archive: Fix paramater types (#1039) (#1377)

* archive: Fix ignored sanity test parameter-list-no-elements

* Fix wrong argument type

* Add changelog

* Add integration test for a list of files

(cherry picked from commit 31443e57b1)

Co-authored-by: Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>

tests/integration/targets/archive/tasks/main.yml

@@ -256,6 +256,29 @@
 - name: remove our xz
   file: path="{{ output_dir }}/archive_02.xz" state=absent
 
+- name: archive multiple files as list
+  archive:
+    path:
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/empty.txt"
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/foo.txt"
+      - "{{ output_dir }}/bar.txt"
+    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/archive_list.gz"
+    format: gz
+  register: archive_gz_list_result
+
+- name: verify that the files archived
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/archive_list.gz state=file
+
+- name: check if gz file exists and includes all text files
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "{{ archive_gz_list_result.changed }}"
+      - "{{ 'archived' in archive_gz_list_result }}"
+      - "{{ archive_gz_list_result['archived'] | length }} == 3"
+
+- name: remove our gz
+  file: path="{{ output_dir }}/archive_list.gz" state=absent
+
 - name: test that gz archive that contains non-ascii filenames
   archive:
     path: "{{ output_dir }}/*.txt"

tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt

@@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:doc-required-mismatch
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements

tests/sanity/ignore-2.11.txt

@@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:doc-required-mismatch
 plugins/modules/files/xml.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements

tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt

@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:doc-missing-
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_schema.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type
 plugins/modules/database/vertica/vertica_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
-plugins/modules/files/archive.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed
 plugins/modules/files/iso_extract.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/identity/keycloak/keycloak_client.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec
 plugins/modules/identity/keycloak/keycloak_client.py validate-modules:doc-missing-type