Fix linting errors; fix some real bugs (#5111) (#5114)

* Fix linting errors.

* Fix bugs.

* Another linter error ignored.

* More fixes.

* Ignore sanity errors with older versions.

ci_complete

* Forgot to commit more changes.

(cherry picked from commit a54af8909c)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

changelogs/fragments/5111-fixes.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "funcd connection plugin - fix signature of ``exec_command`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."
+  - "packet_ip_subnet - fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."
+  - "dnsimple_info - correctly report missing library as ``requests`` and not ``another_library`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."
+  - "pip_package_info - remove usage of global variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."
+  - "manageiq_alert_profiles - avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."
+  - "apache2_mod_proxy - avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer_member_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111)."

plugins/callback/dense.py

@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
         # Remove non-essential attributes
         for attr in self.removed_attributes:
             if attr in result:
-                del(result[attr])
+                del result[attr]
 
         # Remove empty attributes (list, dict, str)
         for attr in result.copy():
             if isinstance(result[attr], (MutableSequence, MutableMapping, binary_type, text_type)):
                 if not result[attr]:
-                    del(result[attr])
+                    del result[attr]
 
     def _handle_exceptions(self, result):
         if 'exception' in result:

plugins/connection/funcd.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         self.client = fc.Client(self.host)
         return self
 
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
+    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
         """ run a command on the remote minion """
 
         if in_data:

plugins/module_utils/ilo_redfish_utils.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class iLORedfishUtils(RedfishUtils):
         data = response['data']
 
         ntp_list = data[setkey]
-        if(len(ntp_list) == 2):
+        if len(ntp_list) == 2:
             ntp_list.pop(0)
 
         ntp_list.append(mgr_attributes['mgr_attr_value'])

plugins/module_utils/memset.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def memset_api_call(api_key, api_method, payload=None):
     if msg is None:
         msg = response.json()
 
-    return(has_failed, msg, response)
+    return has_failed, msg, response
 
 
 def check_zone_domain(data, domain):
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def check_zone_domain(data, domain):
             if zone_domain['domain'] == domain:
                 exists = True
 
-    return(exists)
+    return exists
 
 
 def check_zone(data, name):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def check_zone(data, name):
         if counter == 1:
             exists = True
 
-    return(exists, counter)
+    return exists, counter
 
 
 def get_zone_id(zone_name, current_zones):
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ def get_zone_id(zone_name, current_zones):
         zone_id = None
         msg = 'Zone ID could not be returned as duplicate zone names were detected'
 
-    return(zone_exists, msg, counter, zone_id)
+    return zone_exists, msg, counter, zone_id

plugins/module_utils/rax.py

@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ def rax_find_image(module, rax_module, image, exit=True):
     except ValueError:
         try:
             image = cs.images.find(human_id=image)
-        except(cs.exceptions.NotFound,
+        except (cs.exceptions.NotFound, cs.exceptions.NoUniqueMatch):
-               cs.exceptions.NoUniqueMatch):
             try:
                 image = cs.images.find(name=image)
             except (cs.exceptions.NotFound,

plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             if property in data:
                 nic[property] = data[property]
         result['entries'] = nic
-        return(result)
+        return result
 
     def get_nic_inventory(self, resource_uri):
         result = {}

plugins/module_utils/redis.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ try:
     from redis import Redis
     from redis import __version__ as redis_version
     HAS_REDIS_PACKAGE = True
+    REDIS_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     REDIS_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_REDIS_PACKAGE = False
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
     import certifi
     HAS_CERTIFI_PACKAGE = True
+    CERTIFI_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 except ImportError:
     CERTIFI_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_CERTIFI_PACKAGE = False

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_dns_reload.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def poll_reload_status(api_key=None, job_id=None, payload=None):
         memset_api = response.json()
         msg = None
 
-    return(memset_api, msg, stderr)
+    return memset_api, msg, stderr
 
 
 def reload_dns(args=None):
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def reload_dns(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['memset_api'] = response.json()
         retvals['msg'] = msg
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     # set changed to true if the reload request was accepted.
     has_changed = True
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def reload_dns(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_memstore_info.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def get_facts(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = msg
         retvals['stderr'] = "API returned an error: {0}" . format(response.status_code)
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     # we don't want to return the same thing twice
     msg = None
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def get_facts(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_server_info.py

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def get_facts(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = msg
         retvals['stderr'] = "API returned an error: {0}" . format(response.status_code)
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     # we don't want to return the same thing twice
     msg = None
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def get_facts(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_zone.py

