ansible.cfg pathname setting

Hi-

The new ansible.cfg pathname Kconfig setting is vexing me a bit.

I generate kdevops .config files in a git repo on one system for a bunch
of automated test runners on other systems, each of which have their own
home directory.

The new ansible.cfg arrangement means the anisble.cfg pathname that is
soldered into the .config by default is my home directory, not the home
directory of the test runner.

I can set the test runner's home directory in each individual .config
but that's kind of painful if I need to run the workflow by hand for
working out bugs. I would rather have kdevops just plop the ansible.cfg
file in TOPDIR, whatever that happens to be for the day.

But there doesn't seem to be a mechanism to do that. The help says:

	  This option lets you specify the path and filename for the Ansible
	  configuration file. If the specified file already exists, it will not
	  be overwritten. Otherwise, kdevops will generate one using the settings
	  defined in this Kconfig menu.

	  If this option is left undefined or set to an empty string, kdevops
	  will not generate any configuration file. In that case, Ansible will
	  fall back to its own search order to locate a config file:
	    1. The ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable (if set)
	    2. ./ansible.cfg (in the current working directory)
	    3. ~/.ansible.cfg (in the user's home directory)
	    4. /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg (system-wide default)

I thought then that I could leave the pathname blank, but that means
no ansible.cfg is used. So now the new inventory pathname is not
specified at all, and that makes "make bringup" crap out. In other
words, a blank pathname only works if you build your own ansible.cfg.

So one idea would be to add a Kconfig option that means "Use a sensible
default location for the ansible.cfg file, but please do create it with
the settings here in .config, and please do remove it when we're done."

I think the inventory pathname needs similar treatment.

Any opinions about this idea? I can build it if folks agree to it.


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Chuck Lever