issue #49 : alias - fix multivalue list for sorting

tasks/aliasmultivalue.yml

@@ -9,19 +9,25 @@
   register: _configured_multivalue_alias
   ignore_errors: true  # do not fail if node not exists
 
-- debug:
-    var: _configured_multivalue_alias.matches[0][item.1.key].split('\n') | sort
-- debug:
-    var: item.1.list | sort
+- name: check if multivalue list is sortable
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    _listsort: "{{ item.1.list | sort }}"
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: _listsortresult
+
+- name: fix multivalue list for sorting
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    _listsort: "[{% for i in item.1.list %}'{{ i }}',{% endfor %}]"
+  when: _listsortresult.failed | bool
 
 - name: set multivalue alias
   delegate_to: localhost
   community.general.xml:
     path: "{{ local_config_path }}"
     xpath: "/opnsense/OPNsense/Firewall/Alias/aliases/alias[@uuid='{{ item.0.uuid }}']/{{ item.1.key }}"
-    value: "{{ item.1.list | join('\n') }}"
+    value: "{{ _listsort | join('\n') }}"
     pretty_print: true
   when:
-    - _configured_multivalue_alias.failed | bool or _configured_multivalue_alias.matches[0][item.1.key].split('\n') | sort != item.1.list | sort
+    - _configured_multivalue_alias.failed | bool or _configured_multivalue_alias.matches[0][item.1.key].split('\n') | sort != _listsort | sort
 
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