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def check(args=None):
     retvals['changed'] = has_changed
     retvals['failed'] = has_failed
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def create_zone(args=None, zone_exists=None, payload=None):
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def create_zone(args=None, zone_exists=None, payload=None):
         _has_failed, _msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=args['api_key'], api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
         memset_api = response.json()
 
-    return(has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg)
+    return has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg
 
 
 def delete_zone(args=None, zone_exists=None, payload=None):
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def delete_zone(args=None, zone_exists=None, payload=None):
     else:
         has_failed, has_changed = False, False
 
-    return(has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg)
+    return has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg
 
 
 def create_or_delete(args=None):
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def create_or_delete(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = _has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = _msg
 
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     zone_exists, _msg, counter, _zone_id = get_zone_id(zone_name=args['name'], current_zones=response.json())
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def create_or_delete(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_zone_domain.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def check(args=None):
     retvals['changed'] = has_changed
     retvals['failed'] = has_failed
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def create_zone_domain(args=None, zone_exists=None, zone_id=None, payload=None):
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def create_zone_domain(args=None, zone_exists=None, zone_id=None, payload=None):
         if not has_failed:
             has_changed = True
 
-    return(has_failed, has_changed, msg)
+    return has_failed, has_changed, msg
 
 
 def delete_zone_domain(args=None, payload=None):
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def delete_zone_domain(args=None, payload=None):
             # unset msg as we don't want to return unnecessary info to the user.
             msg = None
 
-    return(has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg)
+    return has_failed, has_changed, memset_api, msg
 
 
 def create_or_delete_domain(args=None):
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def create_or_delete_domain(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = msg
         retvals['stderr'] = "API returned an error: {0}" . format(response.status_code)
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     zone_exists, msg, counter, zone_id = get_zone_id(zone_name=args['zone'], current_zones=response.json())
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def create_or_delete_domain(args=None):
 
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = stderr
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     if args['state'] == 'present':
         has_failed, has_changed, msg = create_zone_domain(args=args, zone_exists=zone_exists, zone_id=zone_id, payload=payload)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def create_or_delete_domain(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/memset/memset_zone_record.py

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def create_zone_record(args=None, zone_id=None, records=None, payload=None):
                 # nothing to do; record is already correct so we populate
                 # the return var with the existing record's details.
                 memset_api = zone_record
-                return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+                return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
             else:
                 # merge dicts ensuring we change any updated values
                 payload = zone_record.copy()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def create_zone_record(args=None, zone_id=None, records=None, payload=None):
                     has_changed = True
                     # return the new record to the user in the returned var.
                     memset_api = new_record
-                    return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+                    return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
                 has_failed, msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=args['api_key'], api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
                 if not has_failed:
                     has_changed = True
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def create_zone_record(args=None, zone_id=None, records=None, payload=None):
             has_changed = True
             # populate the return var with the new record's details.
             memset_api = new_record
-            return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+            return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
         has_failed, msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=args['api_key'], api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
         if not has_failed:
             has_changed = True
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def create_zone_record(args=None, zone_id=None, records=None, payload=None):
             #  empty msg as we don't want to return a boatload of json to the user.
             msg = None
 
-    return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+    return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
 
 
 def delete_zone_record(args=None, records=None, payload=None):
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def delete_zone_record(args=None, records=None, payload=None):
         for zone_record in records:
             if args['check_mode']:
                 has_changed = True
-                return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+                return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
             payload['id'] = zone_record['id']
             api_method = 'dns.zone_record_delete'
             has_failed, msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=args['api_key'], api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def delete_zone_record(args=None, records=None, payload=None):
                 #  empty msg as we don't want to return a boatload of json to the user.
                 msg = None
 
-    return(has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg)
+    return has_changed, has_failed, memset_api, msg
 
 
 def create_or_delete(args=None):
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def create_or_delete(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = _has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = msg
         retvals['stderr'] = "API returned an error: {0}" . format(response.status_code)
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     zone_exists, _msg, counter, zone_id = get_zone_id(zone_name=args['zone'], current_zones=response.json())
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def create_or_delete(args=None):
         retvals['failed'] = has_failed
         retvals['msg'] = stderr
         retvals['stderr'] = stderr
-        return(retvals)
+        return retvals
 
     # get a list of all records ( as we can't limit records by zone)
     api_method = 'dns.zone_record_list'
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def create_or_delete(args=None):
         if val is not None:
             retvals[val] = eval(val)
 
