Jira (PUP-1719) package/apt provider needs to allow holding and ensuring a particular version at the same time

[Adrien Thebo (JIRA)]

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Adrien Thebo commented on an issue   Re: package/apt provider needs to allow holding and ensuring a particular version at the same time A conversation on #puppet brought up this Redmine issue, where it's important to hold a package at a specific version. Since the ensure parameter behavior is overloaded for both determining the package state and the package version. This greatly reduces the value of the 'held' parameter. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1719 package/apt provider needs to allow holding and ensuring a particular version at the same time The package provider needs to be able to ensure a particular version of a package while also being able to set a hold status simultaneously. Currently, I'm forced to use an exec to install the package and then have the package provider ensure it being held. I can do it the other way around, but then I get change notices about the package version changing ... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- 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 puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.