Jira (PUP-10430) Yum package provider update/downgrade not working correctly with epochs

[Gheorghe Popescu (Jira)]

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Gheorghe Popescu created an issue   Puppet / PUP-10430 Yum package provider update/downgrade not working correctly with epochs Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 6.14.0, PUP 5.5.19 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Types and Providers Created: 2020/04/21 7:35 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Gheorghe Popescu When installing a package using the yum package provider we can end-up in a situation where a package is installed from a distinct epoch even though we didn't specify an epoch. Trying to ensure another version, the comparison method can end-up giving the wrong result depending on package version, epoch and order of parameters:  https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/util/rpm_compare.rb#L167   This can be reproduces using `python-docker-pycreds` package on a redhat7 box. available versions: 1.10.6-1.el7, 1.10.6-3.el7 , 1.10.6-4.el7, 1:0.3.0-7.el7 installed version: 1:0.3.0-7.el7 running:  ❯ puppet resource package python-docker-pycreds ensure='1.10.6-3.el7' provider=yum results in trying to use `update` flag with an older version: Debug: Package[python-docker-pycreds](provider=yum): Upgrading package python-docker-pycreds from version 1:0.3.0-11.el7 to 1.10.6-3.el7 Debug: Executing: ‘/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y update python-docker-pycreds-1.10.6-3.el7’ Debug: Executing: ’/usr/bin/rpm -q python-docker-pycreds --nosignature --nodigest --qf %{NAME} %|EPOCH?{%{EPOCH}}:{0}| %{VERSION} %{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n’ Debug: Cannot parse 1.10.6-3.el7 as a RPM version range Error: Could not update: Failed to update to version 1.10.6-3.el7, got version 1:0.3.0-11.el7 instead Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[python-docker-pycreds]/ensure: change from ‘1:0.3.0-11.el7’ to ‘1.10.6-3.el7’ failed: Could not update: Failed to update to version 1.10.6-3.el7, got version 1:0.3.0-11.el7 instead     Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.5.2#805002-sha1:a66f935) -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.356198.1587479750000.42794.1587479760035%40Atlassian.JIRA.