-    return(retvals)
+    return retvals
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/cloud/misc/rhevm.py

@@ -1253,7 +1253,6 @@ def setChanged():
 
 
 def setMsg(message):
-    global failed
     msg.append(message)
 
 

plugins/modules/cloud/packet/packet_ip_subnet.py

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def parse_subnet_cidr(cidr):
     try:
         prefixlen = int(prefixlen)
     except ValueError:
-        raise("Wrong prefix length in CIDR expression {0}".format(cidr))
+        raise Exception("Wrong prefix length in CIDR expression {0}".format(cidr))
     return addr, prefixlen
 
 

plugins/modules/cloud/profitbricks/profitbricks_datacenter.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def remove_datacenter(module, profitbricks):
     name = module.params.get('name')
     changed = False
 
-    if(uuid_match.match(name)):
+    if uuid_match.match(name):
         _remove_datacenter(module, profitbricks, name)
         changed = True
     else:

plugins/modules/cloud/profitbricks/profitbricks_volume.py

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def delete_volume(module, profitbricks):
                 break
 
     for n in instance_ids:
-        if(uuid_match.match(n)):
+        if uuid_match.match(n):
             _delete_volume(module, profitbricks, datacenter, n)
             changed = True
         else:

plugins/modules/cloud/scaleway/scaleway_security_group_rule.py

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ except ImportError:
     IPADDRESS_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_IPADDRESS = False
 else:
+    IPADDRESS_IMP_ERR = None
     HAS_IPADDRESS = True
 
 

plugins/modules/clustering/etcd3.py

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 try:
     import etcd3
     HAS_ETCD = True
+    ETCD_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     ETCD_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_ETCD = False

plugins/modules/files/ini_file.py

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
         # override option with no value to option with value if not allow_no_value
         if len(values) > 0:
             for index, line in enumerate(section_lines):
-                if not changed_lines[index] and match_active_opt(option, section_lines[index]):
+                if not changed_lines[index] and match_active_opt(option, section_lines[index]):  # pylint: disable=unnecessary-list-index-lookup
                     newline = assignment_format % (option, values.pop(0))
                     (changed, msg) = update_section_line(changed, section_lines, index, changed_lines, newline, msg)
                     if len(values) == 0:

plugins/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_otptoken.py

@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ def ensure(module, client):
                 module_otptoken['all'] = True
                 ipa_otptoken = client.otptoken_add(name=uniqueid, item=module_otptoken)
         else:
-            if not(validate_modifications(ansible_to_ipa, module, ipa_otptoken,
+            if not validate_modifications(ansible_to_ipa, module, ipa_otptoken,
-                                          module_otptoken, unmodifiable_after_creation)):
+                                          module_otptoken, unmodifiable_after_creation):
                 module.fail_json(msg="Modifications requested in module are not valid")
 
             # IPA will reject 'modifications' that do not actually modify anything

plugins/modules/monitoring/pagerduty_user.py

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ from os import path
 try:
     from pdpyras import APISession
     HAS_PD_PY = True
+    PD_IMPORT_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PD_PY = False
     PD_IMPORT_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
     from pdpyras import PDClientError
     HAS_PD_CLIENT_ERR = True
+    PD_CLIENT_ERR_IMPORT_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PD_CLIENT_ERR = False
     PD_CLIENT_ERR_IMPORT_ERR = traceback.format_exc()

plugins/modules/net_tools/dnsimple_info.py

@@ -234,10 +234,11 @@ import json
 try:
     from requests import Request, Session
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_ANOTHER_LIBRARY = False
+    HAS_REQUESTS = False
-    ANOTHER_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
+    REQUESTS_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
 else:
-    HAS_ANOTHER_LIBRARY = True
+    HAS_REQUESTS = True
+    REQUESTS_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 
 def build_url(account, key, is_sandbox):
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ def iterate_data(module, request_object):
                 request_object.url = base_url + '&page=' + str(page)
                 new_results = Session().send(request_object)
                 data = data + new_results.json()["data"]
-        return(data)
+        return data
     else:
         module.fail_json('API Call failed, check ID, key and sandbox values')
 
@@ -306,11 +307,10 @@ def main():
                     params['api_key'],
                     params['sandbox'])
 
-    if not HAS_ANOTHER_LIBRARY:
+    if not HAS_REQUESTS:
-        # Needs: from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
         module.exit_json(
-            msg=missing_required_lib('another_library'),
+            msg=missing_required_lib('requests'),
-            exception=ANOTHER_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR)
+            exception=REQUESTS_IMPORT_ERROR)
 
