Optionally change the tmpreaper behaviour.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ nfs_server_ganesha_exports: []
 #     - hostN
 
 # tmpreaper
-tmpreaper_install: False
+tmpreaper_install: false
+mpreaper_use_ctime: true
 tmpreaper_protect_extra: ''
 tmpreaper_dirs: '/tmp/.'
 tmpreaper_extra_dirs: ''

meta/main.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 galaxy_info:
   author: Andrea Dell'Amico
-  description: Systems Architect
+  description: Perform some low level system configuration
   company: ISTI-CNR
+  role_name: basic_system_setup
 
   issue_tracker_url: https://redmine-s2i2s.isti.cnr.it/projects/provisioning
 
   license: EUPL 1.2+
 
-  min_ansible_version: 2.8
+  min_ansible_version: "2.9"
 
   # To view available platforms and versions (or releases), visit:
   # https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v1/platforms/
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ galaxy_info:
         - bionic
     - name: EL
       versions:
-        - 7
-        - 8
+        - "7"
+        - "8"
 
   galaxy_tags:
     - os-setup

tasks/tmpreaper.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 ---
 - name: Install tmpreaper on Debian/Ubuntu
-  block:
-  - name: Install tmpreaper
-    apt: pkg=tmpreaper state=latest cache_valid_time=1800
-
-  - name: Install the tmpreaper configuration
-    template: src=tmpreaper.conf.j2 dest=/etc/tmpreaper.conf owner=root group=root mode=0444
-
   when:
     - tmpreaper_install
     - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian"
   tags: tmpreaper
+  block:
+  - name: Install tmpreaper
+    ansible.builtin.apt: pkg=tmpreaper state=latest cache_valid_time=1800
+
+  - name: Change the date check criteria from ctime to mtime
+    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper
+      regexp: "^  --ctime \"
+      line: "^  --mtime \"
+    when: not mpreaper_use_ctime
+
+  - name: Install the tmpreaper configuration
+    ansible.builtin.template: src=tmpreaper.conf.j2 dest=/etc/tmpreaper.conf owner=root group=root mode=0444
 
 - name: Remove tmpreaper on Debian/Ubuntu
-  block:
-  - name: Remove the tmpreaper package
-    apt: pkg=tmpreaper state=absent
-
-  - name: Remove the tmpreaper configuration
-    file: dest=/etc/tmpreaper.conf state=absent
-
   when:
     - not tmpreaper_install
     - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian"
   tags: tmpreaper
+  block:
+  - name: Remove the tmpreaper package
+    ansible.builtin.apt: pkg=tmpreaper state=absent
+
+  - name: Remove the tmpreaper configuration
+    ansible.builtin.file: dest=/etc/tmpreaper.conf state=absent