I'm trying to write an ansible playbook which only upgrades the linux-generic
package but cannot find the magic incantation to get it to actually work. With this play, I get the error parameters are mutually exclusive: deb|package|upgrade
which google suggests is due to upgrade: full
is not meant for a single package:
- name: Check if linux-generic is installed
command: dpkg -l linux-generic
register: pkg_chk
- name: update kernel if installed
when: pkg_chk.rc == 0
apt:
update_cache: yes
autoremove : yes
autoclean : no
upgrade : full
dpkg_options: 'force-confold,force-confdef'
name : linux-generic
Removing upgrade: full
runs the play...
TASK [update kernel if installed] **********************************************************
ok: [vivaldi.fammed.wisc.edu]
But, when I login to the machine and run aptitude full-upgrade
it shows ansible didn't do anything:
# aptitude full-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-4.4.0-203{a} linux-headers-4.4.0-203-generic{a}
linux-image-4.4.0-203-generic{a} linux-modules-4.4.0-203-generic{a}
linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-203-generic{a}
Ok, so I thought I'd just throw the command:
module at it and use bare apt
commands but there is some issue with the command string that I have not escaped properly.
- name: upgrade linux-generic
when: pkg_chk.rc == 0
command: apt-get install -y --only-upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confdef' -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confold' linux-generic
register: install_chk
- name: autoremove linux-generic
when: install_chk.rc == 0
command: apt-get -y autoremove -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confdef' -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confold'
register: auto_chk
which yields this error:
Syntax Error while loading YAML.
mapping values are not allowed in this context
The error appears to be in '/usr/src/ansible/tests/upgrade-kernel-only.yml': line 24, column 12, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
when: pkg_chk.rc == 0
command: apt-get install -y --only-upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confdef' -o Dpkg::Options::='force-confold' linux-generic
^ here
I've tried escaping the :
=
characters, as well as replacing double-quotes and single quotes. Anyone know how to get this working?
linux-generic
package? I can't find any such package in Debian. That may have something to do with your problem.