check if there attributes to set (#78707)

Fixes: #76727

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lineinfile/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/lineinfile/tasks/main.yml
index b7c7f626be..ae34c75759 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lineinfile/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lineinfile/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1418,3 +1418,30 @@
       - testend1 is changed
       - testend2 is changed
       - testend_file.stat.checksum == 'ef36116966836ce04f6b249fd1837706acae4e19'
+
+- name: Integration test for issue 76727
+  block:
+  - name: Create a symbolic link for the test file
+    file:
+      src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test.txt"
+      dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-76727.txt"
+      state: link
+
+  - name: Insert a line and back it up
+    lineinfile:
+      dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-76727.txt"
+      state: present
+      line: "#Line for issue 76727"
+      backup: yes
+    register: result1
+
+  - name: Stat the backup file
+    stat:
+      path: "{{ result1.backup }}"
+    register: result2
+
+  - name: Assert that the line was inserted and backup is created
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - result1 is changed
+        - result2.stat.exists