[PR #7200/8fa667ee backport][stable-7] CmdRunner bugfix (#7228)

CmdRunner bugfix (#7200)

* cmd_runner module utils: fix bug when passing absolute path not in standard search paths

* improved tests

* changed /usr/bin/echo to /bin/echo for the sake of alpine

* fixed error messaging for last testcase

* add condition to test cases, and remove macos from troubling ones

* fix templating

* fix templating

* exclude centos 6 from testcases copying echo to tmp dir

* try different way of specifying version

* trying trick for old jinjas

* use os.path.isabs() to determine if path is absolute

* add changelog frag

* Update plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py

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

* Update changelogs/fragments/7200-cmd-runner-abs-path.yml

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

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit 8fa667eeb7)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>

changelogs/fragments/7200-cmd-runner-abs-path.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).

plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+import os
 from functools import wraps
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
@@ -204,12 +205,17 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
             environ_update = {}
         self.environ_update = environ_update
 
-        self.command[0] = module.get_bin_path(self.command[0], opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
+        _cmd = self.command[0]
+        self.command[0] = _cmd if (os.path.isabs(_cmd) or '/' in _cmd) else module.get_bin_path(_cmd, opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
 
         for mod_param_name, spec in iteritems(module.argument_spec):
             if mod_param_name not in self.arg_formats:
                 self.arg_formats[mod_param_name] = _Format.as_default_type(spec.get('type', 'str'), mod_param_name)
 
+    @property
+    def binary(self):
+        return self.command[0]
+
     def __call__(self, args_order=None, output_process=None, ignore_value_none=True, check_mode_skip=False, check_mode_return=None, **kwargs):
         if output_process is None:
             output_process = _process_as_is

tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/library/cmd_echo.py

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner impor
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
+            cmd=dict(type="str", default="echo"),
+            path_prefix=dict(type="str"),
             arg_formats=dict(type="dict", default={}),
             arg_order=dict(type="raw", required=True),
             arg_values=dict(type="dict", default={}),
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ def main():
 
         arg_formats[arg] = func(*args)
 
-    runner = CmdRunner(module, ['echo', '--'], arg_formats=arg_formats)
+    runner = CmdRunner(module, [module.params["cmd"], '--'], arg_formats=arg_formats, path_prefix=module.params["path_prefix"])
 
     with runner.context(p['arg_order'], check_mode_skip=p['check_mode_skip']) as ctx:
         result = ctx.run(**p['arg_values'])

tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/meta/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir

tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/main.yml

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
     file: test_cmd_echo.yml
   loop: "{{ cmd_echo_tests }}"
+  when: item.condition | default(true) | bool

tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/test_cmd_echo.yml

@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-- name: test cmd_echo [{{ item.name }}]
+- name: create copy of /bin/echo ({{ item.name }})
-  cmd_echo:
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    arg_formats: "{{ item.arg_formats|default(omit) }}"
+    src: /bin/echo
-    arg_order: "{{ item.arg_order }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.copy_to }}/echo"
-    arg_values: "{{ item.arg_values|default(omit) }}"
+    mode: "755"
-    check_mode_skip: "{{ item.check_mode_skip|default(omit) }}"
+  when: item.copy_to is defined
-    aa: "{{ item.aa|default(omit) }}"
-  register: test_result
-  check_mode: "{{ item.check_mode|default(omit) }}"
-  ignore_errors: "{{ item.expect_error|default(omit) }}"
 
-- name: check results [{{ item.name }}]
+- name: test cmd_echo module ({{ item.name }})
+  cmd_echo:
+    cmd: "{{ item.cmd | default(omit) }}"
+    path_prefix: "{{ item.path_prefix | default(omit) }}"
+    arg_formats: "{{ item.arg_formats | default(omit) }}"
+    arg_order: "{{ item.arg_order }}"
+    arg_values: "{{ item.arg_values | default(omit) }}"
+    check_mode_skip: "{{ item.check_mode_skip | default(omit) }}"
+    aa: "{{ item.aa | default(omit) }}"
+  register: test_result
+  check_mode: "{{ item.check_mode | default(omit) }}"
+  ignore_errors: "{{ item.expect_error | default(omit) }}"
+
+- name: check results ({{ item.name }})
   assert:
     that: "{{ item.assertions }}"

tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/vars/main.yml

@@ -138,3 +138,125 @@ cmd_echo_tests:
       - test_result.rc == 0
       - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
       - test_result.err == ""
+
+  - name: use cmd echo
+    cmd: echo
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    assertions:
+      - test_result.rc == 0
+      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
+      - test_result.err == ""
+
+  - name: use cmd /bin/echo
+    cmd: /bin/echo
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    assertions:
+      - test_result.rc == 0
+      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
+      - test_result.err == ""
+
+  # this will not be in the regular set of paths get_bin_path() searches
+  - name: use cmd {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/echo
+    condition: >
+      {{
+        ansible_distribution != "MacOSX" and
+        not (ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7.0', '<'))
+      }}
+    copy_to: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    cmd: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/echo"
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    assertions:
+      - test_result.rc == 0
+      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
+      - test_result.err == ""
+
+  - name: use cmd echo with path_prefix {{ remote_tmp_dir }}
+    cmd: echo
+    condition: >
+      {{
+        ansible_distribution != "MacOSX" and
+        not (ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7.0', '<'))
+      }}
+    copy_to: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    path_prefix: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    assertions:
+      - test_result.rc == 0
+      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
+      - test_result.err == ""
+
+  - name: use cmd never-existed
+    cmd: never-existed
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    expect_error: true
+    assertions:
+      - >
+        "Failed to find required executable" in test_result.msg
+
+  - name: use cmd /usr/bin/never-existed
+    cmd: /usr/bin/never-existed
+    arg_formats:
+      aa:
+        func: as_opt_eq_val
+        args: [--answer]
+      tt:
+        func: as_opt_val
+        args: [--tt-arg]
+    arg_order: 'aa tt'
+    arg_values:
+      tt: potatoes
+    aa: 11
+    expect_error: true
+    assertions:
+      - >
+        "No such file or directory" in test_result.msg