     # At minimum we need account and key
     if params['account_id'] and params['api_key']:

plugins/modules/packaging/language/pip_package_info.py

@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ from ansible.module_utils.facts.packages import CLIMgr
 
 class PIP(CLIMgr):
 
-    def __init__(self, pip):
+    def __init__(self, pip, module):
 
         self.CLI = pip
+        self.module = module
 
     def list_installed(self):
-        global module
+        rc, out, err = self.module.run_command([self._cli, 'list', '-l', '--format=json'])
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command([self._cli, 'list', '-l', '--format=json'])
         if rc != 0:
             raise Exception("Unable to list packages rc=%s : %s" % (rc, err))
         return json.loads(out)
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ class PIP(CLIMgr):
 def main():
 
     # start work
-    global module
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             clients=dict(type='list', elements='path', default=['pip']),
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ def main():
             module.warn('Skipping invalid pip client: %s' % (pip))
             continue
         try:
-            pip_mgr = PIP(pip)
+            pip_mgr = PIP(pip, module)
             if pip_mgr.is_available():
                 found += 1
                 packages[pip] = pip_mgr.get_packages()

plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class Yarn(object):
             rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=check_rc, cwd=cwd)
             return out, err
 
-        return(None, None)
+        return None, None
 
     def list(self):
         cmd = ['list', '--depth=0', '--json']

plugins/modules/packaging/os/copr.py

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ try:
     import dnf.repodict
     from dnf.conf import Conf
     HAS_DNF_PACKAGES = True
+    DNF_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     DNF_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_DNF_PACKAGES = False

plugins/modules/packaging/os/flatpak.py

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ OUTDATED_FLATPAK_VERSION_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Unknown option --columns=application"
 
 def install_flat(module, binary, remote, names, method, no_dependencies):
     """Add new flatpaks."""
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     uri_names = []
     id_names = []
     for name in names:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def install_flat(module, binary, remote, names, method, no_dependencies):
 
 def uninstall_flat(module, binary, names, method):
     """Remove existing flatpaks."""
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     installed_flat_names = [
         _match_installed_flat_name(module, binary, name, method)
         for name in names
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def _match_installed_flat_name(module, binary, name, method):
     # This is a difficult function, since if the user supplies a flatpakref url,
     # we have to rely on a naming convention:
     # The flatpakref file name needs to match the flatpak name
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     parsed_name = _parse_flatpak_name(name)
     # Try running flatpak list with columns feature
     command = [binary, "list", "--{0}".format(method), "--app", "--columns=application"]
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def _match_installed_flat_name(module, binary, name, method):
 
 
 def _match_flat_using_outdated_flatpak_format(module, binary, parsed_name, method):
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     command = [binary, "list", "--{0}".format(method), "--app", "--columns=application"]
     output = _flatpak_command(module, False, command)
     for row in output.split('\n'):
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def _match_flat_using_outdated_flatpak_format(module, binary, parsed_name, metho
 
 
 def _match_flat_using_flatpak_column_feature(module, binary, parsed_name, method):
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     command = [binary, "list", "--{0}".format(method), "--app"]
     output = _flatpak_command(module, False, command)
     for row in output.split('\n'):
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def _parse_flatpak_name(name):
 
 
 def _flatpak_version(module, binary):
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     command = [binary, "--version"]
     output = _flatpak_command(module, False, command)
     version_number = output.split()[1]
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def _flatpak_version(module, binary):
 
 
 def _flatpak_command(module, noop, command, ignore_failure=False):
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     result['command'] = ' '.join(command)
     if noop:
         result['rc'] = 0

plugins/modules/packaging/os/flatpak_remote.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
 
 def add_remote(module, binary, name, flatpakrepo_url, method):
     """Add a new remote."""
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     command = [binary, "remote-add", "--{0}".format(method), name, flatpakrepo_url]
     _flatpak_command(module, module.check_mode, command)
     result['changed'] = True
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def add_remote(module, binary, name, flatpakrepo_url, method):
 
 def remove_remote(module, binary, name, method):
     """Remove an existing remote."""
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     command = [binary, "remote-delete", "--{0}".format(method), "--force", name]
     _flatpak_command(module, module.check_mode, command)
     result['changed'] = True
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def remote_exists(module, binary, name, method):
 
