Issue #5456 has been updated by Charlie Sharpsteen.
Redmine Issue [#5456](http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5456) has been migrated to JIRA: <https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-897> ---------------------------------------- Feature #5456: package type should accept virtual package for rpm https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5456#change-101392 * Author: Michael Scherer * Status: Accepted * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: package * Target version: 3.5.0 * Affected Puppet version: 2.6.4 * Keywords: * Branch: ---------------------------------------- Rpm ( like many similar package systems ) define a system of virtual package, with the tag Provides. For example, on Mandriva, we have : $ rpm -q --provides perl-Term-Size-Any-0.1.0-2mdv2010.1 perl(Term::Size::Any) = 0.1.0 perl-Term-Size-Any = 0.1.0-2mdv2010.1 So I can use "urpmi perl(Term::Size::Any)" to install the rpm. On puppet, the type package do not seem to take this fully in account. if I use this : package { 'perl(Term::Size::Any)': ensure => installed } The package is installed, but I see a error message : err: /Stage[main]//Node[valstar]/Package[perl(Term::Size::Any)]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Could not find package perl(Term::Size::Any) Here is a patch that fix this. It should allows to use any Provides for all rpm based package managers, but I only checked with urpmi and yum. It should work ok on all of them, since using a Provides instead of the exact rpm name is a very common feature. -- 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.
