community.general.sorcery module – Package manager for Source Mage GNU/Linux
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
It is not included in ansible-core
.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.sorcery
.
Synopsis
Manages “spells” on Source Mage GNU/Linux using sorcery toolchain
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
bash
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Time in seconds to invalidate grimoire collection on update especially useful for SCM and rsync grimoires makes sense only in pair with Default: |
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Comma-separated list of _optional_ dependencies to build a spell (or make sure it is built) with; use +/- in front of dependency to turn it on/off (‘+’ is optional though) this option is ignored if providers must be supplied in the form recognized by Sorcery, e.g. ‘openssl(SSL)’ |
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Name of the spell multiple names can be given, separated by commas special value ‘*’ in conjunction with states |
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Whether to cast, dispel or rebuild a package state state state Choices:
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Whether or not to update sorcery scripts at the very first stage Choices:
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Whether or not to update grimoire collection before casting spells Choices:
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Notes
Note
When all three components are selected, the update goes by the sequence – Sorcery -> Grimoire(s) -> Spell(s); you cannot override it.
grimoire handling (i.e. add/remove, including SCM/rsync versions) is not yet supported.
Examples
- name: Make sure spell foo is installed
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo
state: present
- name: Make sure spells foo, bar and baz are removed
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo,bar,baz
state: absent
- name: Make sure spell foo with dependencies bar and baz is installed
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo
depends: bar,baz
state: present
- name: Make sure spell foo with bar and without baz dependencies is installed
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo
depends: +bar,-baz
state: present
- name: Make sure spell foo with libressl (providing SSL) dependency is installed
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo
depends: libressl(SSL)
state: present
- name: Make sure spells with/without required dependencies (if any) are installed
community.general.sorcery:
name: "{{ item.spell }}"
depends: "{{ item.depends | default(None) }}"
state: present
loop:
- { spell: 'vifm', depends: '+file,-gtk+2' }
- { spell: 'fwknop', depends: 'gpgme' }
- { spell: 'pv,tnftp,tor' }
- name: Install the latest version of spell foo using regular glossary
community.general.sorcery:
name: foo
state: latest
- name: Rebuild spell foo
community.general.sorcery:
spell: foo
state: rebuild
- name: Rebuild the whole system, but update Sorcery and Codex first
community.general.sorcery:
spell: '*'
state: rebuild
update: true
update_cache: true
- name: Refresh the grimoire collection if it is 1 day old using native sorcerous alias
community.general.sorcery:
update_codex: true
cache_valid_time: 86400
- name: Update only Sorcery itself
community.general.sorcery:
update: true
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