only eval values if set from defaults

lib/ansible/constants.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean, BOOLEANS_TRUE
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.config.manager import ConfigManager, ensure_type
 
+
 def _deprecated(msg):
     ''' display is not guaranteed here, nor it being the full class, but try anyways, fallback to sys.stderr.write '''
     try:
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@ def _deprecated(msg):
         import sys
         sys.stderr.write('[DEPRECATED] %s, to be removed in 2.8' % msg)
 
+
 def mk_boolean(value):
     ''' moved to module_utils'''
     _deprecated('ansible.constants.mk_boolean() is deprecated.  Use ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool.boolean() instead')
     return boolean(value, strict=False)
 
+
 def get_config(parser, section, key, env_var, default_value, value_type=None, expand_relative_paths=False):
     ''' kept for backwarsd compatibility, but deprecated '''
     _deprecated('ansible.constants.get_config() is deprecated. There is new config API, see porting docs.')
@@ -49,10 +52,12 @@ def get_config(parser, section, key, env_var, default_value, value_type=None, ex
 
     return value
 
+
 def set_constant(name, value, export=vars()):
     ''' sets constants and returns resolved options dict '''
     export[name] = value
 
+
 ### CONSTANTS ### yes, actual ones
 BLACKLIST_EXTS = ('.pyc', '.pyo', '.swp', '.bak', '~', '.rpm', '.md', '.txt')
 BECOME_METHODS = ['sudo', 'su', 'pbrun', 'pfexec', 'doas', 'dzdo', 'ksu', 'runas', 'pmrun']
@@ -99,15 +104,16 @@ config = ConfigManager()
 # Generate constants from config
 for setting in config.data.get_settings():
 
-    value = None
+    value = setting.value
-    if isinstance(setting.value, string_types) and (setting.value.startswith('eval(') and setting.value.endswith(')')):
+    if setting.origin == 'default' and \
+       isinstance(setting.value, string_types) and \
+       (setting.value.startswith('eval(') and setting.value.endswith(')')):
         try:
             # FIXME: find better way to do in manager class and/or ensure types
             eval_string = setting.value.replace('eval(', '', 1)[:-1]
             value = ensure_type(eval(eval_string), setting.type)  # FIXME: safe eval?
         except:
-            value = setting.value
+            # FIXME: should we warn?
+            pass
 
     set_constant(setting.name, value or setting.value)
-
-