From 195a7a8b49a6198b0023002e49440921dce2e052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sean M. Collins" <sean@coreitpro.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:00:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that packaging is installed (#900)

When the ImportError happens, fail and raise the error that we were
not able to import Version, instead of dying later on with a
'Version' is not defined error

This is related to #899
---
 plugins/module_utils/netbox_dcim.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/netbox_dcim.py b/plugins/module_utils/netbox_dcim.py
index 1aa3ccce0..d61eda7b2 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/netbox_dcim.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/netbox_dcim.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible_collections.netbox.netbox.plugins.module_utils.netbox_utils import (
     NetboxModule,
     ENDPOINT_NAME_MAPPING,
@@ -51,14 +52,19 @@
 
 try:
     from packaging.version import Version
+
+    HAS_PACKAGING = True
 except ImportError as imp_exc:
     PACKAGING_IMPORT_ERROR = imp_exc
-else:
-    PACKAGING_IMPORT_ERROR = None
+    HAS_PACKAGING = False
 
 
 class NetboxDcimModule(NetboxModule):
     def __init__(self, module, endpoint):
+        if not HAS_PACKAGING:
+            self.module.fail_json(
+                msg=missing_required_lib("packaging"), exception=PACKAGING_IMPORT_ERROR
+            )
         super().__init__(module, endpoint)
 
     def run(self):