package_facts auto issue

[impsik]

SUMMARY

package_facts not detecting apt under debian 10

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

package_facts

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.6

CONFIGURATION

COMMAND_WARNINGS(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/python

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Debian 10.3

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

ansible -m package_facts -a "manager=auto" localhost

OR

  - name: "Gather the package facts"
    package_facts:
      manager: auto

  - name: "Check whether a package called bash is installed"
    debug:
      msg: "{{ ansible_facts.packages['bash'] | length }} versions of bash are installed!"
    when: "'bash' in ansible_facts.packages"

EXPECTED RESULTS

ansible should report that bash is installed when manager is set to auto

manager: apt

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Gather the package facts] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check whether a package called bash is installed] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "1 versions of bash are installed!"
}

ACTUAL RESULTS

manager: auto

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Gather the package facts] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check whether a package called bash is installed] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

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

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[Akasurde]

@impsik I am not able to reproduce this -

ansible-playbook debian_apt.yml

PLAY [debian] ************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK [Gather facts about package] ****************************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK [Check whether a package called bash is installed] ******************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1] => {
    "msg": "1 versions of bash are installed!"
}

PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************
127.0.0.1                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

[impsik]

When i run ansible -m package_facts -a "manager=apt" localhost
I get all the installed packages.

That should be empty when using manager=auto?

$ ansible -m package_facts -a "manager=auto" localhost
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "packages": {}
    },
    "changed": false
}```

[Akasurde]

no, with manager=auto it should populate everything related to packages

			...
            "bash": [
                {
                    "arch": "amd64",
                    "category": "shells",
                    "name": "bash",
                    "origin": "Debian",
                    "source": "apt",
                    "version": "5.0-4"
                }
            ],
			...

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• lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py

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[samdoran]

Closing since we were unable to duplicate the issue. If this is still a problem, please open a new issue.