pacman: support yay as root

changelogs/fragments/6713-yay-become.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).

plugins/modules/pacman.py

@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
     it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the O(name) option.
   - To use an AUR helper (O(executable) option), a few extra setup steps might be required beforehand.
     For example, a dedicated build user with permissions to install packages could be necessary.
+  - >
+    In the tests, while using C(yay) as the O(executable) option, the module failed to install AUR packages
+    with the error: C(error: target not found: <pkg>).
 """
 
 RETURN = """
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@
     reason_for: all
 """
 
+import re
 import shlex
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ def _build_install_diff(pacman_verb, pkglist):
             for p in name_ver:
                 # With Pacman v6.0.1 - libalpm v13.0.1, --upgrade outputs "loading packages..." on stdout. strip that.
                 # When installing from URLs, pacman can also output a 'nothing to do' message. strip that too.
-                if "loading packages" in p or "there is nothing to do" in p:
+                if "loading packages" in p or "there is nothing to do" in p or 'Avoid running' in p:
                     continue
                 name, version = p.split()
                 if name in self.inventory["installed_pkgs"]:
@@ -706,11 +710,12 @@ def _build_inventory(self):
         installed_pkgs = {}
         dummy, stdout, dummy = self.m.run_command([self.pacman_path, "--query"], check_rc=True)
         # Format of a line: "pacman 6.0.1-2"
+        query_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<pkg>\S+)\s+(?P<ver>\S+)\s*$')
         for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
-            if not l:
+            query_match = query_re.match(l)
+            if not query_match:
                 continue
-            pkg, ver = l.split()
+            pkg, ver = query_match.groups()
             installed_pkgs[pkg] = ver
 
         installed_groups = defaultdict(set)
@@ -721,11 +726,12 @@ def _build_inventory(self):
         #     base-devel file
         #     base-devel findutils
         #     ...
+        query_groups_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<group>\S+)\s+(?P<pkg>\S+)\s*$')
         for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
-            if not l:
+            query_groups_match = query_groups_re.match(l)
+            if not query_groups_match:
                 continue
-            group, pkgname = l.split()
+            group, pkgname = query_groups_match.groups()
             installed_groups[group].add(pkgname)
 
         available_pkgs = {}
@@ -747,21 +753,27 @@ def _build_inventory(self):
         #     vim-plugins vim-airline-themes
         #     vim-plugins vim-ale
         #     ...
+        sync_groups_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<group>\S+)\s+(?P<pkg>\S+)\s*$')
         for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
-            if not l:
+            sync_groups_match = sync_groups_re.match(l)
+            if not sync_groups_match:
                 continue
-            group, pkg = l.split()
+            group, pkg = sync_groups_match.groups()
             available_groups[group].add(pkg)
 
         upgradable_pkgs = {}
         rc, stdout, stderr = self.m.run_command(
             [self.pacman_path, "--query", "--upgrades"], check_rc=False
         )
 
+        stdout = stdout.splitlines()
+        if stdout and "Avoid running" in stdout[0]:
+            stdout = stdout[1:]
+        stdout = "\n".join(stdout)
+
         # non-zero exit with nothing in stdout -> nothing to upgrade, all good
         # stderr can have warnings, so not checked here
-        if rc == 1 and stdout == "":
+        if rc == 1 and not stdout:
             pass  # nothing to upgrade
         elif rc == 0:
             # Format of lines:
@@ -771,7 +783,7 @@ def _build_inventory(self):
                 l = l.strip()
                 if not l:
                     continue
-                if "[ignored]" in l:
+                if "[ignored]" in l or "Avoid running" in l:
                     continue
                 s = l.split()
                 if len(s) != 4:

tests/integration/targets/pacman/handlers/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: Remove user yaybuilder
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: yaybuilder
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Remove yay
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: yay
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Remove packages for yay-become
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name:
+      - base-devel
+      - yay
+      - git
+      - nmap
+    state: absent

tests/integration/targets/pacman/tasks/main.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
     - include_tasks: 'update_cache.yml'
     - include_tasks: 'locally_installed_package.yml'
     - include_tasks: 'reason.yml'
+    - include_tasks: 'yay-become.yml'

tests/integration/targets/pacman/tasks/yay-become.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This is more convoluted that one might expect, because:
+#   - yay is not available or installation in ArchLinux (as it is in Manjaro - issue 6184 reports using it)
+#   - to install yay in ArchLinux requires building the package
+#   - makepkg cannot be run as root, but the user running it must have sudo to install the resulting package
+
+- name: create user
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: yaybuilder
+    state: present
+  notify: Remove user yaybuilder
+
+- name: grant sudo powers to builder
+  community.general.sudoers:
+    name: yaybuilder
+    user: yaybuilder
+    commands: ALL
+    nopassword: true
+
+- name: Install base packages
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name:
+      - base-devel
+      - git
+      - go
+    state: present
+  notify: Remove packages for yay-become
+
+- name: Hack permssions for the remote_tmp_dir
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    mode: '0777'
+
+- name: Create temp directory for builder
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/builder"
+    owner: yaybuilder
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: clone yay git repo
+  become: true
+  become_user: yaybuilder
+  ansible.builtin.git:
+    repo: https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir  }}/builder/yay"
+    depth: 1
+
+- name: make package
+  become: true
+  become_user: yaybuilder
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    chdir: "{{ remote_tmp_dir  }}/builder/yay"
+    cmd: makepkg -si --noconfirm
+  notify: Remove yay
+
+- name: Install nmap
+  community.general.pacman:
+    name: nmap
+    state: present
+    executable: yay
+    extra_args: --builddir /var/cache/yay