Remove with_items from apt

apcupsd/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # file: roles/baremetal/tasks/apcupsd.yml
 
 - name: ensure apcupsd is installed
-  apt: state=latest name=apcupsd
+  apt: state=present name=apcupsd
   notify:
     - restart apcupsd
   tags:

baremetal/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 
 - name: ensure baremetal-specific packages are installed
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
+    name:
       - lldpd
       - lm-sensors
       - hddtemp
       - smartmontools
       - hdparm
+    state: present
   tags:
     - baremetal
     - packages

branding/tasks/main.yml

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
   apt:
     name: apt-transport-https
     state: present
-  with_items: "{{ branding_apt_repos }}"
   when:
     - branding_apt_repos is defined
     - item|truncate(5, True, '') == "https"

cups-client/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # file: roles/cups-client/tasks/main.yml
 
 - name: ensure cups-client is installed
-  apt: name="{{item}}" state=latest
-  with_items:
+  apt:
+    name:
       - cups-client
       - cups-bsd
+    state: latest
   tags:
     - cups-client
     - packages

debian-updates/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 
 - name: ensure any dependencies are available
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
+    name:
       - python3
       - fortune-mod
       - fortunes
       - fortunes-off
+    state: present
   tags:
     - debian-updates
 

management/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 - name: ensure required software for ansible is installed
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
+    name:
       - python-yaml
       - python-jinja2
       - python-paramiko
@@ -13,6 +11,7 @@
       - python-packaging
       - asciidoc # documentation
       - squashfs-tools # needed for guest-overlay
+    state: present
   tags:
     - management
     - ansible
@@ -59,12 +58,11 @@
 
 - name: ensure we have the necessary packages for building packages
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
+    name:
       - build-essential
       - devscripts
       - debhelper
       - quilt
+    state: present
   tags:
     - management

nullmailer/tasks/main.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
     - nullmailer
 
 - name: ensure other smtp daemons are uninstalled
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=absent purge=yes
-  with_items:
+  apt:
+    state: absent
+    purge: yes
+    name:
       - exim4
       - postfix
       - citadel-mta

texlive/tasks/main.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 # this should be a real subset of texlive-full but not more than necessary
 - name: ensure texlive is installed
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest install_recommends=no
-  with_items:
+  apt:
+    name:
       - texlive-base
       - texlive-games
       - texlive-humanities
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
       - texlive-luatex
       - texlive-bibtex-extra
       - biber
+    state: present
+    install_recommends: no
   tags:
     - texlive
     - packages
 
 - name: ensure some texlive recommandations are installed
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest install_recommends=no
-  with_items:
+  apt:
+    name:
       - ghostscript 
       - lmodern 
       - texlive-fonts-recommended-doc 
@@ -49,23 +51,21 @@
       - fonts-sil-charis
       - texlive-fonts-extra
       - texlive-generic-extra
+    state: present
+    install_recommends: no
   tags:
     - texlive
     - packages
 
 - name: ensure some texlive recommandations are installed for jessie
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest install_recommends=no
-  with_items:
-    - fonts-droid 
+  apt: name=fonts-droid state=latest install_recommends=no
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
   tags:
     - texlive
     - packages
 
 - name: ensure some texlive recommandations are installed for stretch
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest install_recommends=no
-  with_items:
-    - fonts-droid-fallback
+  apt: name=fonts-droid-fallback state=latest install_recommends=no
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "stretch"
   tags:
     - texlive