module ini_file fails when values are indented with tabs about ansible-modules-core

[tongpu]

I just had another look at the problem and I guess this should probably also be reported upstream. On the ConfigParser Documentation it is written that

Note that leading whitespace is removed from values.

This seems to be a common problem with ConfigParser, the people over at GitPython also seems to have stumbled over it in the past. A possible workaround for now would be something like this, where they locally rewrite readline to work around the issue within ConfigParser.

[kazh000]

ANSIBLE VERSION 2.0.2.0
Environment: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)
Problem of tabs is still present.
ini_file.py uses re.match('%s *=' % option, line) for searching option name and use only space as delimiter char.

[kazh000]

could you replace re.match('%s *=' % option, line) by re.match('%s( |\t)*=' % option, line) or re.match('%s\s*=' % option, line)

[tongpu]

@jimi-c I guess re.match('%s( |\t)*=' % option, line) would be preferred over re.match('%s( |\t)*=' % option, line). If this would be the way to go I could do a pull request for it.

[kal4l]

What is the fix version for this? I'm getting the issue on ansible version 2.1.1.0.

[developerinlondon]

and also on ansible 2.2 . really need a fix for this really.