I think I lost you now. If you could give us the role structure,
dependencies and what you would like to achieve, I think it will be easier
to help you out.
On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 4:26:23 PM UTC+2, Jacob Seeley wrote:
>
> Well, I'm already doing that inside *other_role*; however, I'm guessing
> if I make *other_role* a dependency of this other role and pass *some_var*,
> it's still going to try to execute all other tasks in *other_role*,
> including all other ones defined in their own yml and included in
> *other_role* main.yml
>
> Unless you're suggesting I somehow include this yml file that exists in
> *other_role* in the main.yml of the role that is dependent upon this task.
>
> And to be clear, I'm trying to make this happen so that I don't have to
> recreate this task in this other role.
>
> On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 10:17:43 AM UTC-4, Strahinja Kustudić wrote:
>>
>> What you could do is group those task into a separate yml file and then
>> include them in the main.yml:
>>
>> include: some_var_tasks.yml
>> when: some_var
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 4:15:54 PM UTC+2, Jacob Seeley wrote:
>>>
>>> That's unfortunate. That would require me to set variables in all tasks
>>> on *other_role* that I would not have otherwise set, just so that I can
>>> pass a variable that triggers one task in *other_role*.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 9:52:27 AM UTC-4, Strahinja Kustudić wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ansible doesn't support role dependency using tags. Tags are only used
>>>> for executing specific tasks which can be passes from the command line.
>>>>
>>>> To do what you want, you would have to define a variable in the
>>>> other_role and set a when: clause on all tasks when that variable is true,
>>>> or set.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 3:46:21 PM UTC+2, Jacob Seeley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to have one role be dependent upon another role's tag only.
>>>>> Here is what I am trying:
>>>>>
>>>>> # meta/main.yml
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> dependencies:
>>>>> - { role: common }
>>>>> - { role: other_role, tags: ['other_role_autofs'] }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Expected Behaviour*All tasks in the role *common* are run
>>>>> Only the role *other_role*' task with a tag of *other_role_autofs* is
>>>>> run
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Actual Behaviour*
>>>>> All tasks in the role *common* are run
>>>>> All tasks in the role *other_role *are run
>>>>>
>>>>
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