 
 def _flatpak_command(module, noop, command):
-    global result
+    global result  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
     result['command'] = ' '.join(command)
     if noop:
         result['rc'] = 0

plugins/modules/packaging/os/xbps.py

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def upgrade(module, xbps_path):
 
     rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmdneedupgrade, check_rc=False)
     if rc == 0:
-        if(len(stdout.splitlines()) == 0):
+        if len(stdout.splitlines()) == 0:
             module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='Nothing to upgrade')
         elif module.check_mode:
             module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='Would have performed upgrade')

plugins/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_alert_profiles.py

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ManageIQAlertProfiles(object):
             except Exception as e:
                 msg = "Updating profile '{name}' failed: {error}"
                 msg = msg.format(name=old_profile['name'], error=e)
-                self.module.fail_json(msg=msg, result=result)
+                self.module.fail_json(msg=msg)
 
         if changed:
             msg = "Profile {name} updated successfully".format(name=desired_profile['name'])

plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab_group_members.py

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ import traceback
 try:
     import gitlab
     HAS_PY_GITLAB = True
+    GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     GITLAB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_PY_GITLAB = False

plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab_project_members.py

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ import traceback
 try:
     import gitlab
     HAS_PY_GITLAB = True
+    GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     GITLAB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_PY_GITLAB = False

plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab_runner.py

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication
 
 try:
-    cmp
+    cmp  # pylint: disable=used-before-assignment
 except NameError:
     def cmp(a, b):
         return (a > b) - (a < b)

plugins/modules/storage/pmem/pmem.py

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ except ImportError:
     XMLTODICT_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
 else:
     HAS_XMLTODICT_LIBRARY = True
+    XMLTODICT_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 
 class PersistentMemory(object):

plugins/modules/system/beadm.py

@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ class BE(object):
             for line in out.splitlines():
                 if self.is_freebsd:
                     check = line.split()
-                    if(check == []):
+                    if check == []:
                         continue
                     full_name = check[0].split('/')
-                    if(full_name == []):
+                    if full_name == []:
                         continue
                     check[0] = full_name[len(full_name) - 1]
                     if check[0] == self.name:

plugins/modules/system/homectl.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class Homectl(object):
         cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('homectl', True)]
         cmd.append('create')
         cmd.append('--identity=-')  # Read the user record from standard input.
-        return(self.module.run_command(cmd, data=record))
+        return self.module.run_command(cmd, data=record)
 
     def _hash_password(self, password):
         method = crypt.METHOD_SHA512

plugins/modules/system/keyring.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ try:
     import keyring
 
     HAS_KEYRING = True
+    KEYRING_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     HAS_KEYRING = False
     KEYRING_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()

plugins/modules/system/keyring_info.py

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ try:
     import keyring
 
     HAS_KEYRING = True
+    KEYRING_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
     HAS_KEYRING = False
     KEYRING_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()

plugins/modules/system/parted.py

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def format_disk_size(size_bytes, unit):
     This function has been adapted from https://github.com/Distrotech/parted/blo
     b/279d9d869ff472c52b9ec2e180d568f0c99e30b0/libparted/unit.c
     """
-    global units_si, units_iec
+    global units_si, units_iec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     unit = unit.lower()
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ def get_device_info(device, unit):
     Fetches information about a disk and its partitions and it returns a
     dictionary.
     """
-    global module, parted_exec
+    global module, parted_exec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     # If parted complains about missing labels, it means there are no partitions.
     # In this case only, use a custom function to fetch information and emulate
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def check_parted_label(device):
     to 3.1 don't return data when there is no label. For more information see:
     http://upstream.rosalinux.ru/changelogs/libparted/3.1/changelog.html
     """
-    global parted_exec
+    global parted_exec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     # Check the version
     parted_major, parted_minor, dummy = parted_version()
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def parted_version():
     """
     Returns the major and minor version of parted installed on the system.
     """
-    global module, parted_exec
+    global module, parted_exec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s --version" % parted_exec)
     if rc != 0:
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ def parted(script, device, align):
     """
     Runs a parted script.
     """
-    global module, parted_exec
+    global module, parted_exec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     align_option = '-a %s' % align
     if align == 'undefined':
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def check_size_format(size_str):
 
 
 def main():
-    global module, units_si, units_iec, parted_exec
+    global module, units_si, units_iec, parted_exec  # pylint: disable=global-variable-not-assigned
 
     changed = False
     output_script = ""

