Issue #8231 has been reported by Christophe Drevet.
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Feature #8231: supersede packages available in the distribution repository
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8231
Author: Christophe Drevet
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
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Category: package
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I need to install a newer version of autofs. This package is available in the
repositories and may be installed on the client computers.
For CentOS 5:
* distribution version : autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.el5
* the version I need : autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.2.el5
Using yum provider, I can't install this version without creating a new
repository.
Using rpm, I can do something like that :
file {
"/root/packages/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.2.el5.x86_64.rpm":
source =>
"puppet://balsamea.intra.cea.fr/files/packages/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.2.el5.x86_64.rpm";
}
package {
"autofs":
ensure => '5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.2.el5',
source =>
"/root/packages/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.bz579312.2.el5.rpm",
provider => 'rpm',
require => [
File["/root/packages/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.143.bz579312.2.el5.x86_64.rpm"],
],
}
The package will be installed unless the required version is installed. It's
nice.
Now, on Ubuntu, I can't do it because dpkg is not versionable (#647) (BTW, I
don't understand how dpkg can't be versionable while rpm is). I can't do it
either with apt or aptitude providers because they ignore the source parameter.
It would be nice if all providers can deal with the source parameter. This way,
a package not available in the distribution repository could be installed.
What do you think ?
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