Hello,
To achieve this I have provided my modified version of package_method body:
body package_method aptget
{
package_changes => "bulk";
package_list_command => "/usr/bin/dpkg -l";
package_list_name_regex => "ii\s+([^\s]+).*";
package_list_version_regex => "ii\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+).*";
package_installed_regex => ".*"; # all reported are installed
package_name_convention => "$(name)";
package_add_command => "/usr/bin/env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
/usr/bin/apt-get --yes install";
package_delete_command => "/usr/bin/apt-get --yes remove";
package_update_command => "/usr/bin/env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
/usr/bin/apt-get --yes install";
package_list_update_command => "/usr/bin/apt-get update";
package_verify_command => "/usr/bin/dpkg -s";
package_noverify_returncode => "1";
!package_list_update_needed_now::
package_list_update_ifelapsed => "1440"; # 24 hours
#this should not be needed as is the default behaviour.
#package_list_update_needed_now::
# package_list_update_ifelapsed => "0"; # update now!
}
Then I set the class "package_list_update_needed_now" only if there was
a change to the list file. For example:
"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.list"
comment => "Generate the ubuntu sources.list file",
handle => "packages_files_apt_ubuntu_list",
create => "true",
edit_line => expand_template("$(v.cfrepo)/packages/ubuntu.list.tmplt"),
edit_defaults => empty,
perms => mog("0644","root","root"),
classes => if_repaired("package_list_update_needed_now");
When there is a change to the list file, apt-get update will be
triggered immediately. Otherwise, it will be only run once a day (each
1440 minutes).
Best regards,
Bolesław Tokarski
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