Set gdb config file based on installed version

roles/gdb/tasks/Debian.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: install apt package
+  become: true
   apt:
     name: gdb
     state: latest

roles/gdb/tasks/gdb-11.1-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- set_fact:
+    gdb_config_dir: '{{ansible_env.HOME}}/.config/gdb'
+
+- name: create config directory
+  file:
+    path: '{{gdb_config_dir}}'
+    state: directory
+
+- set_fact:
+    gdb_config_file: '{{gdb_config_dir}}/gdbinit'

roles/gdb/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
 ---
-- set_fact:
-    config_dir: '{{ansible_env.HOME}}/.config/gdb'
-    state_dir: '{{ansible_env.HOME}}/.local/state/gdb'
-
 - include_tasks: '{{ansible_os_family}}.yaml'
 
-- name: create directory
+# gdb 11.1 introduced support for config files that respect the XDG base
-  file:
+# directory spec, handle the boths paths dependant on the gdb version install.
-    path: '{{item}}'
+- name: get installed version
-    state: directory
+  command: gdb --version
-  with_items:
+  register: gdb_version_output
-    - '{{config_dir}}'
+  changed_when: false
-    - '{{state_dir}}'
+
+- set_fact:
+    gdb_version: '{{gdb_version_output.stdout | regex_search("(\d+)\.(\d+)", "\1", "\2")}}'
+- set_fact:
+    gdb_xdg_base_dir_check:
+      gdb_version[0] | int > 11 or (
+        gdb_version[0] | int == 11 and gdb_version[1] | int == 1
+      )
+
+- set_fact:
+    gdb_config_file: '{{ansible_env.HOME}}/.gdbinit'
+    gdb_state_dir: '{{ansible_env.HOME}}/.local/state/gdb'
+
+- when: gdb_xdg_base_dir_check
+  include_tasks: gdb-11.1-config.yaml
 
 - name: create config file
   template:
     src: gdbinit
-    dest: '{{config_dir}}/gdbinit'
+    dest: '{{gdb_config_file}}'
+
+- name: create state directory
+  file:
+    path: '{{gdb_state_dir}}'
+    state: directory

roles/gdb/templates/gdbinit

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Enable saving command history
-set history filename {{state_dir}}/history
+set history filename {{gdb_state_dir}}/history
 set history save on