add type of elements of list in package modules (#63427)

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apk.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ options:
   name:
     description:
       - A package name, like C(foo), or multiple packages, like C(foo, bar).
+    type: list
+    elements: str
   repository:
     description:
       - A package repository or multiple repositories.
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'installed', 'absent', 'removed', 'latest']),
-            name=dict(type='list'),
+            name=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
             repository=dict(type='list'),
             update_cache=dict(default='no', type='bool'),
             upgrade=dict(default='no', type='bool'),

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ options:
       - A list of package names, like C(foo), or package specifier with version, like C(foo=1.0).
         Name wildcards (fnmatch) like C(apt*) and version wildcards like C(foo=1.0*) are also supported.
     aliases: [ package, pkg ]
+    type: list
+    elements: str
   state:
     description:
       - Indicates the desired package state. C(latest) ensures that the latest version is installed. C(build-dep) ensures the package build dependencies
@@ -1021,7 +1023,7 @@ def main():
             update_cache_retry_max_delay=dict(type='int', default=12),
             cache_valid_time=dict(type='int', default=0),
             purge=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            package=dict(type='list', aliases=['pkg', 'name']),
+            package=dict(type='list', elements='str', aliases=['pkg', 'name']),
             deb=dict(type='path'),
             default_release=dict(type='str', aliases=['default-release']),
             install_recommends=dict(type='bool', aliases=['install-recommends']),

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/homebrew.py

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ options:
         description:
             - list of names of packages to install/remove
         aliases: ['pkg', 'package', 'formula']
+        type: list
+        elements: str
     path:
         description:
             - "A ':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable.
@@ -814,6 +816,7 @@ def main():
                 aliases=["pkg", "package", "formula"],
                 required=False,
                 type='list',
+                elements='str',
             ),
             path=dict(
                 default="/usr/local/bin",

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/macports.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ options:
         description:
             - A list of port names.
         aliases: ['port']
+        type: list
+        elements: str
     selfupdate:
         description:
             - Update Macports and the ports tree, either prior to installing ports or as a separate step.
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ def deactivate_ports(module, port_path, ports):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            name=dict(aliases=["port"], type='list'),
+            name=dict(type='list', elements='str', aliases=["port"]),
             selfupdate=dict(aliases=["update_cache", "update_ports"], default=False, type='bool'),
             state=dict(default="present", choices=["present", "installed", "absent", "removed", "active", "inactive"]),
             upgrade=dict(default=False, type='bool'),

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/pacman.py

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ options:
             - Name or list of names of the package(s) or file(s) to install, upgrade, or remove.
               Can't be used in combination with C(upgrade).
         aliases: [ package, pkg ]
+        type: list
+        elements: str
 
     state:
         description:
@@ -416,7 +418,7 @@ def expand_package_groups(module, pacman_path, pkgs):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            name=dict(type='list', aliases=['pkg', 'package']),
+            name=dict(type='list', elements='str', aliases=['pkg', 'package']),
             state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'installed', 'latest', 'absent', 'removed']),
             force=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             extra_args=dict(type='str', default=''),

lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/portage.py

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ options:
   package:
     description:
       - Package atom or set, e.g. C(sys-apps/foo) or C(>foo-2.13) or C(@world)
+    type: list
+    elements: str
 
   state:
     description:
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ portage_absent_states = ['absent', 'unmerged', 'removed']
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            package=dict(default=None, aliases=['name'], type='list'),
+            package=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=None, aliases=['name']),
             state=dict(
                 default=portage_present_states[0],
                 choices=portage_present_states + portage_absent_states,