On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:05:00PM +0200, Robert Peichaer wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 09:06:01AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've emailed the port maintainer, but haven't heard back in a couple > > days. Sending here so it doesn't get lost. > > > > The Ansible port isn't useful for managing systems that use a Python > > other than /usr/local/bin/python2.7 -- i.e., most Linuxes and other > > BSDs. > > > > Ansible uses "#!/usr/bin/env python" to find the python on the target > > OS. This means you can manage any OS with a python somewhere in > > $PATH. By hard-coding this on the server, you can only manage systems > > that have /usr/local/bin/python2.7. > > > > This change also breaks the ansible_python_interpreter variable used > > to override the client's python location, so I can't hard-code it > > otherwise. > > > > Could you take a look at the discussion at > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/oM2FNuumWmw > > and adjust the OpenBSD package so Ansible works out of the box? > > > > Thanks, > > ==ml > > > > -- > > Michael W. Lucas - mwlu...@michaelwlucas.com, Twitter @mwlauthor > > http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/ > > Absolute OpenBSD 2/e - http://www.nostarch.com/openbsd2e > > coupon code "ILUVMICHAEL" gets you 30% off & helps me. > > I replied to your mail already two days ago!
Just committed the fix. > From rob...@peichaer.org Wed Jun 26 22:08:08 2013 > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:08:08 +0200 > From: Robert Peichaer <rob...@peichaer.org> > To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlu...@michaelwlucas.com> > Subject: Re: problem with sysutils/ansible port > Message-ID: <20130626200808.gc1...@x201.my.domain> > References: <20130626193339.ga93...@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > In-Reply-To: <20130626193339.ga93...@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 03:33:39PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > You're listed as the maintainer for OpenBSD's ansible port. I'm using > > Ansible, and have found a problem with the port. > > > > Changing the #!/usr/bin/env python at the beginning of the program > > breaks some Ansible functionality. Specifically, you cannot override > > the client machine's python interpreter -- you must always have > > /usr/local/bin/python2.7 on the client machine. > > > > This change also breaks the ansible_python_interpreter variable used > > to override the client's python location. > > > > Could you take a look at the discussion at > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/oM2FNuumWmw > > and possibly adjust the OpenBSD port so Ansible works out of the box? > > > > Thanks, > > ==ml > > > > -- > > Michael W. Lucas - mwlu...@michaelwlucas.com, Twitter @mwlauthor > > http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/ > > Absolute OpenBSD 2/e - http://www.nostarch.com/openbsd2e > > coupon code "ILUVMICHAEL" gets you 30% off & helps me. > > Hi Michael > > I was just writing a reply to the ansible-project list when I saw this > mail. Yes, there's some quirks with the packaging. > > Like it is now, it works out of the box between OpenBSD machines because > during packaging, the shebang lines in the modules are replaced with the > OpenBSD standard path for python2.7, which is currently the standard. > Unfortunatly, this breaks the logic of ansible_python_interpreter. > > I've repackaged ansible 1.2 without changing the shebang line of the > modules and now it works as designed. The only downside now is that for > using ansible between OpenBSD machines, we have always to specify > ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/python2.7 somewhere. > > Right now, it seems not to be possible to specify it in the ansible.cfg > on a global basis, but needs to be in the hosts file like: > > [openbsd] > srv.my.domain > > [openbsd:vars] > ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/python2.7 > > Not that bad, but not like "works by default" which we try to accomplish > for porting applications. > > I'll publish an ansible-1.2p0.tgz package soon with this "fix". > > Cheers > Robert > > -- > -=[rpe]=- -- -=[rpe]=-
