role(locale_config): finally fix glitch in check mode

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ext_roles/*
 !ext_roles/.gitkeep
 test.yml
+.ansible/*
 
 # pyenv
 .venv/*

README.md

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 ```
 
 this ansible collection primarily aims to provide common roles that i've been building
-for either my home or the wululu web network and systems.  
+for either my home or the wululu web network and systems.
+
 by publishing it i hope it can be useful for anyone looking for inspiration
-or even roles ready-to-go.  
+or even roles ready-to-go.
+
 please mind that everything in this collection mainly focuses debian as a server operating system.
-thus i will not add features specific to other operating systems unless i really need to.  
+thus i will not add features specific to other operating systems unless i really need to.
+
 if you have any questions or suggestions feel free to get in touch with me.
 
 ## contents
@@ -23,10 +26,10 @@ if you have any questions or suggestions feel free to get in touch with me.
 * **docker** – a docker install role to install docker-ce engine [🠞README](roles/docker/README.md)
 
 ### playbooks
-* **test_connection.yml** – a playbook to test ansible and connectivity by running the `test` and the role 
+* **test_connection.yml** – a playbook to test ansible and connectivity by running ansible pings and the role `test`.
 
 ## usage
-to use a **playbook** provided with this collection you can use `import_playbook`:
+to use a **playbook** provided with this collection you can use `import_playbook`:  
 ```yaml
 - ansible.builtin.import_playbook: dede.common.test_connection.yml
 ```

galaxy.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace: dede
 name: common
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 0.3.0
+version: 0.3.1
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md

requirements-freeze.txt

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-ansible==11.1.0
-ansible-compat==24.10.0
-ansible-core==2.18.1
-ansible-lint==24.12.2
-attrs==24.3.0
-black==24.10.0
-bracex==2.5.post1
-cffi==1.17.1
-click==8.1.8
-cryptography==44.0.0
-filelock==3.16.1
-importlib_metadata==8.5.0
-Jinja2==3.1.5
-jsonschema==4.23.0
-jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
-MarkupSafe==3.0.2
-mypy-extensions==1.0.0
-packaging==24.2
-pathspec==0.12.1
-platformdirs==4.3.6
-pycparser==2.22
-PyYAML==6.0.2
-referencing==0.35.1
-resolvelib==1.0.1
-rpds-py==0.22.3
-ruamel.yaml==0.18.6
-subprocess-tee==0.4.2
-wcmatch==10.0
-yamllint==1.35.1
-zipp==3.21.0

requirements-raw.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ansible
+ansible-lint

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,33 @@
-ansible
-ansible-lint
+ansible==12.2.0
+ansible-compat==25.8.2
+ansible-core==2.19.4
+ansible-lint==25.9.2
+attrs==25.4.0
+black==25.9.0
+bracex==2.6
+cffi==2.0.0
+click==8.3.0
+cryptography==46.0.3
+distro==1.9.0
+filelock==3.20.0
+importlib_metadata==8.7.0
+Jinja2==3.1.6
+jsonschema==4.25.1
+jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
+MarkupSafe==3.0.3
+mypy_extensions==1.1.0
+packaging==25.0
+pathspec==0.12.1
+platformdirs==4.5.0
+pycparser==2.23
+pytokens==0.3.0
+PyYAML==6.0.3
+referencing==0.37.0
+resolvelib==1.2.1
+rpds-py==0.28.0
+ruamel.yaml==0.18.16
+ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.14
+subprocess-tee==0.4.2
+wcmatch==10.1
+yamllint==1.37.1
+zipp==3.23.0

roles/locale_config/tasks/main.yml

@@ -15,19 +15,24 @@
     name: "{{ locale_config_language }}"
 
 - name: get current locale and language configuration
-  register: locale_status
+  register: locale_config_status
   changed_when: false
   ignore_errors: true
+  check_mode: false
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: localectl status
 
-- name: set fact
+- name: remember current LANG config
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    locale_lang: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANG=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | first }}"
-    
+    locale_config_current: "{{ locale_config_status.stdout | regex_search('LANG=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | first }}"
+
+- name: print current config
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "LANG={{ locale_config_current }}"
+
 - name: set locale to '{{ locale_config_locale }}'
   become: true
-  changed_when: locale_lang != locale_config_locale
+  changed_when: locale_config_current != locale_config_locale
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: localectl set-locale LANG={{ locale_config_locale }}
 
@@ -35,6 +40,6 @@
   become: true
   changed_when: locale_language != locale_config_language
   vars:
-    locale_language: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) | first }}"
+    locale_language: "{{ locale_config_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_config_current], true) | first }}"
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: localectl set-locale LANGUAGE={{ locale_config_language }}

scripts/setup.sh

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ create_virtualenv() {
 # function to install python requirements
 install_requirements() {
   check_command "pip"
-  echo -e "${BLUE}installing python requirements from requirements-freeze.txt...${NC}"
+  echo -e "${BLUE}installing python requirements from requirements.txt...${NC}"
   source $VENV_DIR/bin/activate
   pip install --upgrade pip
-  if [ -f "requirements-freeze.txt" ]; then
-    pip install -r requirements-freeze.txt
+  if [ -f "requirements.txt" ]; then
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
   else
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}requirements-freeze.txt not found. skipping python requirements installation.${NC}"
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}requirements.txt not found. skipping python requirements installation.${NC}"
   fi
   deactivate
 }