Jira (PUP-1061) Install multiple package within a single call to the package manager

[Dustin J. Mitchell (JIRA)]

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Dustin J. Mitchell commented on an issue   Re: Install multiple package within a single call to the package manager It's worth noting that this bug makes updating puppet itself a dangerous operation. In trying to install puppet-3.7.0 (with ensure => '3.7.0-1.el6") on a puppet master, I got Error: Could not update: Failed to update to version 3.7.0-1.el6, got version 3.7.1-1.el6 instead Wrapped exception: Failed to update to version 3.7.0-1.el6, got version 3.7.1-1.el6 instead Error: /Stage[main]/Packages::Puppet/Package[puppet]/ensure: change from 3.6.1-1.el6 to 3.7.0-1.el6 failed: Could not update: Failed to update to version 3.7.0-1.el6, got version 3.7.1-1.el6 instead Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Puppetserver/Package[puppet-server]: Dependency Package[puppet] has failures: true Warning: /Stage[main]/Packages::Puppetserver/Package[puppet-server]: Skipping because of failed dependencies which is to say, because of the bidirectional dependency between puppet and puppet-server, the pinning operation failed and puppet installed an untested version of itself (which version subsequently failed and caused an outage). So, if only for the PR benefit of puppet not destroying itself on upgrade, it'd be good to see motion here Regarding command-line length, at least with yum it's possible to build up a transaction one package at a time, then trigger the entire transaction. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1061 Install multiple package within a single call to the package manager During the configuration applying process the package manager is called for each package installation. It is possible to reduce the number of calls to the package manager by gathering package installation and delayed some package installation. Naturally, this modification should not break the dependency graph. 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.