[PR #10445/1f8b5eea backport][stable-10] cronvar: Handle empty value string properly (#10495)

cronvar: Handle empty value string properly (#10445)

* Fix empty  value issue  in cronvar

* Update changelog

* Update plugins/modules/cronvar.py



* Update changelogs/fragments/10445-cronvar-reject-empty-values.yml



* Update tests/integration/targets/cronvar/tasks/main.yml



* Update tests/integration/targets/cronvar/tasks/main.yml



* Accept empty strings on cronvar

* Update plugins/modules/cronvar.py



* Update main.yml



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(cherry picked from commit 1f8b5eea4c)

Co-authored-by: Giorgos Drosos <56369797+gdrosos@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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

@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@
       - custom_varcheck2.stdout == '1'
       - custom_varcheck3.stdout == '0'
 
+
+- name: Add variable with empty string
+  community.general.cronvar:
+    name: EMPTY_VAR
+    value: ""
+    state: present
+
+- name: Assert empty var present
+  ansible.builtin.shell: crontab -l
+  register: result
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Assert line is quoted
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that: >-
+      'EMPTY_VAR=""' in result.stdout
+
 - name: Attempt to add cron variable to non-existent parent directory
   cronvar:
     name: NOPARENT_VAR