Issue #11450 has been updated by Stefan Schulte.
Hi Daniel, is there a case where this similarity between absent and purged does not apply? I haven't used debian for a while now but when you remove a package (no purging = keep config files) can you later detect if the package was removed the described way (puppet will set ensure to absent) or was removed including configfiles (puppet will set ensure to purged)? if the answer is yes, is there a way to remove the configfiles after the package itself was removed, so puppet can change ensure from :absent to :purged? ---------------------------------------- Bug #11450: Package type and provider need to consider `purged` and `absent` packages identical for yum and similar providers https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11450 Author: Brett Lentz Status: Accepted Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: package Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.6.12 Keywords: package purge Branch: I have a package resource that I want to remove, including all of its dependencies. On Red Hat systems, this is done by "yum -y erase <package>". The corresponding puppet code is: <pre> package { <package>: ensure => purged } </pre> However, puppet prints this into the logs: <pre> debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderYum: Executing '/bin/rpm -q abrt --nosignature --nodigest --qf %{NAME} %|EPOCH?{%{EPOCH}}:{0}| %{VERSION} %{RELEASE} %{ARCH} ' debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderYum: Executing '/usr/bin/yum -y erase abrt' notice: /Stage[main]/Global/Package[abrt]/ensure: created </pre> The notice is clearly incorrect, as there's nothing that's been created. In fact, it repeatedly prints this notice and runs the "yum erase" command long after the package has *actually* been removed. Both of these behaviors are incorrect, and are caused by the RAL returning `absent` as the package state, while `purged` is required for the resource to settle. My expectation is: 1. Logged notices for purged resources should not describe anything as being "created". 2. Puppet should only run the "yum erase" command only if the package query ("rpm -q") returns a valid result. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
