zypper lock bug

[kraker]

If pipelining=false in ansible.cfg then community.general.zypper module will sometimes fail after installing the Jenkins repository because zypper won't be able to achieve a lock. The following error is generated:

TASK [kraker.jenkins : Ensure Jenkins is installed.] ****************************************************
task path: /home/akraker/ansible-lab/roles/kraker.jenkins/tasks/setup-Suse.yml:39
fatal: [labelakb1.nimbl.lab]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "cmd": [
        "/usr/bin/zypper",
        "--quiet",
        "--non-interactive",
        "--xmlout",
        "--disable-repositories",
        "search",
        "--type",
        "package",
        "--match-exact",
        "--details",
        "--installed-only",
        "jenkins"
    ],
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "allow_vendor_change": false,
            "clean_deps": false,
            "disable_gpg_check": false,
            "disable_recommends": true,
            "extra_args": null,
            "extra_args_precommand": null,
            "force": false,
            "force_resolution": false,
            "name": [
                "jenkins"
            ],
            "oldpackage": false,
            "replacefiles": false,
            "state": "present",
            "type": "package",
            "update_cache": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Zypper run command failed with return code 7.",
    "rc": 7,
    "stderr": "",
    "stderr_lines": [],
    "stdout": "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<stream>\n<prompt id=\"23\">\n<text>Ask PackageKit to quit?</text>\n<option value=\"yes\" desc=\"\"/>\n<option default=\"1\" value=\"no\" desc=\"\"/>\n</prompt>\n<message type=\"error\">System management is locked by the application with pid 28666 (/usr/lib/packagekitd).\nClose this application before trying again.</message>\n</stream>\n",
    "stdout_lines": [
        "<?xml version='1.0'?>",
        "<stream>",
        "<prompt id=\"23\">",
        "<text>Ask PackageKit to quit?</text>",
        "<option value=\"yes\" desc=\"\"/>",
        "<option default=\"1\" value=\"no\" desc=\"\"/>",
        "</prompt>",
        "<message type=\"error\">System management is locked by the application with pid 28666 (/usr/lib/packagekitd).",
        "Close this application before trying again.</message>",
        "</stream>"
    ]
}

This error occurs even when the envar is a reasonable amount such as: ZYPPER_LOCK_TIMEOUT=20

The work-around is to set pipelineing=true in ansible.cfg.

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