apt: fix cache time handling (#1517)

This change is in response to issue #1497 where the apt module would not properly updating the apt cache in some situations and never returned a state change on cache update when the module was used without or without an item to be installed or upgraded.

The change simply allows the apt module to update the cache when update_cache option is used without or without a set cache_valid_time.
If cache_valid_time is set and the on disk mtime for apt cache is ">" the provided amount of seconds, which now has a default of 0, the apt cache will be updated. Additionally if no upgrade, package, or deb is installed or changed but the apt cache is updated the module will return a changed state which will help users to know that the state of the environment has changed due to a task operation, even if it was only an apt cache update.

fixes #1497

Signed-off-by: Kevin Carter <kevin.carter@rackspace.com>

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

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ options:
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
   cache_valid_time:
     description:
-      - If C(update_cache) is specified and the last run is less or equal than I(cache_valid_time) seconds ago, the C(update_cache) gets skipped.
+      - Update the apt cache if its older than the I(cache_valid_time). This option is set in seconds.
     required: false
-    default: no
+    default: 0
   purge:
     description:
      - Will force purging of configuration files if the module state is set to I(absent).
@@ -696,12 +696,37 @@ def download(module, deb):
     return deb
 
 
+def get_cache_mtime():
+    """Return mtime of a valid apt cache file.
+    Stat the apt cache file and if no cache file is found return 0
+    :returns: ``int``
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(APT_UPDATE_SUCCESS_STAMP_PATH):
+        return os.stat(APT_UPDATE_SUCCESS_STAMP_PATH).st_mtime
+    elif os.path.exists(APT_LISTS_PATH):
+        return os.stat(APT_LISTS_PATH).st_mtime
+    else:
+        return 0
+
+
+def get_updated_cache_time():
+    """Return the mtime time stamp and the updated cache time.
+    Always retrieve the mtime of the apt cache or set the `cache_mtime`
+    variable to 0
+    :returns: ``tuple``
+    """
+    cache_mtime = get_cache_mtime()
+    mtimestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(cache_mtime)
+    updated_cache_time = int(time.mktime(mtimestamp.timetuple()))
+    return mtimestamp, updated_cache_time
+
+
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec = dict(
             state = dict(default='present', choices=['installed', 'latest', 'removed', 'absent', 'present', 'build-dep']),
             update_cache = dict(default=False, aliases=['update-cache'], type='bool'),
-            cache_valid_time = dict(type='int'),
+            cache_valid_time = dict(type='int', default=0),
             purge = dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             package = dict(default=None, aliases=['pkg', 'name'], type='list'),
             deb = dict(default=None, type='path'),
@@ -772,30 +797,16 @@ def main():
             # reopen cache w/ modified config
             cache.open(progress=None)
 
+
+        mtimestamp, updated_cache_time = get_updated_cache_time()
+        # Cache valid time is default 0, which will update the cache if
+        #  needed and `update_cache` was set to true
+        updated_cache = False
         if p['update_cache']:
-            # Default is: always update the cache
-            cache_valid = False
             now = datetime.datetime.now()
-            if p.get('cache_valid_time', False):
-                try:
-                    mtime = os.stat(APT_UPDATE_SUCCESS_STAMP_PATH).st_mtime
-                except:
-                    # Looks like the update-success-stamp is not available
-                    # Fallback: Checking the mtime of the lists
-                    try:
-                        mtime = os.stat(APT_LISTS_PATH).st_mtime
-                    except:
-                        # No mtime could be read. We update the cache to be safe
-                        mtime = False
-
-                if mtime:
             tdelta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=p['cache_valid_time'])
-                    mtimestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(mtime)
+            if not mtimestamp + tdelta >= now:
-                    if mtimestamp + tdelta >= now:
+                # Retry to update the cache up to 3 times
-                        cache_valid = True
-                        updated_cache_time = int(time.mktime(mtimestamp.timetuple()))
-
-            if cache_valid is not True:
                 for retry in range(3):
                     try:
                         cache.update()
@@ -806,12 +817,16 @@ def main():
                     module.fail_json(msg='Failed to update apt cache.')
                 cache.open(progress=None)
                 updated_cache = True
-                updated_cache_time = int(time.mktime(now.timetuple()))
+                mtimestamp, updated_cache_time = get_updated_cache_time()
+
+            # If theres nothing else to do exit. This will set state as
+            #  changed based on if the cache was updated.
             if not p['package'] and not p['upgrade'] and not p['deb']:
-                module.exit_json(changed=False, cache_updated=updated_cache, cache_update_time=updated_cache_time)
+                module.exit_json(
-        else:
+                    changed=updated_cache,
-            updated_cache = False
+                    cache_updated=updated_cache,
-            updated_cache_time = 0
+                    cache_update_time=updated_cache_time
+                )
 
         force_yes = p['force']
 
@@ -843,16 +858,33 @@ def main():
                 state_upgrade = True
             if p['state'] == 'build-dep':
                 state_builddep = True
-            result = install(module, packages, cache, upgrade=state_upgrade,
+
+            success, retvals = install(
+                module,
+                packages,
+                cache,
+                upgrade=state_upgrade,
                 default_release=p['default_release'],
                 install_recommends=install_recommends,
-                    force=force_yes, dpkg_options=dpkg_options,
+                force=force_yes,
-                    build_dep=state_builddep, autoremove=autoremove,
+                dpkg_options=dpkg_options,
+                build_dep=state_builddep,
+                autoremove=autoremove,
                 only_upgrade=p['only_upgrade'],
-                    allow_unauthenticated=allow_unauthenticated)
+                allow_unauthenticated=allow_unauthenticated
-            (success, retvals) = result
+            )
+
+            # Store if the cache has been updated
             retvals['cache_updated'] = updated_cache
+            # Store when the update time was last
             retvals['cache_update_time'] = updated_cache_time
+            # If the cache was updated and the general state change was set to
+            #  False make sure that the change in cache state is acurately
+            #  updated by setting the general changed state to the same as
+            #  the cache state.
+            if updated_cache and not retvals['changed']:
+                retvals['changed'] = updated_cache
+
             if success:
                 module.exit_json(**retvals)
             else: