Added workaround for a bug in ansible

Ref: ansible/ansible#20379 (comment)
Ref: ansible-collections/community.general#320

install_linux.yml

@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
 
     - name: Initiate variable 'root_zfs_pool'
       set_fact:
-        root_zfs_pool: "{{ ansible_zfs_datasets | json_query(filter) | first | regex_replace('/.+', '') }}"
+        # the workaround is to added 'to_json | from_json' and when it work (it is magic)
+        root_zfs_pool: "{{ ansible_zfs_datasets | to_json | from_json | json_query(filter) | first | regex_replace('/.+', '') }}"
       vars:
         filter: "[?mountpoint=='{{ next_boot_mountpoint }}'].name"
 

roles/os_specific_setup/tasks/os_Archlinux.yml

@@ -55,15 +55,17 @@
     {{ zfs_packages | join(' ') }}
   register: _result
   failed_when:
-    - _result | json_query(filter) | count > 0 or _result.rc != 0
+    # the workaround is to added 'to_json | from_json' and when it work (it is magic)
+    - _result | to_json | from_json | json_query(filter) | count > 0 or _result.rc != 0
   vars:
     filter: "result_trizen_zfs_packages.stdout_lines[?contains(@, 'Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel')]"
 
 # TODO: remove this when the filter has been confirmed to work
 - name: Install ZFS packages - Trizen (debug)
   debug:
     var:
-      - _result | json_query(filter) | count > 0
+    # the workaround is to added 'to_json | from_json' and when it work (it is magic)
+      - _result | to_json | from_json | json_query(filter) | count > 0
       - _result.rc != 0
   vars:
     filter: "result_trizen_zfs_packages.stdout_lines[?contains(@, 'Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel')]"
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
 - name: Generate initcpio (fail)
   fail:
     msg: "One or more kernel module was unable to build"
-  when: _result | json_query(filter) | count > 0 or _result.rc != 0
+  # the workaround is to added 'to_json | from_json' and when it work (it is magic)
+  when: _result |  to_json | from_json | json_query(filter) | count > 0 or _result.rc != 0
   vars:
     filter: "result_mkinitcpio.stderr_lines[?contains(@, 'ERROR: module not found')]"

system_update_checker.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
       zfs:
         name: "{{ item }}"
         state: absent
+      # the workaround is to added 'to_json | from_json' and when it work (it is magic)
       loop: "{{ (ansible_zfs_datasets | to_json | from_json | json_query(filter_1) | sort(reverse=True))[number_of_snapshots_to_keep:] }}"
       vars:
         filter_1: "[?type=='snapshot' && starts_with(name, '{{ distro_filesystem_path }}@')].name"