Apt module returns changed when pkg is already the newest version

[BarbzYHOOL]

SUMMARY

Apt module says changed when program is already installed.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

apt

ANSIBLE VERSION

2.7.4

CONFIGURATION

OS / ENVIRONMENT

deb 9

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: Install packages
  apt:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: latest
    default_release: stable
  loop:
    - libncurses-dev

EXPECTED RESULTS

Not changed

ACTUAL RESULTS

libncurses5-dev is already the newest version (6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
changed: [H2_CT111] => (item=libncurses-dev) => changed=true 
  cache_update_time: 1549369636
  cache_updated: false
  item: libncurses-dev
  stderr: ''
  stderr_lines: []
  stdout: |-
    Reading package lists...
    Building dependency tree...
    Reading state information...
    libncurses5-dev is already the newest version (6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2).
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
  stdout_lines: <omitted>

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• lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py

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[sivel]

I cannot duplicate this with a stock debian 9:

On the 2nd execution I only get:

ok: [localhost] => (item=libncurses-dev) => {"cache_update_time": 1549390836, "cache_updated": false, "changed": false, "item": "libncurses-dev"}

For whatever reason, the package_status function must not be properly detecting that it is installed.

Does changing the package to the real name which is libncurses5-dev change this behavior for you?

[BarbzYHOOL]

Works with the real name but I retried with previous name and it still returns "changed"

[sivel]

Ok, I asked in hopes that it might help track down where the issue is in the current code path.

[webknjaz]

Cannot reproduce this via ansible debian9 --connection docker -i debian9, -m apt -a 'name=libncurses-dev state=latest default_release=stable' with Ansible devel.

[Vanav]

Same issue: #57416

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[sivel]

As we were never able to verify this, I'm going to close. If you are still having issues with a recent supported version of ansible-core, feel free to open a new issue with an up to date reproducer.

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