Jira (PUP-7023) Provider should attempt to read uninstall_options for package resource when provider not explicitly defined

[Kirk Madera (JIRA)]

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Kirk Madera created an issue   Puppet / PUP-7023 Provider should attempt to read uninstall_options for package resource when provider not explicitly defined Issue Type: Story Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/12/16 9:26 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Kirk Madera When a provider is not specified in a package resource, but it can be determined automatically, uninstall_options should be read and used if supported by the selected provider. My test case for this was on CentOS7 attempting to uninstall mariadb-libs, which needs `--nodeps` specified in my case or it fails because of a dependency from Postfix. From reading the documentation here, it seemed that this code should work: package { 'mariadb-libs': ensure => absent, uninstall_options => ['--nodeps'], } The documentation above does not state that a provider must be stated explicitly. I ended up having to update my code to this and it worked: package { 'mariadb-libs': ensure => absent, uninstall_options => ['--nodeps'], provider => rpm } Since, apparently, Puppet can determine the provider to be "rpm" automatically, it would make sense for it to also apply the uninstall_options. In the meantim (or if this is not possible), the documentation should be updated to state that uninstall_options only works if the provider is explicitly stated. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- 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.