Add 'yum clean' option #31450
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This was discussed during today's Ansible Core development community irc meeting and the consensus was that since this operation can not be done in an idempotent way, it does not add any value to the module but does add to the maintenance burden of the module. Ultimately for this kind of functionality, the |
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: TASK [geerlingguy.packer-rhel : Clean up yum.] *********************************
: [WARNING]: Consider using yum module rather than running yum
To suppress this warning, a workaround can be applied via a notification handler as per documentation[1]. Reasoning for s/workaround/hack/ can be found in [2]'s last comment.
[1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/yum_repository_module.html
[2] ansible/ansible#31450
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: TASK [geerlingguy.packer-rhel : Clean up yum.] *********************************
: [WARNING]: Consider using yum module rather than running yum
To suppress this warning, a workaround can be applied via a notification handler as per documentation[1]. Reasoning for specific s/workaround/hack/ can be found in the last comment of PR[2].
[1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/yum_repository_module.html
[2] ansible/ansible#31450
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Since when is any yum command idempotent or since when this is a requirement to implement only idempotent operations in modules? This argument is silly at the very least. |
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adding explanation why you must use "shell: yum clean all" and why it won't be included in the yum module as per ansible#31450 (comment) +label: docsite_pr
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add explanation why you must use "shell: yum clean all" and why it won't be included in the yum module as per ansible#31450 (comment)
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Can we suppress the warning then? ;) |
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add explanation why you must use "shell: yum clean all" and why it won't be included in the yum module as per ansible#31450 (comment)
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add explanation why you must use "shell: yum clean all" and why it won't be included in the yum module as per ansible#31450 (comment)
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SUMMARY
This patch adds the option "clean" to the yum module
ISSUE TYPE
COMPONENT NAME
yum
ANSIBLE VERSION
latest git
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
yum has the option to clean caches with
yum clean <option>Valid options:
[headers|packages|metadata|dbcache|plugins|expire-cache|all]