plugins/modules/system/sap_task_list_execute.py

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ except ImportError:
     PYRFC_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
 else:
     HAS_PYRFC_LIBRARY = True
+    PYRFC_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 try:
     import xmltodict
 except ImportError:
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ except ImportError:
     XMLTODICT_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
 else:
     HAS_XMLTODICT_LIBRARY = True
+    XMLTODICT_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 
 def call_rfc_method(connection, method_name, kwargs):

plugins/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_mod_proxy.py

@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ class BalancerMember(object):
         else:
             try:
                 soup = BeautifulSoup(balancer_member_page[0])
-            except TypeError:
+            except TypeError as exc:
-                self.module.fail_json(msg="Cannot parse balancer_member_page HTML! " + str(soup))
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Cannot parse balancer_member_page HTML! " + str(exc))
             else:
                 subsoup = soup.findAll('table')[1].findAll('tr')
                 keys = subsoup[0].findAll('th')

tests/integration/targets/mail/files/smtpserver.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if HAS_TLS and ssl_ctx is not None:
         smtp_server2 = smtpd_tls.DebuggingServer(('127.0.0.1', port2), None, ssl_ctx=ssl_ctx, starttls=False)
 else:
     print('Start SMTP server on port', port1)
-    smtp_server1 = smtpd.DebuggingServer(('127.0.0.1', port1), None)
+    smtp_server1 = smtpd.DebuggingServer(('127.0.0.1', port1), None)  # pylint: disable=used-before-assignment
     if port2:
         print('WARNING: TLS is NOT supported on this system, not listening on port %s.' % port2)
 

tests/sanity/ignore-2.11.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ plugins/modules/cloud/univention/udm_user.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul_session.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice
+plugins/modules/files/ini_file.py pylint:bad-option-value
 plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py use-argspec-type-path
 plugins/modules/packaging/os/redhat_subscription.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
 plugins/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_policies.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice

tests/sanity/ignore-2.12.txt

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ plugins/modules/cloud/univention/udm_user.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul_session.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice
+plugins/modules/files/ini_file.py pylint:bad-option-value
 plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py use-argspec-type-path
 plugins/modules/packaging/os/redhat_subscription.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
 plugins/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_policies.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice

tests/sanity/ignore-2.13.txt

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ plugins/modules/cloud/univention/udm_user.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul_session.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice
+plugins/modules/files/ini_file.py pylint:bad-option-value
 plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py use-argspec-type-path
 plugins/modules/packaging/os/redhat_subscription.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
 plugins/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_policies.py validate-modules:parameter-state-invalid-choice

tests/unit/plugins/modules/remote_management/lxca/test_lxca_cmms.py

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ class TestMyModule():
         }
         mod_obj.params = args
         lxca_cmms.main()
-        assert(mock.call(argument_spec=expected_arguments_spec,
+        assert mock.call(argument_spec=expected_arguments_spec,
-                         supports_check_mode=False) == ansible_mod_cls.call_args)
+                         supports_check_mode=False) == ansible_mod_cls.call_args
 
     @mock.patch('ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.remote_management.lxca.common.setup_conn', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules.remote_management.lxca.lxca_cmms._cmms_by_uuid',

tests/unit/plugins/modules/remote_management/lxca/test_lxca_nodes.py

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class TestMyModule():
         }
         mod_obj.params = args
         lxca_nodes.main()
-        assert(mock.call(argument_spec=expected_arguments_spec,
+        assert mock.call(argument_spec=expected_arguments_spec,
-                         supports_check_mode=False) == ansible_mod_cls.call_args)
+                         supports_check_mode=False) == ansible_mod_cls.call_args
 
     @mock.patch('ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.remote_management.lxca.common.setup_conn', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules.remote_management.lxca.lxca_nodes._nodes_by_uuid',

tests/unit/plugins/modules/storage/pmem/test_pmem.py

@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ class TestPmem(ModuleTestCase):
         test_result = result.exception.args[0]['result']
         expected = json.loads(namespace)
 
-        for i, notuse in enumerate(test_result):
+        for i, result in enumerate(test_result):
-            self.assertEqual(test_result[i]['dev'], expected[i]['dev'])
+            self.assertEqual(result['dev'], expected[i]['dev'])
-            self.assertEqual(test_result[i]['size'], expected[i]['size'])
+            self.assertEqual(result['size'], expected[i]['size'])
 
     def test_fail_when_required_args_missing(self):
         with self.assertRaises(AnsibleFailJson):