inventories/group_vars/all.yml

@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ base_packages:
   - btop
   - ncdu
   - debconf-utils
+locales_present:
+  - en_US.UTF-8
+  - es_ES.UTF-8

roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-- name: Configure debconf for locales
+- name: make sure locales in variable are generated
-  debconf:
+  locale_gen:
-    name: locales
+    name: "{{ item }}"
-    question: "{{ item.question }}"
+    state: present
-    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+  with_items: "{{ locales_present }}"
-    vtype: "{{ item.vtype }}"
-  loop:
-    - { question: "locales/locales_to_be_generated", value: "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8", vtype: "multiselect" }
-    - { question: "locales/default_environment_locales", value: "en_US.UTF-8", vtype: "string" }
   notify: generate locales