Issue #2866 has been updated by John DeStefano.

Oliver Hookins wrote:
> Perhaps that indicates that the package providers need a new feature 
> :downgradeable ? At least yum, apt, gem support it (and probably a few more).

Exactly: sorry if I wasn't clear.  From Grzegorz's original ticket:
*Running “yum downgrade foo-2.5.6-38.g01d82ad” properly downgrades the package, 
but puppet always calls “yum install”.*

Yum certainly provides this functionality, and if I'm to trust the release 
notes (we can't use 2.7 yet: currently still on 2/6/x), Puppet does now as 
well.  But according to the current docs, 'downgradeable' is still not a 
feature available for the 'package' type.
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Feature #2866: Yum package provider does not allow downgrade
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/2866

Author: Grzegorz Nosek
Status: Closed
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: package
Target version: 2.7.0
Affected Puppet version: development
Keywords: 
Branch: http://github.com/mmrobins/puppet/tree/ticket/2.6.x/2866


After installing (e.g. by hand) a version of a package later than specified in 
the "ensure" attribute the yum provider refuses to downgrade the package:

<pre>
change from 2.5.6-39.g120eba4 to 2.5.6-38.g01d82ad failed: Could not update: 
Failed to update to version 2.5.6-38.g01d82ad, got version 2.5.6-39.g120eba4 
instead
</pre>

Running "yum downgrade foo-2.5.6-38.g01d82ad" properly downgrades the package, 
but puppet always calls "yum install".


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