Amazingly no! ansible catenates the strings, then evaluates it with the
local variable.
I wonder if there is an option that can be set that will allow the new
behavior - {{ only with no $ vars - that can be used for now?
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Kahlil Hodgson <
[email protected]> wrote:
> How about the following:
>
> path_to_git_extras: "{{ 'EXPORT PATH=$' + 'PATH:' + '$' +
> 'ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/file' }}"
>
> Or something similar in a template.
>
> The problem will probably just go away once the old style '$' variable
> syntax is retired.
>
> K
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> On 12 December 2013 05:13, kesten broughton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > unfortunately no.
> >
> > with
> > path_to_git_extras: >
> > PATH=$PATH:$ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/files
> >
> > when the file gets templated to the remote, it contains the value of
> > ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME evaluated on the local machine. The remote has the
> > correct ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME path but it never gets a chance.
> >
> > I tried something new with jinja2 templating which i was sure would work
> but
> > it seems that ansible $variable substitution happens in a peculiar way.
> >
> > I tried this in my file template, but still get the local
> $ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME
> > evaluated.
> > TEST 1
> > {% filter string %}
> > export PATH="$PATH:$ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/files"
> > {% endfilter %}
> >
> > TEST2
> > Testing with upper, i see the export line uppercased except for the
> > $ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME portion.
> > {% filter upper %}
> > export PATH="$PATH:$ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/files"
> > {% endfilter %}
> >
> > Result
> > EXPORT PATH="$PATH:/Users/kbroughton/21ct-ansible/ROLES/GIT/FILES"
> >
> > So it seems that in TEST2 that the jinja2 filter gets applied BEFORE the
> > ansible variable substitution,
> > but it appears that in TEST1 the jinja2 filter comes after, or is not
> being
> > applied somehow.
> >
> > Peculiar.
> >
> > kesten
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:03:51 PM UTC-6, Kahlil Hodgson wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11 December 2013 08:48, Kesten Broughton <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> path_to_git_extras: 'PATH=\\$PATH:\\$ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/files'
> >>
> >>
> >> does '>' quoting help?
> >>
> >> path_to_git_extras: >
> >> PATH=$PATH:$ANSIBLE_21CT_HOME/roles/git/files
> >>
> >> K
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