lorin/ansible-stuff

ansible-stuff

ansible-stuff

My ansible-stuff repository

Look on http://ansible.cc and http://github.com/ansible/ansible for the real stuff

update_alternatives

Handle debian update-alternatives in a idempotent way. Maintain symbolic links determining default commands. Can ensure that the highest priority alternative is choosen or select a specific binary as the choosen one

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
link	yes			Name of the link group (e.g. editor, awk). To list aviable link groups use update-alternatives --get-selections
target	yes		file best	To which absolute path link should point, updates link group as well, must start with a "/", or if set to "best" the linkgroup with the highest priority is used

• This verifies that editor points to /usr/bin/vim.basic (if /usr/bin/vim.basic is a valid alternative)

update_alternatives link=editor target=/usr/bin/vim.basic

• Point to the highest priority installed alternatives

update_alternatives link=editor target=best

Notes

This applies to Debian and Ubuntu systems only!

Installation

Copy update_alternatives over to your ANSIBLE_LIBRARY directory.