Bug 1938014

Summary: do not use ignore_errors in timesync role
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Component: rhel-system-rolesAssignee: Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Jež <djez>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact: Jaroslav Klech <jklech>
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.5CC: djez, jklech, nhosoi, rmeggins, spetrosi
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 8.5   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: role:timesync
Fixed In Version: rhel-system-roles-1.1.0-1.el8 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
.The output log of `timesync` only reports harmful errors Previously, the `timesync` RHEL System Role used the `ignore_errors` directive with separate checking for task failure in many tasks. Consequently, the output log of the successful role run was full of harmless errors. The users were safe to ignore those errors, but still they were distressing to see. In this update, the relevant tasks have been rewritten not to use `ignore_errors`. As a result, the output log is now clean, and only role-stopping errors are reported.
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 17:44:47 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Rich Megginson 2021-03-11 22:29:31 UTC 
Description of problem:

The timesync role uses `ignore_errors: true` for many tasks because it checks the results in a separate task.  This causes the output of the role to show many errors even though they are ignored and not real errors, but it is distressing to users to see so many errors.

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Comment 4 Rich Megginson 2021-04-01 23:59:06 UTC 
The test coverage is visual inspection of the timesync role ansible output - there should be no ignored errors
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 17:44:47 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (rhel-system-roles bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4159