Setting an empty value fails with MODULE FAILURE

[mss]

This might be the same issue as #53 and maybe #7.

The XML:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<localconfig>
  <key name="smtp_notify">
    <value>yes</value>
  </key>
</localconfig>

This task works to set the value above:

  - name: Set localconfig options
    xml:
      file: "/opt/zimbra/conf/localconfig.xml"
      xpath: "/localconfig/key[@name='smtp_notify']/value"
      value: "yes"

But this fails:

  - name: Set localconfig options
    xml:
      file: "/opt/zimbra/conf/localconfig.xml"
      xpath: "/localconfig/key[@name='smtp_notify']/value"
      value: ""

Expected result:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<localconfig>
  <key name="smtp_notify">
    <value></value>
  </key>
</localconfig>

Actual result:

TASK [Set localconfig options] *************************************************
fatal: [zmdir2.example.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "module_stderr": "", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", "parsed": false}

This is version 0.3.1 if I'm not mistaken (whatever was current on galaxy today).

[mss]

Hmm… was this maybe fixed with #60?

[pigulla]

This is still broken :-(

[dagwieers]

The xml module is upstream now (and ships with Ansible v2.4).

Please close this issue, and retest against the new upstream xml module. If needed, open a new issue at: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues

[mss]

This is fixed in the version which is shipped with Ansible v2.4.

Tested with the XML file from the initial report and following playbook:

---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
  - name: Set localconfig options
    xml:
      file: "/tmp/localconfig.xml"
      xpath: "/localconfig/key[@name='smtp_notify']/value"
      value: ""

[dagwieers]

Thanks for reporting back !