Issue #22577 has been reported by Alex Jurkiewicz.
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Bug #22577: Puppet 3.3 dpkg Package provider seems to break with some packages
set absent
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/22577
* Author: Alex Jurkiewicz
* Status: Unreviewed
* Priority: Normal
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* Affected Puppet version: 3.3.0
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Given the following manifest:
package { 'nfs-common': ensure => absent }
package { 'rpcbind': ensure => absent }
Our Puppet runs return only one error:
Warning: Failed to match dpkg-query line "No packages found matching
rpcbind.\n"
This is because the 'rpcbind' package no longer exists, according to dpkg-query:
$ dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Status} ${Package} ${Version} :DESC:
${Description}\n:DESC:\n' nfs-common
unknown ok not-installed nfs-common :DESC:
:DESC:
$ dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Status} ${Package} ${Version} :DESC:
${Description}\n:DESC:\n' rpcbind
No packages found matching rpcbind.
However, apt-get still thinks the package name is valid:
# apt-get remove fakepackage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package fakepackage
# apt-get remove rpcbind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package rpcbind is not installed, so not removed
The older behaviour (succeed silently when asked to remove a nonexistent
package) is what we prefer. It means our manifests work across a wider variety
of OS versions without explicit `if $lsbmajorversion` conditionals clogging up
readability. We'd like this older behaviour back.
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