Jira (PUP-2182) Package resource not working as expected in 3.5.0

[Peter Huene (JIRA)]

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Peter Huene commented on an issue   Re: Package resource not working as expected in 3.5.0 Behavior with the proposed fix: [vagrant@localhost puppet]$ sudo -E bundle exec puppet apply -e 'package { "vim": ensure => installed }' Notice: Compiled catalog for localhost.sd.cox.net in environment production in 0.38 seconds Warning: The allow_virtual parameter will be changing its default value from false to true in a future release. If you do not want to allow virtual packages, please explicitly set allow_virtual to false. (at /home/vagrant/src/puppet/lib/puppet/type.rb:816:in `set_default') Error: Could not find package vim Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[vim]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Could not find package vim Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.45 seconds [vagrant@localhost puppet]$ sudo -E bundle exec puppet apply -e 'package { "vim": ensure => installed, allow_virtual => true }' Notice: Compiled catalog for localhost.sd.cox.net in environment production in 0.39 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.13 seconds [vagrant@localhost puppet]$ sudo -E bundle exec puppet apply -e 'package { "vim": ensure => installed, allow_virtual => false }' Notice: Compiled catalog for localhost.sd.cox.net in environment production in 0.37 seconds Error: Could not find package vim Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[vim]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Could not find package vim Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.45 seconds Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-2182 Package resource not working as expected in 3.5.0 One of my modules has the following code: {code} package { 'inetd': ensure => absent; } {code} On the next Puppet run, Puppet tries to remove the xinetd package (debug output): {code} Debug: Executing '/bin/rpm -q inetd --nosignature --nodigest --qf %{NAME} %|EPOCH?{%{EPOCH}}:{0}| %{VERSION} %{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n' Debug: Executing '/bin/rpm -q i... 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/d/optout.