Merge 96aca32728 into d5d1d2e4dd

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           - rockylinux9
           - rockylinux8
           - fedora39
+          - ubuntu2404
           - ubuntu2204
           - ubuntu2004
           - debian12

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ The name of the package to install to get `pip` on the system. For older systems
 
 The role will try to autodetect the pip executable based on the `pip_package` (e.g. `pip` for Python 2 and `pip3` for Python 3). You can also override this explicitly, e.g. `pip_executable: pip3.6`.
 
+    pip_externally_managed: true
+
+Marking whether Python base environments should be "externally managed" or not.
+
     pip_install_packages: []
 
 A list of packages to install with pip. Examples below:

defaults/main.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 pip_package: python3-pip
 pip_executable: "{{ 'pip3' if pip_package.startswith('python3') else 'pip' }}"
 
+pip_externally_managed: true
 pip_install_packages: []

molecule/default/converge.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   become: true
 
   vars:
+    pip_externally_managed: false
     pip_install_packages:
       # Test installing a specific version of a package.
       - name: ipaddress

tasks/debian12.yml

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file if we're on Debian12
-# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57
-- name: Get python3 version installed
-  ansible.builtin.command: python3 --version
-  register: py3ver
-  changed_when: false
-
-- name: Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-    state: absent
-  when: py3ver is defined and py3ver.stdout.find("3.11") != -1

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 ---
-- name: Remove externally managed from Debian 12
-  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: debian12.yml
-  when:
-    - ansible_distribution == "Debian"
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 12
+# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED if pip_externally_managed is true and python3 version is 3.11 or higher.
+# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57
+- name: Get installed python3 version
+  ansible.builtin.shell: python3 --version | awk '{split($2, a, "."); print a[1] "." a[2]}'
+  register: py3ver
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Ensure "{{ 'absent' if not pip_externally_managed else 'present' }}" of EXTERNALLY-MANAGED's Python base environments
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/usr/lib/python{{ py3ver.stdout }}/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED"
+    state: "{{ 'absent' if not pip_externally_managed else 'touch' }}"
+  when: py3ver is defined and py3ver.stdout is version_compare('3.11', '>=')
 
 - name: Ensure Pip is installed.
   package: