If ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1 is set as an environment file, remote files will not be deleted, which is useful only for development debugging purposes.

4 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f42daeb629..a69ca058b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
 * -u and user: defaults to current user, rather than root, override as before
 * new module boilerplate code to check for mutually required arguments, arguments required together, exclusive args
 * /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg and ~/ansible.cfg now available to set default values and other things
+* --list-hosts to show what hosts are included in each play of a playbook
+* ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1 can be used in debugging (envrionment variable)
 
 0.6 "Cabo" -- August 6, 2012
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5aab771cdc..38c8e4493d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ python:
 	python setup.py build
 
 install:
-	mkdir -p /usr/share/ansible
-	cp ./library/* /usr/share/ansible/
 	python setup.py install
 
 sdist: clean
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index f3e67653ae..27ad7829d8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class Runner(object):
     def _delete_remote_files(self, conn, files):
         ''' deletes one or more remote files '''
 
+        if os.getenv("ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES","0") == "1":
+            # ability to turn off temp file deletion for debug purposes
+            return
+
         if type(files) == str:
             files = [ files ]
         for filename in files:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3c5ab6bb53..98c404906e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# NOTE: setup.py does NOT install the contents of the library dir
-# for you, you should go through "make install" or "make RPMs"
-# for that, or manually copy modules over.
-
 import os
 import sys
+from glob import glob
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('lib'))
 from ansible import __version__, __author__
 from distutils.core import setup
 
+# find library modules
+from ansible.constants import DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH
+data_files = [ (DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH, glob('./library/*')) ]
+
+print "DATA FILES=%s" % data_files
+
 setup(name='ansible',
       version=__version__,
       description='Minimal SSH command and control',
@@ -31,5 +34,6 @@ setup(name='ansible',
          'bin/ansible',
          'bin/ansible-playbook',
          'bin/ansible-pull'
-      ]
+      ],
+      data_files=data_files
 )