Don't display host pattern warning for empty groups (fixes #35255) (#39927)

7 years ago · 1cf07028d4
parent cbb6a7f4e8
commit 1cf07028d4
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
@ -544,8 +544,10 @@ class InventoryManager(object):
            if implicit:
                results.append(implicit)

-        if not results and pattern != 'all':
+        # Display warning if specified host pattern did not match any groups or hosts
+        if not results and not matching_groups and pattern != 'all':
            display.warning("Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: %s" % pattern)
+
        return results

    def list_hosts(self, pattern="all"):