Merge e31700d993 into 6da1331018

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>

.ansible-lint

@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024, Ansible Project
 
 skip_list:
-  - meta-runtime[unsupported-version]  # This rule doesn't make any sense
+  - meta-runtime[unsupported-version]  # Tis rule doesn't make any sense
   - fqcn[deep]  # This rule produces false positives for files in tests/unit/plugins/action/fixtures/
-  - sanity[cannot-ignore]  # This rule is skipped to keep backward compatibility with Python 2
-
 exclude_paths:
   - changelogs/
-  - .github/
-  - tests/
-  - meta/

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pool: Standard
 
 stages:
   - stage: Sanity_devel
-    displayName: Ansible devel Sanity & Units & Lint
+    displayName: Ansible devel sanity
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
@@ -57,41 +57,8 @@ stages:
               test: units
             - name: Lint
               test: lint
-
-  - stage: Sanity_2_21
-    displayName: Ansible 2.21 Sanity & Units & Lint
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: "{0}"
-          testFormat: 2.21/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Sanity
-              test: sanity
-            - name: Units
-              test: units
-            - name: Lint
-              test: lint
-
-  - stage: Sanity_2_20
-    displayName: Ansible 2.20 Sanity & Units & Lint
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: "{0}"
-          testFormat: 2.20/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Sanity
-              test: sanity
-            - name: Units
-              test: units
-            - name: Lint
-              test: lint
-
   - stage: Sanity_2_19
-    displayName: Ansible 2.19 Sanity & Units & Lint
+    displayName: Ansible 2.19 sanitay & Units & Lint
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
@@ -105,9 +72,8 @@ stages:
               test: units
             - name: Lint
               test: lint
-
   - stage: Sanity_2_18
-    displayName: Ansible 2.18 Sanity & Units & Lint
+    displayName: Ansible 2.18 sanity & Units & Lint
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
@@ -121,7 +87,34 @@ stages:
               test: units
             - name: Lint
               test: lint
-
+  - stage: Sanity_2_17
+    displayName: Ansible 2.17 sanity & Units & Lint
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: "{0}"
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Sanity
+              test: sanity
+            - name: Units
+              test: units
+            - name: Lint
+              test: lint
+  - stage: Sanity_2_16
+    displayName: Ansible 2.16 sanity & Units & Lint
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: "{0}"
+          testFormat: 2.16/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Sanity
+              test: sanity
+            - name: Units
+              test: units
   ## Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
     displayName: Docker devel
@@ -130,36 +123,6 @@ stages:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 44
-              test: fedora44
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu2404
-
-  - stage: Docker_2_21
-    displayName: Docker 2.21
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 44
-              test: fedora44
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu2404
-
-  - stage: Docker_2_20
-    displayName: Docker 2.20
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.20/linux/{0}/1
           targets:
             - name: Fedora 42
               test: fedora42
@@ -167,7 +130,6 @@ stages:
               test: ubuntu2204
             - name: Ubuntu 24.04
               test: ubuntu2404
-
   - stage: Docker_2_19
     displayName: Docker 2.19
     dependsOn: []
@@ -182,7 +144,6 @@ stages:
               test: ubuntu2204
             - name: Ubuntu 24.04
               test: ubuntu2404
-
   - stage: Docker_2_18
     displayName: Docker 2.18
     dependsOn: []
@@ -197,6 +158,32 @@ stages:
               test: ubuntu2204
             - name: Ubuntu 24.04
               test: ubuntu2404
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+  - stage: Docker_2_16
+    displayName: Docker 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
 
   ## Remote
   - stage: Remote_devel
@@ -207,49 +194,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
-              test: rhel/10.1
+              test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
+            - name: RHEL 9.6
-              test: rhel/9.7
+              test: rhel/9.6
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.4
-              test: freebsd/14.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 15.0
-              test: freebsd/15.0
-
-  - stage: Remote_2_21
-    displayName: Remote 2.21
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
-              test: rhel/9.7
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.4
-              test: freebsd/14.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 15.0
-              test: freebsd/15.0
-
-  - stage: Remote_2_20
-    displayName: Remote 2.20
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.20/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
-              test: rhel/9.7
             - name: FreeBSD 14.3
               test: freebsd/14.3
             - name: FreeBSD 13.5
               test: freebsd/13.5
-
   - stage: Remote_2_19
     displayName: Remote 2.19
     dependsOn: []
@@ -258,15 +210,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.19/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
-              test: rhel/10.1
+              test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
-              test: rhel/9.7
+              test: rhel/9.5
             - name: FreeBSD 14.2
               test: freebsd/14.2
             - name: FreeBSD 13.5
               test: freebsd/13.5
-
   - stage: Remote_2_18
     displayName: Remote 2.18
     dependsOn: []
@@ -275,30 +226,52 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.18/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
-              test: rhel/10.1
+              test: rhel/9.4
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
-              test: rhel/9.7
             - name: FreeBSD 13.5
               test: freebsd/13.5
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+  - stage: Remote_2_16
+    displayName: Remote 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 8.8
+              test: rhel/8.8
+            - name: RHEL 9.2
+              test: rhel/9.2
 
