# These are safe to just check in check_mode, because in the module, the # logic to match packages will happen anyway. check_mode will just prevent # the transaction from actually running once the matches are found. - name: Remove {{ item }} dnf: name: "{{ item }}" state: absent check_mode: true register: sos_rm - debug: var: sos_rm - assert: that: - sos_rm is successful - sos_rm is changed - sos_rm.results|select("contains", "Removed: sos-{{ sos_version }}-{{ sos_release }}")|length > 0 - sos_rm.results|length > 0