or just uses an exec to execute it with nodeps.... Ohad On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Steven Nemetz <[email protected]>wrote:
> > The packages are ok (straight CentOS 4), but the OS is our own dialect > (modified from CentOS 4). So, I end up with some packages that depend on > others only to create a directory or a config file that puppet will be > doing anyways. I don't want to install the dependence because it > installs other stuff that I don't want or need and might interfere with > our custom OS. > > I was hoping not to have to create a either a modified rpm or a dummy > one. > > So far, it sound like creating a dummy package or modifying the puppet > rpm provider are my best choices. > > Thanks, > > Steven > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Todd Zullinger > > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:18 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: Package rpm parameters > > > > Steven Nemetz wrote: > > > Is there a way to pass parameters to rpm with the package type? > > > > > > I have some rpms that need to be installed with --nodeps > > > > What sort of packages do you need to do this with? It sounds like > > broken packages (which often come from proprietary vendors that don't > > know how to package properly :). > > > > There are probably better ways to handle this sort of breakage. For > > example, create dummy packages that "provide" the dependencies. > > > > Of course, I'm just guessing at what you really need to do, so I could > > be way off. > > > > -- > > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: > > www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp<http://www.pobox.com/%7Etmz/pgp> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Erotic is when you use a feather, kinky is when you use the whole > > chicken. > > -- C. Haynes. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
