Issue #21213 has been reported by Steve Shipway.
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Feature #21213: Extend package resource to add 'onlyif' parameter
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/21213
* Author: Steve Shipway
* Status: Unreviewed
* Priority: Normal
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* Category: package
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Sometimes, we want to upgrade a package to the latest version, but only if it
is already installed. This would be in the case of a patch becoming available
for a vulnerability in a package not installed everywhere. We could add a
resource to a global include to ensure it is patched on only the servers that
require it.
So, we cant use package{foo: ensure=>latest} as this would install the package
if it is not already there.
I would like something along the lines of
package { foo: ensure=>latest, onlyif=>present }
so that the package is upgraded but only if it is already installed in an older
version. You could maybe also have "onlyif=>'<1.0'" to only trigger the
upgrade if you have an existing version older than 1.0 (though this would be
covered by the other feature request to allow "ensure=>'>1.0'")
Yes, this could be done with a custom fact, but that is very cumbersome if you
have a large and changing set of packages - do you add a fact for each one? It
can also be done (on yum-based systems but not apt-based ones) via a complex
exec definition. However it would be better to have it all done in the package
resource.
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