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-rw-r--r--lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
index bc71d74eb6..cabccc94a6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ options:
- Description of a crontab entry or, if env is set, the name of environment variable.
Required if state=absent. Note that if name is not set and state=present, then a
new crontab entry will always be created, regardless of existing ones.
+ This parameter will always be required in future releases.
user:
description:
- The specific user whose crontab should be modified.
@@ -609,6 +610,17 @@ def main():
module.debug('cron instantiated - name: "%s"' % name)
+ if not name:
+ module.deprecate(
+ msg="The 'name' parameter will be required in future releases.",
+ version='2.10'
+ )
+ if reboot:
+ module.deprecate(
+ msg="The 'reboot' parameter will be removed in future releases. Use 'special_time' option instead.",
+ version='2.10'
+ )
+
if module._diff:
diff = dict()
diff['before'] = crontab.existing