Reinstall a package with ansible apt module

Due to an issue with the Ubuntu motd message regarding the changelogs I needed to reinstall the ubuntu-release-upgrader-core deb package on the new vm. The below task will resinstall the package only on those virtual machines that are being deployed for the first time ( ie: in the [newvms] inventory group )

- name: reinstall ubuntu-release-upgrader-core for new machines
  ansible.builtin.apt:
    name: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
    state: "{{ item }}"
  with_items: ['absent', 'present']
  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and 'newvms' in group_names

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