Fixed the netaddr error msg for clarity (#244)

* Fixed the netaddr error msg for clarity

* added changelog

* Used missing_required_lib

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Co-authored-by: Kate Case <kcase@redhat.com>

changelogs/fragments/netaddr_error.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - fixed netaddr error message to give better clarity that the package is missing

plugins/plugin_utils/base/ipaddr_utils.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import types
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 
@@ -598,10 +599,7 @@ def _need_netaddr(f_name, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     verify python's netaddr for these filters to work
     """
-    raise AnsibleFilterError(
-        "The %s filter requires python's netaddr be "
-        "installed on the ansible controller" % f_name,
-    )
+    raise AnsibleFilterError(missing_required_lib("netaddr"))
 
 
 def _address_normalizer(value):

plugins/plugin_utils/base/ipaddress_utils.py

@@ -87,7 +87,4 @@ def _validate_args(plugin, doc, params):
 
 
 def _need_netaddr(f_name, *args, **kwargs):
-    raise errors.AnsibleFilterError(
-        "The %s filter requires python's netaddr be "
-        "installed on the ansible controller" % f_name,
-    )
+    raise errors.AnsibleFilterError(missing_required_lib("netaddr"))