Issue #1398 has been updated by Spencer Krum.
Another +1 for Pedro's suggestion. ---------------------------------------- Feature #1398: Common package name in two different providers https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/1398#change-96977 * Author: Lawrence Ludwig * Status: Accepted * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: package * Target version: * Affected Puppet version: 2.7.21 * Keywords: package alias * Branch: ---------------------------------------- I have a common package name, that's in two different package managers (one with yum the other with gem) package { "remove-mysql": name => "mysql", provider => "yum", ensure => absent, } --------------------------------------------------------- package { "gem-mysql": name => "mysql", ensure => "2.7", provider => gem, } --------------------------------------------------------- I get this error. Jul 3 08:43:34 puppetd[11872]: Could not retrieve catalog: Puppet::Parser::AST::Resource failed with error ArgumentError: Cannot alias Package[gem-mysql] to mysql; resource Package[mysql] already exists at /etc/puppet/modules/ruby-mysql/manifests/init.pp:11 on node -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
