macOS: Fix perl / cpanm mirror and update variables for ansible 2.24 fact deprecation

roles/mythtv/tasks/homebrew_macosx.yml

@@ -60,13 +60,18 @@
   set_fact:
     openssl_path: "{{ pkgmgr_prefix }}/opt/openssl/"
 
+# get the python version specified by user in ansible_python_interpreter or defaulted by the interpreter
+- name: Gather specific Python facts
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter | default('python3') }} -c 'import sys; print(f\"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}\")'"
+  register: python_version
+
 # python_package_suffix and python_exe_suffix are required to aide in development of the python venv
 - name: homebrew_macosx | Develop python package version suffixes
   set_fact:
     python_package_suffix:
-      '{{ ansible_python.version.major }}{{ ansible_python.version.minor }}'
+      "{{ python_version.stdout | replace('.', '') }}"
     python_exe_suffix:
-      '{{ ansible_python.version.major }}.{{ ansible_python.version.minor }}'
+      "{{ python_version.stdout }}"
 
 ...
 

roles/mythtv/tasks/macports_macosx.yml

@@ -69,14 +69,19 @@
     qt_version: qt6
   when: qt5 is undefined or not qt5
 
+# get the python version specified by user in ansible_python_interpreter or defaulted by the interpreter
+- name: Gather specific Python facts
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter | default('python3') }} -c 'import sys; print(f\"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}\")'"
+  register: python_version
+
 # python_package_suffix and python_exe_suffix are required to install the correct python ports
 # and to aide in development of the python venv
 - name: macports_macosx | Develop python package version suffixes
   set_fact:
     python_package_suffix:
-      '{{ ansible_python.version.major }}{{ ansible_python.version.minor }}'
+      "{{ python_version.stdout | replace('.', '') }}"
     python_exe_suffix:
-      '{{ ansible_python.version.major }}.{{ ansible_python.version.minor }}'
+      "{{ python_version.stdout }}"
 
 ...
 

roles/perl/tasks/cpanm_install.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 #
 # install perl modules with ansible's cpanm capabiltiy
 #
+# --mirror 'http://cpan.cpantesters.org/'
 ---
 
 - name: 'cpanm_install | Install perl modules'
   become: false
   command: cpanm
-    --mirror 'http://cpan.cpantesters.org/'
+    --mirror 'https://metacpan.org/'
     --force
     {{ perl_modules | join(' ') }}
   ignore_errors: yes

roles/perl/tasks/main.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   include_tasks:
     file: '{{ item }}'
   with_first_found:
-    - files: '{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }}_{{ distro }}.yml'
+    - files: '{{ ansible_facts["pkg_mgr"] }}_{{ distro }}.yml'
       skip: true
 
 - name: 'Optionally perform any installation operations'