Issue #2406 has been updated by Jasper Poppe.
I did a pull request (https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/1650) and implemented the install_options for the apt provider. Would be nice to see this ticket getting solved after almost 4 years :) ---------------------------------------- Feature #2406: APT provider's ensure parameter should support release name https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/2406#change-91025 * Author: Andrew Pollock * Status: Investigating * Priority: Normal * Assignee: eric sorenson * Category: Debian * Target version: * Affected Puppet version: 0.24.8 * Keywords: * Branch: ---------------------------------------- This is a feature request received via Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513553 > > I'd like to be able to specify something like: > package { > "openoffice.org": ensure => "etch-backports"; > } > > This would call: > apt-get install openoffice.org/etch-backports > or > apt-get install -t etch-backports openoffice.org > > instead of: > apt-get install openoffice.org=etch-backports > > Can puppet check if the ensure parameter starts with a digit and decide > accordingly? > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
