Hi tl, you can also provide a YAML list.
See the documentation: it explicitly says `list / elements=string`. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/zypper_module.html#parameter-name Providing a comma-separated string instead of a list is something Ansible allows, but you do not have to do that. Cheers, Felix On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:33:37 -0700 (PDT) "'Ansible Project' via Ansible Project" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wei-Yen and Dick > > Thank you both for the fast replies. I found that multiple packages > are support as a value to 'Name', but the values must be > comma-separated. > > Thanks again! > tl > > On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 4:28:02 PM UTC-4 Wei-Yen Tan wrote: > > > It is possible. If not within the the module use with_items or > > loops. Give zypper a list > > > > Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > > on behalf of Dick Visser <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 19, 2023 8:19:55 AM > > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* Re: [ansible-project] Install multiple named packages > > with 'community.general.zypper' > > > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Sept 2023 at 22:16, 'Terry Lemons' via Ansible Project < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi - I need to install ~30 specific packages on a SLES 15 system > > using Ansible. Instead of specifying 30 individual > > 'community.general.zypper' tasks, I'd like to run a single > > 'community.general.zypper' task and provide it either with a long > > list of packages or a filename containing the package list. This > > doesn't seem to be possible, given my read of the > > 'community.general.zypper' documentation; is that true? > > > > > > The way I read it ( > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/zypper_module.html#parameter-name), > > > > that is not true. > > It is possible to supply a list: > > > > Package name name or package specifier or a list of either. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/20230919174950.5436b67d%40rovaniemi.
