apt module does not install deb from files/

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ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

apt

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.1.1.0
  config file = /home/teresaejunior/system/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

CONFIGURATION

[privilege_escalation]
become = True

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Xubuntu 16.04 with Linux 4.6-4.dmz.3-liquorix-amd64

SUMMARY

The convention from other core modules, like copy, unarchive and script, is to find role files under the files/ directory. The apt module does not search for file under files/, though.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- apt: deb=files/google-earth-stable_7.1.4.1529-r0_amd64.deb

EXPECTED RESULTS

files/google-earth-stable_7.1.4.1529-r0_amd64.deb should be installed

ACTUAL RESULTS

It says "file or directory not found".

TASK [earth : install google-earth-stable] *************************************
task path: /home/teresaejunior/system-test/earth/tasks/main.yml:25
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: teresaejunior
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> PUT /tmp/tmpbLER8k TO /home/teresaejunior/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828/apt
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-tmqwrwbbslflzilydplhrasyhjuszxof; LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 LC_ALL=pt_BR.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=pt_BR.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/teresaejunior/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828/apt; rm -rf "/home/teresaejunior/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1472339216.81-203435995230828/" > /dev/null 2>&1'"'"' && sleep 0'
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "invocation": {"module_args": {"allow_unauthenticated": false, "autoremove": false, "cache_valid_time": null, "deb": "files/google-earth-stable_7.1.4.1529-r0_amd64.deb", "default_release": null, "dpkg_options": "force-confdef,force-confold", "force": false, "install_recommends": null, "only_upgrade": false, "package": null, "purge": false, "state": "present", "update_cache": false, "upgrade": null}, "module_name": "apt"}, "msg": "Unable to install package: E:Não foi possível abrir arquivo files/google-earth-stable_7.1.4.1529-r0_amd64.deb - open (2: Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado)"}

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This issue was moved to ansible/ansible#18901