Pacman Module Fixes

Update: query_package documentation
Fix: Number of Packages to Updated was one to high,
     'cause of counting the '\n'
Fix: Pacman was reinstalling state=latest packages,
     even when it was unable to load the remote version
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Marc Mettke 2015-12-16 07:03:18 +01:00
parent 645bb5c30c
commit f0e0be0b21

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@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ def get_version(pacman_output):
return None
def query_package(module, pacman_path, name, state="present"):
"""Query the package status in both the local system and the repository. Returns a boolean to indicate if the package is installed, and a second boolean to indicate if the package is up-to-date."""
"""Query the package status in both the local system and the repository. Returns a boolean to indicate if the package is installed, a second boolean to indicate if the package is up-to-date and a third boolean to indicate whether online information were available"""
if state == "present":
lcmd = "%s -Qi %s" % (pacman_path, name)
lrc, lstdout, lstderr = module.run_command(lcmd, check_rc=False)
if lrc != 0:
# package is not installed locally
return False, False
return False, False, False
# get the version installed locally (if any)
lversion = get_version(lstdout)
@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ def query_package(module, pacman_path, name, state="present"):
if rrc == 0:
# Return True to indicate that the package is installed locally, and the result of the version number comparison
# to determine if the package is up-to-date.
return True, (lversion == rversion)
return True, (lversion == rversion), False
return False, False
# package is installed but cannot fetch remote Version. Last True stands for the error
return True, True, True
def update_package_db(module, pacman_path):
@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ def upgrade(module, pacman_path):
if rc == 0:
if module.check_mode:
data = stdout.split('\n')
module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="%s package(s) would be upgraded" % len(data))
module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="%s package(s) would be upgraded" % (len(data) - 1))
rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmdupgrade, check_rc=False)
if rc == 0:
module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='System upgraded')
@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ def remove_packages(module, pacman_path, packages):
# Using a for loop incase of error, we can report the package that failed
for package in packages:
# Query the package first, to see if we even need to remove
installed, updated = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
installed, updated, unknown = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
if not installed:
continue
@ -211,10 +212,15 @@ def remove_packages(module, pacman_path, packages):
def install_packages(module, pacman_path, state, packages, package_files):
install_c = 0
package_err = []
message = ""
for i, package in enumerate(packages):
# if the package is installed and state == present or state == latest and is up-to-date then skip
installed, updated = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
installed, updated, latestError = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
if latestError and state == 'latest':
package_err.append(package)
if installed and (state == 'present' or (state == 'latest' and updated)):
continue
@ -231,16 +237,18 @@ def install_packages(module, pacman_path, state, packages, package_files):
install_c += 1
if state == 'latest' and len(package_err) > 0:
message = "But could not ensure 'latest' state for %s package(s) as remote version could not be fetched." % (package_err)
if install_c > 0:
module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="installed %s package(s)" % (install_c))
module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="package(s) already installed")
module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="installed %s package(s). %s" % (install_c, message))
module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="package(s) already installed. %s" % (message))
def check_packages(module, pacman_path, packages, state):
would_be_changed = []
for package in packages:
installed, updated = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
installed, updated, unknown = query_package(module, pacman_path, package)
if ((state in ["present", "latest"] and not installed) or
(state == "absent" and installed) or
(state == "latest" and not updated)):