   ## Finally
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
+      - Sanity_2_16
+      - Remote_2_16
+      - Docker_2_16
+      - Sanity_2_17
+      - Remote_2_17
+      - Docker_2_17
       - Sanity_2_18
       - Remote_2_18
       - Docker_2_18
       - Sanity_2_19
       - Remote_2_19
       - Docker_2_19
-      - Sanity_2_20
-      - Remote_2_20
-      - Docker_2_20
-      - Sanity_2_21
-      - Remote_2_21
-      - Docker_2_21
       - Sanity_devel
       - Remote_devel
       - Docker_devel

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+automerge: false
+files:
+  $module_utils/mount.py:
+    labels: mount
+  $modules/acl.py:
+    authors: astorije bcoca
+    labels: acl
+    ignore: astorije
+  $modules/at.py:
+    authors: risaacson
+    labels: at
+  $modules/authorized_key.py:
+    authors: ansible
+    labels: authorized_key
+  $modules/mount.py:
+    authors: ansible skvidal
+    maintainers: jtyr
+    labels: mount
+    ignore: skvidal
+  $modules/patch.py:
+    authors: jirutka luisperlaz
+  $modules/seboolean.py:
+    authors: sfromm
+    labels: seboolean
+  $modules/selinux.py:
+    authors: goozbach
+    maintainers: samdoran
+    labels: selinux
+  $modules/synchronize.py:
+    authors: tima
+    labels: synchronize
+  $modules/sysctl.py:
+    authors: davixx
+    maintainers: Akasurde
+    labels: sysctl
+  $plugins/:
+    labels: profile
+  $plugins/debug.py:
+    labels: debug
+  $plugins/patch.py:
+    labels: patch
+  $plugins/synchronize.py:
+    labels: synchronize
+  $plugins/timer.py:
+macros:
+  actions: plugins/action
+  callbacks: plugins/callback
+  module_utils: plugins/module_utils
+  modules: plugins/modules
+  plugins: plugins/plugins
+  shells: plugins/shell

.github/workflows/certification.yml

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
----
-# This workflow calls the latest version of the
-# reusable workflow.
-# You can copy this file into your respository if
-# you want to check against pinned versions of
-# Automation Hub tests.
-name: Run collection certification checks
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 6 * * *'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: cert-ver-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-
-# Files that are not related to the core functionality
-# of your collection can cause Ansible Lint to fail.
-# If this happens, add an .ansible-lint file that includes
-# those files and directories to the root of your
-# repository; for example:
-# https://github.com/ansible-collections/partner-certification-checker/blob/main/.ansible-lint
-# https://github.com/ansible-collections/partner-certification-checker/blob/main/.ansible-lint
-
-# If there are sanity test failures that cannot be fixed and are allowed to ignore
-# https://docs.ansible.com/projects/lint/rules/sanity/, create a sanity ignore file
-# https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/testing/sanity/ignores.html#ignore-file-location
-# for each affected version of ansible-core (for example, `tests/sanity/ignore-2.18.txt`) and add corresponding entries.
-jobs:
-  call:
-    uses: ansible-collections/partner-certification-checker/.github/workflows/certification-reusable.yml@v0.1

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Add CI and code coverage badges here. Samples included below. -->
 [![Build Status](
 https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible.posix/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible.posix/_build?definitionId=26)
-[![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/ansible.posix)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/ansible.posix)
+[![Run Status](https://api.shippable.com/projects/5e669aaf8b17a60007e4d18d/badge?branch=main)]() <!--[![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/ansible.posix)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/ansible.posix)-->
 
