On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 7:39 PM Richard Megginson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 6:17 PM 'Matt Zagrabelny' via Ansible Project <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Here are the two tasks:
>>
>> -
>>     name:         get editor realpath
>>     shell:        realpath /usr/bin/editor
>>
>
> Use `command` here instead of `shell`
>

Sure thing.


>
>
>>     register:     editor_realpath
>>     changed_when: False
>>     tags:
>>         - vim
>>
>> -
>>     name:    set editor to vim
>>     command: update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.nox
>>     when:    editor_realpath.stdout != '/usr/bin/vim.nox'
>>     tags:
>>         - vim
>>
>> I guess I'd like the "set editor to vim" task to be "OK" if it is already
>> set to vim, but it is showing up as "skipped".
>>
>
> Not sure how to do that
>

Fair enough. You've been very helpful, Richard. Thanks again for all the
help!

-m

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