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From: giovannisciortino <30353557+giovannisciortino@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 15:48:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?helpers.py:=20Fixes=20#27334=20include=20empty?=
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* helpers.py: Fixes #27334 include empty task file within a 'block' disables the complete block

* include module: added warning if file without tasks is included
---
 lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
index e3e502341b5..44f12eecef3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ def load_list_of_tasks(ds, play, block=None, role=None, task_include=None, use_h
                     try:
                         data = loader.load_from_file(include_file)
                         if data is None:
-                            return []
+                            display.warning('file %s is empty and had no tasks to include' % include_file)
+                            continue
                         elif not isinstance(data, list):
                             raise AnsibleParserError("included task files must contain a list of tasks", obj=data)