 ## Communication
 

changelogs/fragments/638_fix_recursive_acl.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - acl - correctly assert needed changes when pointing to a directory and recursive is set to true.

changelogs/fragments/639_fix_authorized_key.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible.posix.authorized_key - fixes error on permission denied in authorized_key module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/462).

changelogs/fragments/682_update_ci_20250929.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-trivial:
-  - Updatng AZP CI matrix to ignore ansible-bad-import-from on six(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/pull/682).
-  - Skipped sanity[cannot-ignore] to keep backward compatibility with Python2.
-  - Consolidate all ansible-lint option locations into .ansible-lint file.

changelogs/fragments/686_fix_deprecated_imports.yml

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - acl - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - authorized_key - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` and ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - cgroup_perf_recap callback - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` and ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - csh shell plugin - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - firewalld_info - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - fish shell plugin - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - json callback - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - jsonl callback - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - mount - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` and ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - patch - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - profile_roles callback - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils.six`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - profile_tasks callback - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils.six`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - rhel_rpm_ostree - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - rpm_ostree_upgrade - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - seboolean - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - synchronize - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text``, ``ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat``, and ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).
-  - sysctl - fix deprecated ``ansible.module_utils._text`` and ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/686).

changelogs/fragments/693_azp_update_20251205.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-trivial:
-  - AZP - Update AZP matrix to follow ansible-test changes.
-  - Add ignore file for Ansible Core 2.21.
-  - Remove ignore lines for ansible-bad-import-from in 2.20 sanity tests.

changelogs/fragments/synchronize.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - synchronize - use _find_needle to find the file in path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/381).

plugins/action/patch.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import os
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAction, _AnsibleActionDone, AnsibleActionFail
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 

plugins/action/synchronize.py

@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import os.path
-from collections.abc import MutableSequence
-from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
 
 from ansible import constants as C
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableSequence
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 from ansible.plugins.loader import connection_loader
@@ -47,10 +48,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         if ':' in path or path.startswith('/'):
             return path
 
-        if self._task._role is not None:
+        path = self._find_needle('files', path)
-            path = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(self._task._role._role_path, 'files', path)
-        else:
-            path = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(self._loader.get_basedir(), 'files', path)
 
         if original_path and original_path[-1] == '/' and path[-1] != '/':
             # make sure the dwim'd path ends in a trailing "/"
@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             # Replicate what we do in the module argumentspec handling for lists
             if not isinstance(_tmp_args.get('rsync_opts'), MutableSequence):
                 tmp_rsync_opts = _tmp_args.get('rsync_opts', [])
-                if isinstance(tmp_rsync_opts, str):
+                if isinstance(tmp_rsync_opts, string_types):
                     tmp_rsync_opts = tmp_rsync_opts.split(',')
                 elif isinstance(tmp_rsync_opts, (int, float)):
                     tmp_rsync_opts = [to_text(tmp_rsync_opts)]

plugins/callback/cgroup_perf_recap.py

@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
 from functools import partial
 
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.six import with_metaclass
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ def dict_fromkeys(keys, default=None):
     return d
 
 
-class BaseProf(threading.Thread, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class BaseProf(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, threading.Thread)):
     def __init__(self, path, obj=None, writer=None):
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)  # pylint: disable=non-parent-init-called
         self.obj = obj

plugins/callback/json.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import json
 from functools import partial
 
 from ansible.inventory.host import Host
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 

plugins/callback/jsonl.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import copy
 from functools import partial
 
 from ansible.inventory.host import Host
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 

plugins/callback/profile_roles.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import collections
 import time
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
-from functools import reduce
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import reduce
 
 # define start time
 t0 = tn = time.time()

plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ import collections
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from functools import reduce
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import reduce
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
 

plugins/modules/acl.py

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 def split_entry(entry):
@@ -244,16 +244,16 @@ def acl_changed(module, cmd, entry, use_nfsv4_acls=False):
     lines = run_acl(module, cmd)
     counter = 0
     for line in lines:
-        if not use_nfsv4_acls and not line.endswith('*,*'):
+        if line.endswith('*,*') and not use_nfsv4_acls:
-            return True
+            return False
         # if use_nfsv4_acls and entry is listed
         if use_nfsv4_acls and entry == line:
             counter += 1
 
     # The current 'nfs4_setfacl --test' lists a new entry,
-    # which will be added at the top of the list, followed by the existing entries.
+    #  which will be added at the top of list, followed by the existing entries.
-    # So if the entry has already been registered, the entry should be found twice.
+    # So if the entry has already been registered, the entry should be find twice.
-    if not use_nfsv4_acls or counter == 2:
+    if counter == 2:
         return False
     return True
 

plugins/modules/authorized_key.py

@@ -225,21 +225,12 @@ import os.path
 import tempfile
 import re
 import shlex
-import errno
-import traceback
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-# TODO(Python2): urllib.parse is available in Python 3. This module may run on
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
-# target hosts with Python 2.7 (e.g., older RHEL systems in CI integration tests).
-# Remove the try/except fallback to urlparse when Python 2 support is dropped.
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urlparse import urlparse
-
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
 class keydict(dict):
@@ -484,18 +475,16 @@ def parsekey(module, raw_key, rank=None):
     return (key, key_type, options, comment, rank)
 
 
-def readfile(module, filename):
+def readfile(filename):
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+        return ''
+
+    f = open(filename)
     try:
-        with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        return f.read()
-            return f.read()
+    finally:
-    except IOError as e:
+        f.close()
-        if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
-            module.fail_json(msg="Permission denied on file or path for authorized keys file: %s" % filename,
-                             exception=traceback.format_exc())
-        elif e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-            return ''
-        else:
-            raise
 
 
 def parsekeys(module, lines):
@@ -608,7 +597,7 @@ def enforce_state(module, params):
     # check current state -- just get the filename, don't create file
     do_write = False
     params["keyfile"] = keyfile(module, user, do_write, path, manage_dir)
-    existing_content = readfile(module, params["keyfile"])
+    existing_content = readfile(params["keyfile"])
     existing_keys = parsekeys(module, existing_content)
 
     # Add a place holder for keys that should exist in the state=present and

plugins/modules/firewalld_info.py

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ firewalld_info:
 '''
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.module_utils._respawn import respawn_module, HAS_RESPAWN_UTIL
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.module_utils.version import StrictVersion
 

plugins/modules/mount.py

@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ import platform
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.module_utils.mount import ismount
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 
 
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ def _set_mount_save_old(module, args):
     old_lines = []
     exists = False
     changed = False
-    escaped_args = dict([(k, _escape_fstab(v)) for k, v in args.items()])
+    escaped_args = dict([(k, _escape_fstab(v)) for k, v in iteritems(args)])
     new_line = '%(src)s %(name)s %(fstype)s %(opts)s %(dump)s %(passno)s\n'
 
     if platform.system() == 'SunOS':

plugins/modules/patch.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 from traceback import format_exc
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class PatchError(Exception):

plugins/modules/rhel_rpm_ostree.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ import os
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 
 
 def locally_installed(module, pkgname):

plugins/modules/rpm_ostree_upgrade.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ import os
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
 
 
 def rpm_ostree_transaction(module):

plugins/modules/seboolean.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ except ImportError:
     HAVE_SEMANAGE = False
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.module_utils._respawn import respawn_module, HAS_RESPAWN_UTIL
 
 

plugins/modules/synchronize.py

@@ -367,16 +367,9 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 import os
 import errno
 
-# TODO(Python2): shlex.quote was added in Python 3.3. This module may run on
-# target hosts with Python 2.7 (e.g., older RHEL systems in CI integration tests).
-# Remove the try/except fallback to pipes.quote when Python 2 support is dropped.
-try:
-    from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
-except ImportError:
-    from pipes import quote as shlex_quote
-
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 
 
 client_addr = None

plugins/modules/sysctl.py

@@ -107,20 +107,12 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 import os
 import platform
 import re
-import sys
 import tempfile
 
-# TODO(Python2): On Python 2, string_types is basestring (str + unicode).
-# This module may run on target hosts with Python 2.7.
-# Remove the Python 2 branch when Python 2 support is dropped.
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
-    string_types = str
-else:
-    string_types = basestring  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
-
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import BOOLEANS_FALSE, BOOLEANS_TRUE
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class SysctlModule(object):

plugins/shell/csh.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - shell_common
 '''
 
-from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
+from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 from ansible.plugins.shell import ShellBase
 
 
@@ -42,5 +43,5 @@ class ShellModule(ShellBase):
         ret = []
         # All the -u options must be first, so we process them first
         ret += ['-u %s' % k for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is None]
-        ret += ['%s=%s' % (k, shlex_quote(str(v))) for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None]
+        ret += ['%s=%s' % (k, shlex_quote(text_type(v))) for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None]
         return 'env %s' % ' '.join(ret)

plugins/shell/fish.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - shell_common
 '''
 
-from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
+from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 from ansible.plugins.shell.sh import ShellModule as ShModule
 
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class ShellModule(ShModule):
             if v is None:
                 ret.append('set -e %s;' % k)
             else:
-                ret.append('set -lx %s %s;' % (k, shlex_quote(str(v))))
+                ret.append('set -lx %s %s;' % (k, shlex_quote(text_type(v))))
         return ' '.join(ret)
 
     def build_module_command(self, env_string, shebang, cmd, arg_path=None):

tests/integration/targets/acl/tasks/acl.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 ---
 # (c) 2017, Martin Krizek <mkrizek@redhat.com>
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 - name: Create ansible user
   ansible.builtin.user:
@@ -29,17 +43,15 @@
 
 - name: Create ansible dir
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    path: "{{ test_dir }}"
     state: directory
-    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
+    mode: "0755"
-  loop:
-    - { path: "{{ test_dir }}", mode: "0755" }
-    - { path: "{{ test_recursive_dir }}", mode: "0755" }
 
 - name: Install acl package
   ansible.builtin.package:
     name: acl
     state: present
+
 ##############################################################################
 - name: Grant ansible user read access to a file
   ansible.posix.acl:
@@ -237,38 +249,3 @@
       - "'default:mask::rwx' in getfacl_output.stdout_lines"
       - "'default:other::r-x' in getfacl_output.stdout_lines"
       - "'default:group:{{ test_group }}:rw-' not in getfacl_output.stdout_lines"
-
-##############################################################################
-
-- name: create file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: "{{ test_recursive_dir }}/txt.txt"
-    mode: '0440'
-    content: "hw"
-
-- name: Change ACLs recursively
-  ansible.posix.acl:
-    path: "{{ test_recursive_dir }}"
-    entity: "{{ test_user }}"
-    etype: user
-    permissions: rX
-    state: present
-    recursive: true
-  register: output_acl_change
-
-- name: Remove ACLs recursively again
-  ansible.posix.acl:
-    path: "{{ test_recursive_dir }}"
-    entity: "{{ test_user }}"
-    etype: user
-    permissions: r
-    state: present
-    recursive: true
-  register: output_acl_remove
-
-- assert:
-    that:
-      - output_acl_change is changed
-      - output_acl_change is not failed
-      - output_acl_remove is changed
-      - output_acl_remove is not failed

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

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 ---
 # (c) 2017, Martin Krizek <mkrizek@redhat.com>
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 - name: Test ACL
   vars:
@@ -8,7 +22,6 @@
     test_group: ansible_group
     test_file: "{{ output_dir }}/ansible file"
     test_dir: "{{ output_dir }}/ansible_dir/with some space"
-    test_recursive_dir: "{{ output_dir }}/recursive_dir"
   block:
     - name: Include tests task file
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: acl.yml

tests/integration/targets/authorized_key/tasks/check_permissions.yml

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
----
-# -------------------------------------------------------------
-# check permissions
-
-- name: Create a file that is not accessible
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    state: touch
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/file_permissions"
-    owner: root
-    mode: '0000'
-
-- name: Create unprivileged user
-  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: nopriv
-    create_home: true
-
-- name: Try to delete a key from an unreadable file
-  become: true
-  become_user: nopriv
-  ansible.posix.authorized_key:
-    user: root
-    key: "{{ dss_key_basic }}"
-    state: absent
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/file_permissions"
-  register: result
-  ignore_errors: true
-
-- name: Assert that the key deletion has failed
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - result is failed
-
-- name: Remove the file
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    state: absent
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/file_permissions"
-
-- name: Remove the user
-  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: nopriv
-    state: absent

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

@@ -34,6 +34,3 @@
 
 - name: Test for specifying key as a path
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: check_path.yml
-
-- name: Test for permission denied files
-  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: check_permissions.yml

tests/sanity/ignore-2.14.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/check_matrix.py replace-urlopen
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.15.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/check_matrix.py replace-urlopen
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.17.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.18.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/sanity/ignore-2.20.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/utils/shippable/timing.py shebang

tests/unit/compat/builtins.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# (c) 2014, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+#
+# Compat for python2.7
+#
+
+# One unittest needs to import builtins via __import__() so we need to have
+# the string that represents it
+try:
+    import __builtin__
+except ImportError:
+    BUILTINS = 'builtins'
+else:
+    BUILTINS = '__builtin__'
+    __all__ = ['__builtin__']

tests/unit/mock/loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+
+
+class DictDataLoader(DataLoader):
+
+    def __init__(self, file_mapping=None):
+        file_mapping = {} if file_mapping is None else file_mapping
+        assert isinstance(file_mapping, dict)
+
+        super(DictDataLoader, self).__init__()
+
+        self._file_mapping = file_mapping
+        self._build_known_directories()
+        self._vault_secrets = None
+
+    def load_from_file(self, path, cache=True, unsafe=False):
+        path = to_text(path)
+        if path in self._file_mapping:
+            return self.load(self._file_mapping[path], path)
+        return None
+
+    # TODO: the real _get_file_contents returns a bytestring, so we actually convert the
+    #       unicode/text it's created with to utf-8
+    def _get_file_contents(self, file_name):
+        path = to_text(file_name)
+        if path in self._file_mapping:
+            return (to_bytes(self._file_mapping[path]), False)
+        else:
+            raise AnsibleParserError("file not found: %s" % path)
+
+    def path_exists(self, path):
+        path = to_text(path)
+        return path in self._file_mapping or path in self._known_directories
+
+    def is_file(self, path):
+        path = to_text(path)
+        return path in self._file_mapping
+
+    def is_directory(self, path):
+        path = to_text(path)
+        return path in self._known_directories
+
+    def list_directory(self, path):
+        ret = []
+        path = to_text(path)
+        for x in (list(self._file_mapping.keys()) + self._known_directories):
+            if x.startswith(path):
+                if os.path.dirname(x) == path:
+                    ret.append(os.path.basename(x))
+        return ret
+
+    def is_executable(self, path):
+        # FIXME: figure out a way to make paths return true for this
+        return False
+
+    def _add_known_directory(self, directory):
+        if directory not in self._known_directories:
+            self._known_directories.append(directory)
+
+    def _build_known_directories(self):
+        self._known_directories = []
+        for path in self._file_mapping:
+            dirname = os.path.dirname(path)
+            while dirname not in ('/', ''):
+                self._add_known_directory(dirname)
+                dirname = os.path.dirname(dirname)
+
+    def push(self, path, content):
+        rebuild_dirs = False
+        if path not in self._file_mapping:
+            rebuild_dirs = True
+
+        self._file_mapping[path] = content
+
+        if rebuild_dirs:
+            self._build_known_directories()
+
+    def pop(self, path):
+        if path in self._file_mapping:
+            del self._file_mapping[path]
+            self._build_known_directories()
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self._file_mapping = dict()
+        self._known_directories = []
+
+    def get_basedir(self):
+        return os.getcwd()
+
+    def set_vault_secrets(self, vault_secrets):
+        self._vault_secrets = vault_secrets

tests/unit/mock/path.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat.mock import MagicMock
+from ansible.utils.path import unfrackpath
+
+
+mock_unfrackpath_noop = MagicMock(spec_set=unfrackpath, side_effect=lambda x, *args, **kwargs: x)

tests/unit/mock/procenv.py

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# (c) 2016, Matt Davis <mdavis@ansible.com>
+# (c) 2016, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import sys
+import json
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat import unittest
+from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data='', argv_data=tuple()):
+    """
+    context manager that temporarily masks the test runner's values for stdin and argv
+    """
+    real_stdin = sys.stdin
+    real_argv = sys.argv
+
+    if PY3:
+        fake_stream = StringIO(stdin_data)
+        fake_stream.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
+    else:
+        fake_stream = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
+
+    try:
+        sys.stdin = fake_stream
+        sys.argv = argv_data
+
+        yield
+    finally:
+        sys.stdin = real_stdin
+        sys.argv = real_argv
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def swap_stdout():
+    """
+    context manager that temporarily replaces stdout for tests that need to verify output
+    """
+    old_stdout = sys.stdout
+
+    if PY3:
+        fake_stream = StringIO()
+    else:
+        fake_stream = BytesIO()
+
+    try:
+        sys.stdout = fake_stream
+
+        yield fake_stream
+    finally:
+        sys.stdout = old_stdout
+
+
+class ModuleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self, module_args=None):
+        if module_args is None:
+            module_args = {'_ansible_remote_tmp': '/tmp', '_ansible_keep_remote_files': False}
+
+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=module_args))
+
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)

tests/unit/mock/vault_helper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+
+from ansible.parsing.vault import VaultSecret
+
+
+class TextVaultSecret(VaultSecret):
+    '''A secret piece of text. ie, a password. Tracks text encoding.
+
+    The text encoding of the text may not be the default text encoding so
+    we keep track of the encoding so we encode it to the same bytes.'''
+
+    def __init__(self, text, encoding=None, errors=None, _bytes=None):
+        super(TextVaultSecret, self).__init__()
+        self.text = text
+        self.encoding = encoding or 'utf-8'
+        self._bytes = _bytes
+        self.errors = errors or 'strict'
+
+    @property
+    def bytes(self):
+        '''The text encoded with encoding, unless we specifically set _bytes.'''
+        return self._bytes or to_bytes(self.text, encoding=self.encoding, errors=self.errors)

tests/unit/mock/yaml_helper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import io
+import yaml
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
+from ansible.parsing.yaml.loader import AnsibleLoader
+from ansible.parsing.yaml.dumper import AnsibleDumper
+
+
+class YamlTestUtils(object):
+    """Mixin class to combine with a unittest.TestCase subclass."""
+    def _loader(self, stream):
+        """Vault related tests will want to override this.
+
+        Vault cases should setup a AnsibleLoader that has the vault password."""
+        return AnsibleLoader(stream)
+
+    def _dump_stream(self, obj, stream, dumper=None):
+        """Dump to a py2-unicode or py3-string stream."""
+        if PY3:
+            return yaml.dump(obj, stream, Dumper=dumper)
+        else:
+            return yaml.dump(obj, stream, Dumper=dumper, encoding=None)
+
+    def _dump_string(self, obj, dumper=None):
+        """Dump to a py2-unicode or py3-string"""
+        if PY3:
+            return yaml.dump(obj, Dumper=dumper)
+        else:
+            return yaml.dump(obj, Dumper=dumper, encoding=None)
+
+    def _dump_load_cycle(self, obj):
+        # Each pass though a dump or load revs the 'generation'
+        # obj to yaml string
+        string_from_object_dump = self._dump_string(obj, dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+
+        # wrap a stream/file like StringIO around that yaml
+        stream_from_object_dump = io.StringIO(string_from_object_dump)
+        loader = self._loader(stream_from_object_dump)
+        # load the yaml stream to create a new instance of the object (gen 2)
+        obj_2 = loader.get_data()
+
+        # dump the gen 2 objects directory to strings
+        string_from_object_dump_2 = self._dump_string(obj_2,
+                                                      dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+
+        # The gen 1 and gen 2 yaml strings
+        self.assertEqual(string_from_object_dump, string_from_object_dump_2)
+        # the gen 1 (orig) and gen 2 py object
+        self.assertEqual(obj, obj_2)
+
+        # again! gen 3... load strings into py objects
+        stream_3 = io.StringIO(string_from_object_dump_2)
+        loader_3 = self._loader(stream_3)
+        obj_3 = loader_3.get_data()
+
+        string_from_object_dump_3 = self._dump_string(obj_3, dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+
+        self.assertEqual(obj, obj_3)
+        # should be transitive, but...
+        self.assertEqual(obj_2, obj_3)
+        self.assertEqual(string_from_object_dump, string_from_object_dump_3)
+
+    def _old_dump_load_cycle(self, obj):
+        '''Dump the passed in object to yaml, load it back up, dump again, compare.'''
+        stream = io.StringIO()
+
+        yaml_string = self._dump_string(obj, dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+        self._dump_stream(obj, stream, dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+
+        yaml_string_from_stream = stream.getvalue()
+
+        # reset stream
+        stream.seek(0)
+
+        loader = self._loader(stream)
+        # loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, vault_password=self.vault_password)
+        obj_from_stream = loader.get_data()
+
+        stream_from_string = io.StringIO(yaml_string)
+        loader2 = self._loader(stream_from_string)
+        # loader2 = AnsibleLoader(stream_from_string, vault_password=self.vault_password)
+        obj_from_string = loader2.get_data()
+
+        stream_obj_from_stream = io.StringIO()
+        stream_obj_from_string = io.StringIO()
+
+        if PY3:
+            yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, stream_obj_from_stream, Dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+            yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, stream_obj_from_string, Dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+        else:
+            yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, stream_obj_from_stream, Dumper=AnsibleDumper, encoding=None)
+            yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, stream_obj_from_string, Dumper=AnsibleDumper, encoding=None)
+
+        yaml_string_stream_obj_from_stream = stream_obj_from_stream.getvalue()
+        yaml_string_stream_obj_from_string = stream_obj_from_string.getvalue()
+
+        stream_obj_from_stream.seek(0)
+        stream_obj_from_string.seek(0)
+
+        if PY3:
+            yaml_string_obj_from_stream = yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, Dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+            yaml_string_obj_from_string = yaml.dump(obj_from_string, Dumper=AnsibleDumper)
+        else:
+            yaml_string_obj_from_stream = yaml.dump(obj_from_stream, Dumper=AnsibleDumper, encoding=None)
+            yaml_string_obj_from_string = yaml.dump(obj_from_string, Dumper=AnsibleDumper, encoding=None)
+
+        assert yaml_string == yaml_string_obj_from_stream
+        assert yaml_string == yaml_string_obj_from_stream == yaml_string_obj_from_string
+        assert (yaml_string == yaml_string_obj_from_stream == yaml_string_obj_from_string == yaml_string_stream_obj_from_stream ==
+                yaml_string_stream_obj_from_string)
+        assert obj == obj_from_stream
+        assert obj == obj_from_string
+        assert obj == yaml_string_obj_from_stream
+        assert obj == yaml_string_obj_from_string
+        assert obj == obj_from_stream == obj_from_string == yaml_string_obj_from_stream == yaml_string_obj_from_string
+        return {'obj': obj,
+                'yaml_string': yaml_string,
+                'yaml_string_from_stream': yaml_string_from_stream,
+                'obj_from_stream': obj_from_stream,
+                'obj_from_string': obj_from_string,
+                'yaml_string_obj_from_string': yaml_string_obj_from_string}

tests/unit/modules/conftest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def patch_ansible_module(request, mocker):
+    if isinstance(request.param, string_types):
+        args = request.param
+    elif isinstance(request.param, MutableMapping):
+        if 'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS' not in request.param:
+            request.param = {'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS': request.param}
+        if '_ansible_remote_tmp' not in request.param['ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS']:
+            request.param['ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS']['_ansible_remote_tmp'] = '/tmp'
+        if '_ansible_keep_remote_files' not in request.param['ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS']:
+            request.param['ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS']['_ansible_keep_remote_files'] = False
+        args = json.dumps(request.param)
+    else:
+        raise Exception('Malformed data to the patch_ansible_module pytest fixture')
+
+    mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS', to_bytes(args))

tests/unit/modules/system/test_mount.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat import unittest
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat.mock import MagicMock
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.modules.mount import (
     get_linux_mounts,

tests/unit/modules/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import json
+
+from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat import unittest
+from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.tests.unit.compat.mock import patch
+from ansible.module_utils import basic
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+
+
+def set_module_args(args):
+    if '_ansible_remote_tmp' not in args:
+        args['_ansible_remote_tmp'] = '/tmp'
+    if '_ansible_keep_remote_files' not in args:
+        args['_ansible_keep_remote_files'] = False
+
+    args = json.dumps({'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS': args})
+    basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = to_bytes(args)
+
+
+class AnsibleExitJson(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class AnsibleFailJson(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def exit_json(*args, **kwargs):
+    if 'changed' not in kwargs:
+        kwargs['changed'] = False
+    raise AnsibleExitJson(kwargs)
+
+
+def fail_json(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs['failed'] = True
+    raise AnsibleFailJson(kwargs)
+
+
+class ModuleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_module = patch.multiple(basic.AnsibleModule, exit_json=exit_json, fail_json=fail_json)
+        self.mock_module.start()
+        self.mock_sleep = patch('time.sleep')
+        self.mock_sleep.start()
+        set_module_args({})
+        self.addCleanup(self.mock_module.stop)
+        self.addCleanup(self.mock_sleep.stop)

tests/utils/shippable/lint.sh

@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ command -v ansible
 pip install --upgrade --user pip
 pip install --upgrade --user ansible-lint
 
-# To specify additional options, you can specify them into .ansible-lint file.
+PATH="${PATH/\~/${HOME}}" ansible-lint \
-PATH="${PATH/\~/${HOME}}" ansible-lint
+                                    --exclude changelogs/ \
+                                    --profile=production

tests/utils/shippable/timing.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type