issue #164: fix remote_tmp handling on <2.5

.travis/ansible_tests.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ echo travis_fold:end:docker_setup
 
 
 echo travis_fold:start:job_setup
-pip install -U ansible==${ANSIBLE_VERSION}"
+pip install -U ansible=="${ANSIBLE_VERSION}"
 cd ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/tests/ansible
 
 cat >> ${TMPDIR}/hosts <<-EOF

ansible_mitogen/mixins.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 from ansible.parsing.utils.jsonify import jsonify
 
 import ansible
+import ansible.constants
 import ansible.plugins
 import ansible.plugins.action
 
@@ -184,8 +185,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         try:
             s = self._connection._shell.get_option('remote_tmp')
         except AttributeError:
-            # Required for <2.4.x.
+            s = ansible.constants.DEFAULT_REMOTE_TMP  # <=2.4.x
-            s = '~/.ansible'
 
         return self._remote_expand_user(s)
 

tests/ansible/integration/runner__remote_tmp.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 - hosts: all
   gather_facts: true
   tasks:
-    - bash_return_paths:
+    - name: integration/runner__remote_tmp.yml
+      bash_return_paths:
       register: output
 
     - assert: