Issued:
2018-05-01
Updated:
2018-05-01

RHBA-2018:1272 - Ansible 2.5.2 Z-release for Ansible Engine 2

Synopsis

Ansible 2.5.2 Z-release for Ansible Engine 2

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Ansible 2.5.2 Z-release for Ansible Engine 2

Description

v2.5.2

Release Summary

| Release Date: 2018-04-26 | Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>_

Minor Changes

  • Fixed return virtual_facts after VMware platform detection, otherwise we are falling back to 'NA' for virtualization type and virtualization role.

Bugfixes

  • copy - Fixed copy to only follow symlinks for files in the non-recursive case

  • file - Fixed the default follow behavior of file to be true

  • docker modules - Improved error with useful message that both docker and docker-py are found to both be installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38884)

  • dynamic includes - Improved performance by fixing re-parenting on copy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38747)

  • dynamic includes - Fixed IncludedFile comparison for free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37083)

  • dynamic includes - Added support to allow inheriting attributes from static parents (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38827)

  • Fixed ios and iosxr terminal prompt regex (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39063)

  • set_fact/include_vars - Added support to allow incremental update for vars in loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38302)

  • cloudfront_distribution - Added support for missing protocol versions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38990)

  • slice filter - Removed Ansible-provided impl in favor of Jinja builtin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37944)

  • ovirt_host_networks - Fixed removing of network attachments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38816)

  • ovirt_disk - Added support for removing unmanaged networks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38726)

  • ovirt_disk - Updated FCP storage domains so they do not have to have target (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38882)

  • Ansible.ModuleUtils.FileUtil - Added support for using Test-AnsiblePath with non filesystem providers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39200)

  • win_get_url - Added support to compare the UTC time of the web file to the local UTC time (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39152)

See Content from github.com is not included.https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.5.2/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.5.rst for details on this release.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Ansible Engine2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • ansible-2.5.2-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm
  • ansible-2.5.2-1.el7ae.src.rpm
  • ansible-doc-2.5.2-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information