Readme-recommended "bootstrap-debian" role no longer available about ansible-role-unattended-upgrades HOT 3 CLOSED

Wasn't much in that deleted repo. A script similar to this one:

#!/bin/sh

PKG=$1
DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND

if dpkg --status $PKG > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    exit 0
fi

echo "Installing $PKG..."
(apt-get --yes update && apt-get --yes install $PKG) > /dev/null 2>&1
exit $?

And a small action like so:

- name: Install minimal Ansible requirements
  script: install_missing_package.sh {{item}}
  register: res
  changed_when: "res.stdout.startswith('Install')"
  with_items:
     - python
     - python-apt
     - python-pycurl
     - aptitude

Better to copy this into your own project if you need it. Or push something upstream. Kind of sad that Ansible cannot bootstrap a host into management...

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Ah, I thought it was something fairly straightforward like that but obviously couldn't check - thanks @cederberg!

I'll leave this open for @jnv to decide what to do w.r.t. the reference in the readme.

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Thanks for heads up. FWIW Ansible's apt module should install python-apt automatically when it is missing, so I think I will just remove the recommendation from README.

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