Hi, running puppet with --debug will show you the check command that is run to determine whether the package needs updating. It yields a zero exit code apparently, so the 'unless' dependency is not hit.
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt/blob/0e3220711ba9ce05715c39c22771e34b81b41382/manifests/force.pp#L55 HTH, Felix On 02/24/2015 01:33 PM, Jochen Häberle wrote: > Hi, > > I am having problems installing a kernel from backports on Debian Wheezy with > Puppet 3.7.4 > > I am using puppetlabs/apt to manage Debian repositories and have the > following code for my note > > notice("getting kernel from backports...") > apt::force { 'linux-image-amd64': > release => 'wheezy-backports', > cfg_files => 'unchanged', > cfg_missing => true, > require => Apt::Source['Debian_Backports'], > } -> > package { 'linux-image-amd64': > ensure => 'latest', > } > > The notice is reached, but the kernel-package is not touched and stays at the > main Debian version > > The Apt repositoriy is declared elsewhere as > > apt::source { 'Debian_Backports': > comment => 'This is the Debian Backports mirror', > location => 'http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian', > release => 'wheezy-backports', > repos => 'main contrib non-free', > pin => '200', > include_src => false, > include_deb => true, > } > > The source file is present and apt-show-versions gives me the kernel from > backports I want to get. apt-get update is executed. > > I do not see the problem. Could anypne pls help me out??? > > Thanks in advance > > Jochen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/54F3729E.3010306%40Alumni.TU-Berlin.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
