt/blob/master/README.md) > but I do not see any mention of this in the source at > https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/blob/stable-2.0/packaging/os/apt.py > > I tried modifying my playbook to be the following: > --- > - hosts: all > vars: > apt_cache_valid_time: 3600 > apt_autoremove: yes > apt_autoclean: yes > tasks: > - name: update apt packages > apt: upgrade=dist update_cache=yes > become: yes > > > After doing that, I no longer see the warning, but the autoremove step on > the host is not being done (see the following output for apt-get > dist-upgrade). > > Calculating upgrade... Done >> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer >> required: >> linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic >> linux-headers-3.13.0-51 linux-headers-3.13.0-51-generic >> linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-51-generic >> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-51-generic >> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. >> > > So that brings me to my question - what's the right way to do an auto > remove step with apt and Ansible ? Should I stick to the command module and > ignore the warning ? If so, is there any way to supress the warning just > for this specific task ? > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > -- 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/ab1efe94-1bad-46c1-bb53-0e4bfc342dce%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
