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+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2013, Philippe Makowski
+# Written by Philippe Makowski <philippem@mageia.org> 
+# Based on apt module written by Matthew Williams <matthew@flowroute.com>
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: urpmi
+short_description: Urpmi manager
+description:
+  - Manages packages with I(urpmi) (such as for Mageia or Mandriva)
+version_added: "1.3.4"
+options:
+  pkg:
+    description:
+      - name of package to install, upgrade or remove.
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Indicates the desired package state
+    required: false
+    default: present
+    choices: [ "absent", "present" ]
+  update_cache:
+    description:
+      - update the package database first C(urpmi.update -a).
+    required: false
+    default: no
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  no-suggests:
+    description:
+      - Corresponds to the C(--no-suggests) option for I(urpmi).
+    required: false
+    default: yes
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  force:
+    description:
+      - Corresponds to the C(--force) option for I(urpmi).
+    required: false
+    default: yes
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+author: Philippe Makowski
+notes:  []
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# install package foo
+- urpmi: pkg=foo state=present
+# remove package foo
+- urpmi: pkg=foo state=absent
+# description: remove packages foo and bar 
+- urpmi: pkg=foo,bar state=absent
+# description: update the package database (urpmi.update -a -q) and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists) 
+- urpmi: name=bar, state=present, update_cache=yes     
+'''
+
+
+import json
+import shlex
+import os
+import sys
+
+URPMI_PATH = '/usr/sbin/urpmi'
+URPME_PATH = '/usr/sbin/urpme'
+
+def query_package(module, name):
+
+    # rpm -q returns 0 if the package is installed,
+    # 1 if it is not installed
+    rc = os.system("rpm -q %s" % (name))
+    if rc == 0:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+def update_package_db(module):
+    rc = os.system("urpmi.update -a -q")
+
+    if rc != 0:
+        module.fail_json(msg="could not update package db")
+         
+
+def remove_packages(module, packages):
+    
+    remove_c = 0
+    # Using a for loop incase of error, we can report the package that failed
+    for package in packages:
+        # Query the package first, to see if we even need to remove
+        if not query_package(module, package):
+            continue
+
+        rc = os.system("%s --auto %s > /dev/null" % (URPME_PATH, package))
+
+        if rc != 0:
+            module.fail_json(msg="failed to remove %s" % (package))
+    
+        remove_c += 1
+
+    if remove_c > 0:
+
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="removed %s package(s)" % remove_c)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="package(s) already absent")
+
+
+def install_packages(module, pkgspec, force=True, no_suggests=True):
+
+    packages = ""
+    for package in pkgspec:
+        packages += "'%s' " % package
+
+    if len(packages) != 0:
+        if no_suggests:
+            no_suggests_yes = '--no-suggests'
+        else:
+            no_suggests_yes = ''
+
+        if force:
+            force_yes = '--force'
+        else:
+            force_yes = ''
+
+        cmd = ("%s --auto %s --quiet %s %s > /dev/null" % (URPMI_PATH, force_yes, no_suggests_yes, packages))
+
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
+        if rc:
+            module.fail_json(msg="'urpmi %s' failed: %s" % (packages, err))
+        else:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="%s present(s)" % packages)
+    else:
+        module.exit_json(changed=False)
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+            argument_spec    = dict(
+                state        = dict(default='installed', choices=['installed', 'removed', 'absent', 'present']),
+                update_cache = dict(default=False, aliases=['update-cache'], type='bool'),
+                force        = dict(default=True, type='bool'),
+                no_suggests  = dict(default=True, aliases=['no-suggests'], type='bool'),
+                package      = dict(aliases=['pkg', 'name'], required=True)))
+                
+
+    if not os.path.exists(URPMI_PATH):
+        module.fail_json(msg="cannot find urpmi, looking for %s" % (URPMI_PATH))
+
+    p = module.params
+
+    force_yes = p['force']
+    no_suggest_yes = p['no_suggests']
+
+    if p['update_cache']:
+        update_package_db(module)
+
+    packages = p['package'].split(',')
+
+    if p['state'] in [ 'installed', 'present' ]:
+        install_packages(module, packages, force_yes, no_suggest_yes)
+
+    elif p['state'] in [ 'removed', 'absent' ]:
+        remove_packages(module, packages)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+    
+main()