ini_file - support optional spaces around section names

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ini_file - Support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets

SUMMARY

Some ini files have spaces between some of their section names and the brackets that enclose them. This is documented in the openssl.cnf(5) man page. In order to manage files such as openssl.cnf with ini_file before now, one would have to include spaces in the section name like this:

    section: ' crypto_policy '
    option: Options
    value: UnsafeLegacyRenegotiation

This change implements matching section headers with such optional spaces, removing the need to include those spaces in the task's section: parameter. Existing tasks using the workaround above will continue to work, even in cases where spaces in section headers are subsequently removed.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bugfix Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

ini_file

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Here's an actual "legacy" production ini_file task. Note the spaces in the section name. These spaces have been necessary because the target file has these spaces already.

    - name: Configure UnsafeLegacyRenegotiation in /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
      community.general.ini_file:
        path: /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
        section: ' crypto_policy '
        option: Options
        value: UnsafeLegacyRenegotiation
        state: present
        exclusive: false
        create: false
        backup: true

After this change, those spaces are no longer necessary. Furthermore, the above task will continue to work even if someone removes the spaces from the target file's crypto_policy section header.