ansible deprecation warning with custom objects in apt - linux

Question

I am getting a deprecated warning with Ansible
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Invoking "apt" only once while using a loop via squash_actions is deprecated. Instead of using a loop to supply multiple items and specifying name: "{{ item.name | default(item) }}", please use name: '{{ apt_dependencies }}' and remove the loop. This feature will be removed in version 2.11. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
- name: 'Install system dependencies'
apt:
name: "{{ item.name | default(item) }}"
state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
with_items: "{{ apt_dependencies }}"
This allows me to do
apt_dependencies:
- name: curl
state: absent
- name: ntp
state: present
- docker
It suggests replacing name with "{{ apt_dependencies }}" but that wont work right with the custom name/state
I am doing this so I can install dependencies as well as remove any I don't want on the server
Any ideas how to change this to work without having a warning, which I get I can turn off but I'd rather fix it before its removed

Answer 1

It suggests replacing name with "{{ apt_dependencies }}" but that wont work right with the custom name/state
It will if you batch them into two steps, adds and removals:
- set_fact:
remove_apt_packages: >-
{{ apt_dependencies
| selectattr("state", "==", "absent")
| map(attribute="name")
| list }}
# using "!= absent" allows for the case where the list item
# doesn't say "present" such as your "docker" example
add_apt_packages: >-
{{ apt_dependencies
| selectattr("state", "!=", "absent")
| map(attribute="name")
| list }}
- name: 'Remove system dependencies'
apt:
name: "{{ remove_apt_packages }}"
state: absent
- name: 'Install system dependencies'
apt:
name: "{{ add_apt_packages }}"
state: present