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+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2012, Afterburn
+# Written by Afterburn <http://github.com/afterburn> 
+# Based on apt module written by Matthew Williams <matthew@flowroute.com>
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: pacman
+short_description: Package manager for Archlinux
+description:
+    - Manages Archlinux packages
+
+version_added: "0.0.9"
+options:
+    pkg:
+        description:
+            - Define the state of a package (install/remove)
+        required: true
+
+author: Afterburn
+notes:  []
+examples:
+    - code: "pacman: name=foo state=latest"
+      description: update package db and install package foo
+    - code: "pacman: name=foo state=absent"
+      description: remove package foo
+    - code: "pacman: name=foo,bar state=absent
+      description: remove packages foo and bar (if installed)
+      
+'''
+
+
+import json
+import shlex
+import os
+import sys
+
+PACMAN_PATH = "/usr/bin/pacman"
+
+def query_package(module, name, state="installed"):
+
+    # query_package returns True if the package does not
+    # need to be installed/upgraded. Otherwise it returns 
+    # False 
+
+
+    # pacman -Q returns 0 if the package is installed,
+    # 1 if it is not installed
+    if state == "installed":
+        rc = os.system("pacman -Q %s" % (name))
+
+        if rc == 0:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    
+    # pacman -Qu return 0 if update is needed
+    # otherwise it returns 1
+    rc = os.system("pacman -Qu %s" % (name))
+
+    if rc == 1:
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+        
+        
+
+
+def update_package_db(module):
+    rc = os.system("pacman -Syy")
+
+    if rc != 0:
+        module.fail_json(msg="could not update package db")
+
+         
+
+def remove_packages(module, packages):
+    
+    remove_c = 0
+    # Using a for loop incase of error, we can report the package that failed
+    for package in packages:
+        # Query the package first, to see if we even need to remove
+        if not query_package(module, package):
+            continue
+
+        rc = os.system("pacman -R %s --noconfirm" % (package))
+
+        if rc != 0:
+            module.fail_json(msg="failed to remove %s" % (package))
+    
+        remove_c += 1
+
+    if remove_c > 0:
+
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="removed %s package(s)" % remove_c)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="package(s) already absent")
+
+
+def install_packages(module, packages):
+
+    install_c = 0
+
+    for package in packages:
+        if query_package(module, package):
+            continue
+
+        rc = os.system("pacman -S %s --noconfirm" % (package))
+
+        if rc != 0:
+            module.fail_json(msg="failed to install %s" % (package))
+
+        install_c += 1
+    
+    if install_c > 0:
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="installed %s package(s)" % (install_c))
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="package(s) already installed")
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+            argument_spec = dict(
+                state = dict(default="installed", choices=["latest",
+                                                           "installed",
+                                                           "absent"]),
+                name   = dict(default=None, aliases=["pkg"])))
+                
+
+    if not os.path.exists(PACMAN_PATH):
+        module.fail_json(msg="cannot find pacman, looking for %s" % (PACMAN_PATH))
+
+    p = module.params
+
+
+    if p["name"] == None:
+        module.fail_json(msg="no packages specified")
+
+    pkgs = p["name"].split(",")
+
+    if p["state"] == "installed":
+        install_packages(module, pkgs)
+
+    # To have the packages at "latest" we need
+    # to update the package db first
+    elif p["state"] == "latest":
+        update_package_db(module)
+        install_packages(module, pkgs)
+     
+    elif p["state"] == "absent":
+        remove_packages(module, pkgs)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+    
+main()