diff --git a/packaging/apt_repository b/packaging/apt_repository
index 4587d90ba78..7a19dabc167 100644
--- a/packaging/apt_repository
+++ b/packaging/apt_repository
@@ -352,7 +352,10 @@ def get_add_ppa_signing_key_callback(module):
     def _run_command(command):
         module.run_command(command, check_rc=True)
 
-    return _run_command if not module.check_mode else None
+    if module.check_mode:
+        return _run_command 
+    else:
+        return None
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/packaging/cpanm b/packaging/cpanm
index 5f5ae98022f..1c73d2727c8 100644
--- a/packaging/cpanm
+++ b/packaging/cpanm
@@ -72,14 +72,17 @@ author: Franck Cuny
 def _is_package_installed(module, name, locallib, cpanm):
     cmd = ""
     if locallib:
-        cmd = "PERL5LIB={locallib}/lib/perl5".format(locallib=locallib)
-    cmd = "{cmd} perl -M{name} -e '1'".format(cmd=cmd, name=name)
+        os.environ["PERL5LIB"] = "%s/lib/perl5" % locallib
+    cmd = "%s perl -M%s -e '1'" % (cmd, name)
     res, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=False)
-    installed = True if res == 0 else False
-    return installed
-
+    if res == 0 
+       return True
+    else 
+       return False
 
 def _build_cmd_line(name, from_path, notest, locallib, mirror, cpanm):
+    # this code should use "%s" like everything else and just return early but not fixing all of it now.
+    # don't copy stuff like this
     if from_path:
         cmd = "{cpanm} {path}".format(cpanm=cpanm, path=from_path)
     else:
@@ -111,21 +114,20 @@ def main():
         required_one_of=[['name', 'from_path']],
     )
 
-    cpanm = module.get_bin_path('cpanm', True)
-
-    name = module.params['name']
+    cpanm     = module.get_bin_path('cpanm', True)
+    name      = module.params['name']
     from_path = module.params['from_path']
-    notest = module.boolean(module.params.get('notest', False))
-    locallib = module.params['locallib']
-    mirror = module.params['mirror']
+    notest    = module.boolean(module.params.get('notest', False))
+    locallib  = module.params['locallib']
+    mirror    = module.params['mirror']
 
-    changed = False
+    changed   = False
 
     installed = _is_package_installed(module, name, locallib, cpanm)
 
     if not installed:
         out_cpanm = err_cpanm = ''
-        cmd = _build_cmd_line(name, from_path, notest, locallib, mirror, cpanm)
+        cmd       = _build_cmd_line(name, from_path, notest, locallib, mirror, cpanm)
 
         rc_cpanm, out_cpanm, err_cpanm = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=False)
 
@@ -137,7 +139,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, binary=cpanm, name=name)
 
-
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
diff --git a/packaging/gem b/packaging/gem
index 25fc337e14e..079711fecfe 100644
--- a/packaging/gem
+++ b/packaging/gem
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_rubygems_path(module):
         return module.get_bin_path('gem', True)
 
 def get_rubygems_version(module):
-    cmd = [get_rubygems_path(module), '--version']
+    cmd = [ get_rubygems_path(module), '--version' ]
     (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True)
 
     match = re.match(r'^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)', out)
diff --git a/packaging/macports b/packaging/macports
index b58224b63fe..ae7010b1cbd 100644
--- a/packaging/macports
+++ b/packaging/macports
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - macports: name=foo state=inactive
 '''
 
+import pipes
 
 def update_package_db(module, port_path):
     """ Updates packages list. """
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def query_package(module, port_path, name, state="present"):
 
     if state == "present":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed | grep -q ^.*%s" % (port_path, name))
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed | grep -q ^.*%s" % (pipes.quote(port_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
         if rc == 0:
             return True
 
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ def query_package(module, port_path, name, state="present"):
 
     elif state == "active":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed %s | grep -q active" % (port_path, name))
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s installed %s | grep -q active" % (pipes.quote(port_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+
         if rc == 0:
             return True
 
diff --git a/packaging/opkg b/packaging/opkg
index 4a834cf1a39..0187abe56a8 100644
--- a/packaging/opkg
+++ b/packaging/opkg
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - opkg: name=foo,bar state=absent
 '''
 
+import pipes
 
 def update_package_db(module, opkg_path):
     """ Updates packages list. """
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def query_package(module, opkg_path, name, state="present"):
 
     if state == "present":
 
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s list-installed | grep -q ^%s" % (opkg_path, name))
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s list-installed | grep -q ^%s" % (pipes.quote(opkg_path), pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
         if rc == 0:
             return True
 
diff --git a/packaging/pacman b/packaging/pacman
index a4a24ca5fd1..46b7f4c755f 100644
--- a/packaging/pacman
+++ b/packaging/pacman
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def query_package(module, name, state="installed"):
 
 
 def update_package_db(module):
-    cmd = "pacman -Syy > /dev/null"
+    cmd = "pacman -Syy"
     rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=False)
 
     if rc != 0:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def remove_packages(module, packages):
         if not query_package(module, package):
             continue
 
-        cmd = "pacman -%s %s --noconfirm > /dev/null" % (args, package)
+        cmd = "pacman -%s %s --noconfirm" % (args, package)
         rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=False)
 
         if rc != 0:
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def install_packages(module, packages, package_files):
         else:
             params = '-S %s' % package
 
-        cmd = "pacman %s --noconfirm > /dev/null" % (params)
+        cmd = "pacman %s --noconfirm" % (params)
         rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=False)
 
         if rc != 0: