Jira (PUP-6364) On AIX, an already installed package is not updated when using "ensure => latest"

[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

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Geoff Nichols created an issue   Puppet / PUP-6364 On AIX, an already installed package is not updated when using "ensure => latest" Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.5.0 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/05/26 4:04 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Geoff Nichols On AIX (reported on 7.1 TL3 SP5), when using "ensure => latest" on a package, puppet does not install the latest version available if the package (in this case, an older version) is already installed. If specifying a version number (i.e. 6.0.0.5), the package is updated to this version. Below is a sample output of the command puppet uses to produce a list of packages and their version numbers: #/usr/sbin/installp -L -d . EMC:EMC.CELERRA.aix.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC CELERRA AIX Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.CELERRA.iscsi.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC CELERRA iSCSI Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.CLARiiON.aix.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC CLARiiON AIX Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.CLARiiON.fcp.MPIO.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC CLARiiON FCP MPIO Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.CLARiiON.fcp.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC CLARiiON FCP Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.CLARiiON.iscsi.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC CLARiiON iSCSI Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.INVISTA.aix.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC INVISTA AIX Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.INVISTA.fcp.MPIO.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC INVISTA FCP MPIO Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.INVISTA.fcp.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC INVISTA FCP Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.Symmetrix.aix.rte:6.0.0.5::I:C:::::b:EMC Symmetrix AIX Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.Symmetrix.fcp.MPIO.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC Symmetrix FCP MPIO Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.Symmetrix.fcp.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC Symmetrix FCP Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.Symmetrix.iscsi.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC Symmetrix iSCSI Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.XtremIO.aix.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC XtremIO AIX Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.XtremIO.fcp.MPIO.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC XtremIO FCP MPIO Support Software::::0:: EMC:EMC.XtremIO.fcp.rte:6.0.0.5::I:T:::::b:EMC XtremIO FCP Support Software::::0::   So the version available to install is 6.0.0.5, version 6.0.0.3 is currently installed, but the newer version is not installed when using ensure => latest. When specifying 6.0.0.5 as the version, the package is updated. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.