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Bug 1938014 - do not use ignore_errors in timesync role
Summary: do not use ignore_errors in timesync role
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rhel-system-roles
Version: 8.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.5
Assignee: Rich Megginson
QA Contact: David Jež
Jaroslav Klech
URL:
Whiteboard: role:timesync
Depends On: 1937938
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-11 22:29 UTC by Rich Megginson
Modified: 2021-11-09 20:30 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github linux-system-roles timesync pull 76 0 None closed Remove ignore_errors for Disable services tasks 2021-03-11 22:29:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4159 0 None None None 2021-11-09 17:45:14 UTC

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
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