From bef5ee2c3b8f4688d2d6d3d301b82f283e40b64d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:23:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve error on invalid vars file (if its a list instead of
 a dict)

---
 lib/ansible/playbook/play.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
index 4abd51fbb9..e404e8ab01 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ class Play(object):
             if os.path.isfile(vars):
                 vars_data = utils.parse_yaml_from_file(vars)
                 if vars_data:
+                    if not isinstance(vars_data, dict):
+                        raise errors.AnsibleError("vars from '%s' are not a dict" % vars)
                     role_vars = utils.combine_vars(vars_data, role_vars)
             defaults = self._resolve_main(utils.path_dwim(self.basedir, os.path.join(role_path, 'defaults')))
             defaults_data = {}