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From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:36:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [PR #7506/c2e578cb backport][stable-8] pipx: change parameter
 formatter for pip_args (#7514)

pipx: change parameter formatter for pip_args (#7506)

* change parameter formatter for pip_args

* add changelog frag

(cherry picked from commit c2e578cb141e0a011380535a3374bc5fdc49aa87)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml    |  2 ++
 plugins/module_utils/pipx.py                  |  2 +-
 tests/integration/targets/pipx/tasks/main.yml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014e189c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the `pip_args` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/pipx.py b/plugins/module_utils/pipx.py
index 2f19f352d4..a385ec93e7 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/pipx.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/pipx.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def pipx_runner(module, command, **kwargs):
             system_site_packages=fmt.as_bool("--system-site-packages"),
             _list=fmt.as_fixed(['list', '--include-injected', '--json']),
             editable=fmt.as_bool("--editable"),
-            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_val('--pip-args'),
+            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_eq_val('--pip-args'),
         ),
         environ_update={'USE_EMOJI': '0'},
         check_rc=True,
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pipx/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/pipx/tasks/main.yml
index 567405ec49..7eb0f11a6c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/pipx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pipx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -314,3 +314,28 @@
     that:
       - install_tox_sitewide is changed
       - usrlocaltox.stat.exists
+
+##############################################################################
+# Test for issue 7497
+- name: ensure application pyinstaller is uninstalled
+  community.general.pipx:
+    name: pyinstaller
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Install Python Package pyinstaller
+  community.general.pipx:
+    name: pyinstaller
+    state: present
+    system_site_packages: true
+    pip_args: "--no-cache-dir"
+  register: install_pyinstaller
+
+- name: cleanup pyinstaller
+  community.general.pipx:
+    name: pyinstaller
+    state: absent
+
+- name: check assertions
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - install_pyinstaller is changed