added 2nd molecule test and they work now

molecule/default/verify.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,26 @@
               - stat_etc_hosts.stat.isreg
               - stat_etc_hosts.stat.pw_name == 'root'
               - stat_etc_hosts.stat.gr_name == 'root'
+
+    - name: "Test: packages ansible-core"
+      block:
+        - name: "Get pipx installed  packages"
+          ansible.builtin.command: "pipx list --json"
+          changed_when: false
+          register: pipx_installed_packages
+
+        - name: "Set fact"
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            pipx_simple_list: "{{ pipx_simple_list | default({}) | combine({item.key: item.value.metadata.main_package.package_version}) }}"
+          loop: "{{ pipx_installed_packages.stdout | from_json | json_query('venvs') | dict2items }}"
+
+        - name: "Verify packages ansible-core"
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - pipx_simple_list['yamllint'] is not defined
+              - pipx_simple_list['ansible-core'] is defined
+              - pipx_simple_list['vault-cli'] is not defined
+
+        - name: "Print installed packages"
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: "{{ pipx_simple_list }}"

molecule/with_custom_packages/verify.yml

@@ -18,29 +18,25 @@
               - stat_etc_hosts.stat.pw_name == 'root'
               - stat_etc_hosts.stat.gr_name == 'root'
 
-    - name: "Test: packages pip, vault-cli, yamllint, docker"
+    - name: "Test: packages pip, vault-cli, yamllint, ansible-core"
       block:
-        - name: "Get pip3 up-to-date packages"
-          ansible.builtin.command: "pip3 list -u --format=json"
+        - name: "Get pipx installed  packages"
+          ansible.builtin.command: "pipx list --json"
           changed_when: false
-          register: pip_updated_packages
+          register: pipx_installed_packages
 
-        - name: "Get pip3 out-of-date packages"
-          ansible.builtin.command: "pip3 list -o --format=json"
-          changed_when: false
-          register: pip_outdated_packages
+        - name: "Set fact"
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            pipx_simple_list: "{{ pipx_simple_list | default({}) | combine({item.key: item.value.metadata.main_package.package_version}) }}"
+          loop: "{{ pipx_installed_packages.stdout | from_json | json_query('venvs') | dict2items }}"
 
-        - name: "Verify packages pip, vault-cli, yamllint, docker"
-          vars:
-            pip_up_to_date_list: "{{ pip_updated_packages.stdout | from_json | json_query('[].name') }}"
-            pip_out_of_date_list: "{{ pip_outdated_packages.stdout | from_json | json_query('[].name') }}"
+        - name: "Verify packages pip, vault-cli, yamllint, ansible-core"
           ansible.builtin.assert:
             that:
-              - "'pip' in pip_up_to_date_list"
-              - "'pip' not in pip_out_of_date_list"
-              - "'vault-cli' not in pip_up_to_date_list"
-              - "'vault-cli' in pip_out_of_date_list"
-              - "'yamllint' not in pip_up_to_date_list"
-              - "'yamllint' in pip_out_of_date_list"
-              - "'docker' in pip_up_to_date_list"
-              - "'docker' not in pip_out_of_date_list"
+              - pipx_simple_list['yamllint'] is defined
+              - pipx_simple_list['ansible-core'] is defined
+              - pipx_simple_list['vault-cli'] is defined
+
+        - name: "Print installed packages"
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: "{{ pipx_simple_list }}"

tasks/main.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   community.general.pipx:
     name: "{{ item.name }}{% if item.version_constraint not in [None, '', 'latest'] %}{{ item.version_constraint }}{% endif %}"
     state: "{{ item.state }}"
-  # environment:
-  #   PIPX_BIN_DIR: "{{ manage_pipx_packages_path }}"
+  environment:
+    PIPX_BIN_DIR: "{{ manage_pipx_packages_path }}"
   loop: "{{ manage_pipx_packages_list }}"
   when: manage_pipx_packages_list is defined
     and manage_pipx_packages_list not in [None, '']