Issue #2406 has been updated by Luke Kanies.
I think there's already an open ticket for similar functionality in yum, although they want to be able to temporarily enable a repo, get a package, and then disable it. I think some kind of 'repository' attribute makes sense here. ---------------------------------------- Feature #2406: APT provider's ensure parameter should support release name http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/2406 Author: Andrew Pollock Status: Needs design decision Priority: Normal Assigned to: Category: Debian Target version: Complexity: Unknown Affected version: 0.24.8 Keywords: This is a feature request received via Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513553 > > I'd like to be able to specify something like: > package { > "openoffice.org": ensure => "etch-backports"; > } > > This would call: > apt-get install openoffice.org/etch-backports > or > apt-get install -t etch-backports openoffice.org > > instead of: > apt-get install openoffice.org=etch-backports > > Can puppet check if the ensure parameter starts with a digit and decide > accordingly? > -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://reductivelabs.com/redmine/my/account --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
