test fix for noble

tasks/pkg.yml

@@ -86,15 +86,25 @@
         that:
           - (valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_absent)) | type_debug == "list"
           - (valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present)) | type_debug == "list"
-          - (valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports)) | type_debug == "list"
         quiet: "{% if ansible_check_mode or ansible_verbosity >= 1 %}false{% else %}true{% endif %}"
 
-    - name: Check that backports are available when backports packages are specified
-      ansible.builtin.assert:
-        that:
-          - valkey_apt_backports in valkey_apt_cache_policy.stdout
-        quiet: "{% if ansible_check_mode or ansible_verbosity >= 1 %}false{% else %}true{% endif %}"
-      when: valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) != []
+    - name: Backports checks
+      block:
+
+        - name: Check that backport packages present is a list when defined
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - (valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports)) | type_debug == "list"
+            quiet: "{% if ansible_check_mode or ansible_verbosity >= 1 %}false{% else %}true{% endif %}"
+
+        - name: Check that backports are available when backports packages are specified
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - valkey_apt_backports in valkey_apt_cache_policy.stdout
+            quiet: "{% if ansible_check_mode or ansible_verbosity >= 1 %}false{% else %}true{% endif %}"
+          when: valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) != []
+
+      when: valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) is defined
 
     - name: Valkey packages absent
       ansible.builtin.apt:
@@ -113,7 +123,9 @@
         update_cache: true
         cache_valid_time: 60
       register: valkey_apt_installed_backports
-      when: valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) != []
+      when:
+        - valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) is defined
+        - valkey_pkgs | community.general.json_query(valkey_jpq.pkgs_present_backports) != []
 
     - name: Valkey packages present
       ansible.builtin.apt: