ansible/test/integration/targets/yum/tasks/yuminstallroot.yml

# make a installroot
- name: Create installroot
  command: mktemp -d "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/ansible.test.XXXXXX"
  register: yumroot

#- name: Populate directory
#  file:
#    path: "/{{ yumroot.stdout }}/etc/"
#    state: directory
#    mode: 0755
#
#- name: Populate directory2
#  copy:
#    content: "[main]\ndistropkgver={{ ansible_distribution_version }}\n"
#    dest: "/{{ yumroot.stdout }}/etc/yum.conf"

- name: Make a necessary directory
  file:
    path: "{{ yumroot.stdout }}/etc/yum/vars/"
    state: directory
    mode: 0755

- name: get yum releasever
  command: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -c 'import yum; yb = yum.YumBase(); print(yb.conf.yumvar[\"releasever\"])'"
  register: releasever
  ignore_errors: yes

- name: Populate directory
  copy:
    content: "{{ releasever.stdout_lines[-1] }}\n"
    dest: "/{{ yumroot.stdout }}/etc/yum/vars/releasever"
  when: releasever is successful

# This will drag in > 200 MB.
- name: attempt installroot
  yum: name=zlib installroot="{{ yumroot.stdout }}/" disable_gpg_check=yes
  register: yum_result

- name: check sos with rpm in installroot
  shell: rpm -q zlib --root="{{ yumroot.stdout }}/"
  failed_when: False
  register: rpm_result

- name: verify installation of sos
  assert:
    that:
        - "yum_result.rc == 0"
        - "yum_result.changed"
        - "rpm_result.rc == 0"

- name: verify yum module outputs
  assert:
    that:
        - "'changed' in yum_result"
        - "'msg' in yum_result"
        - "'rc' in yum_result"
        - "'results' in yum_result"

- name: cleanup installroot
  file:
    path: "{{ yumroot.stdout }}/"
    state: absent

# Test for releasever working correctly
#
# Bugfix: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67050
#
# This test case is based on a reproducer originally reported on Reddit:
#   https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/g2ps32/ansible_yum_module_throws_up_an_error_when/
#
# NOTE: For the Ansible upstream CI we can only run this for RHEL7 because the
#       containerized runtimes in shippable don't allow the nested mounting of
#       buildah container volumes.
- name: perform yuminstallroot in a buildah mount with releasever
  when:
    - ansible_facts["distribution_major_version"] == "7"
    - ansible_facts["distribution"] == "RedHat"
  block:
    # Need to enable this RHUI repo for RHEL7 testing in AWS, CentOS has Extras
    # enabled by default and this is not needed there.
    - name: enable rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms repo for RHEL7
      command: yum-config-manager --enable rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms
    - name: update cache to pull repodata
      yum:
        update_cache: yes
    - name: install required packages for buildah test
      yum:
        state: present
        name:
          - buildah
    - name: create buildah container from scratch
      command: "buildah --name yum_installroot_releasever_test from scratch"
    - name: mount the buildah container
      command: "buildah mount yum_installroot_releasever_test"
      register: buildah_mount
    - name: figure out yum value of $releasever
      shell: python -c 'import yum; yb = yum.YumBase(); print(yb.conf.yumvar["releasever"])' | tail -1
      register: buildah_host_releasever
    - name: test yum install of python using releasever
      yum:
        name: 'python'
        state: present
        installroot: "{{ buildah_mount.stdout }}"
        releasever: "{{ buildah_host_releasever.stdout }}"
      register: yum_result
    - name: verify installation of python
      assert:
        that:
            - "yum_result.rc == 0"
            - "yum_result.changed"
            - "rpm_result.rc == 0"
  always:
    - name: remove buildah container
      command: "buildah rm yum_installroot_releasever_test"
      ignore_errors: yes
    - name: remove buildah from CI system
      yum:
        state: absent
        name:
          - buildah
    - name: disable rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms repo for RHEL7
      command: yum-config-manager --disable rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms