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From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:30:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [PR #11534/e118b23b backport][stable-12] Simplify and extend
 from_ini tests (#11535)

Simplify and extend from_ini tests (#11534)

Simplify and extend from_ini tests.

(cherry picked from commit e118b23ba0359eb463b408f50bb95d3acf09ccbb)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
---
 .../targets/filter_from_ini/tasks/main.yml    | 94 ++++++-------------
 .../targets/filter_from_ini/vars/main.yml     |  8 --
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/vars/main.yml

diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/tasks/main.yml
index 8f037eecd3..9ee0d8240a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,90 +3,58 @@
 # 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: 'Define ini_test_dict'
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ini_test_dict:
-      section_name:
-        key_name: 'key value'
-
-      another_section:
-        connection: 'ssh'
-
-      interpolate_test:
-        interpolate_test_key: '%'
-
-- name: 'Write INI file that reflects ini_test_dict to {{ ini_test_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: '{{ ini_test_file }}'
-    content: |
+- name: Basic test
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - ini_file_content | community.general.from_ini == ini_test_dict
+  vars:
+    ini_file_content: |
       [section_name]
       key_name = key value
 
       [another_section]
       connection = ssh
 
+      [empty section]
+
       [interpolate_test]
       interpolate_test_key = %
+    ini_test_dict:
+      section_name:
+        key_name: key value
 
-- name: 'Slurp the test file: {{ ini_test_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: '{{ ini_test_file }}'
-  register: 'ini_file_content'
+      another_section:
+        connection: ssh
 
-- name: >-
-    Ensure defined ini_test_dict is the same when retrieved
-    from {{ ini_test_file }}
+      empty section: {}
+
+      interpolate_test:
+        interpolate_test_key: '%'
+
+- name: Test delimiters
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
-      - 'ini_file_content.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini ==
-         ini_test_dict'
-
-- name: 'Define another ini_test_dict'
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      - ini_file_content | community.general.from_ini(delimiters=["="]) == ini_test_dict
+  vars:
+    ini_file_content: |
+      [section_name]
+      key_name * : with spaces = key value
     ini_test_dict:
       section_name:
         'key_name * : with spaces': 'key value'
 
-- name: 'Write another INI file that reflects ini_test_dict to {{ ini_test_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: '{{ ini_test_file }}'
-    content: |
-      [section_name]
-      key_name * : with spaces = key value
-
-- name: 'Slurp the other test file: {{ ini_test_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: '{{ ini_test_file }}'
-  register: 'ini_file_content'
-
-- name: >-
-    Ensure defined ini_test_dict is the same when retrieved
-    from other {{ ini_test_file }}
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - 'ini_file_content.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini(delimiters=["="]) ==
-         ini_test_dict'
-
-- name: 'Create a file that is not INI formatted: {{ ini_bad_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: '{{ ini_bad_file }}'
-    content: |
-      Testing a not INI formatted file.
-
-- name: 'Slurp the file that is not INI formatted: {{ ini_bad_file }}'
-  ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: '{{ ini_bad_file }}'
-  register: 'ini_bad_file_content'
-
-- name: 'Try parsing the bad file with from_ini: {{ ini_bad_file }}'
+- name: Try parsing the bad file with from_ini
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: ini_bad_file_content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini
-  register: 'ini_bad_file_debug'
+    var: ini_bad_file_content | community.general.from_ini
+  vars:
+    ini_bad_file_content: |
+      Testing a not INI formatted file.
+  register: ini_bad_file_debug
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: 'Ensure from_ini raised the correct exception'
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
+      - ini_bad_file_debug is failed
       - "'from_ini failed to parse given string' in ini_bad_file_debug.msg"
       - "'File contains no section headers' in ini_bad_file_debug.msg"
-...
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/vars/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c4d793275..0000000000
--- a/tests/integration/targets/filter_from_ini/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Steffen Scheib <steffen@scheib.me>
-# 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
-
-ini_test_file: '/tmp/test.ini'
-ini_bad_file: '/tmp/bad.file'
-...