On Mar 2, 4:04 pm, olizilla <[email protected]> wrote: > You sir, are a gent and a scholar!
At least one of the above. :-) > I had not even considered creating my own RPM's, assuming that such a thing > was beyond the ken of a mere mortal. I shall be reading up on them tonight. There is a learning curve assocated with RPM building, just like with anything else, but once you get the hang of it, it's not that hard. There is a fair amount of documentation arond the web. Among the better are IBM's 3-part article (start at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1/) and Fedora's draft manual (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/ Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/RPM_Guide/index.html). Don't overlook http://www.rpm.org/, but frankly, I don't find it as useful as some of the others. > Thanks for bringing the yumrepo type to my attention, I have been adding > repos with yet more Exec's which I guess is symptomatic of being new around > these puppets. Out of interest, I can't see an apt equivalent in the type > reference docs, is that the case? There is no apt analog of Yumrepo included in the standard distribution. I would not be surprised if there were one available from a third party, however. Check Puppetforge. > Your diagnosis of the script issue was correct. It had nothing to do with > the puppet user. It was an SELinux. Kicking it into permissive mode fixed > it. Score! > I plan to get my head around RPM packaging and repositories anyway, as > it sounds like the best route. I certainly think so, and not just in a Puppet context. Without RPM it's not the installs that kill you, though having an RPM does make multiple installs much easier and more consistent. No, it's the uninstalls, the upgrades, the dependency management, the software inventory, .... It's just icing on the cake that RPMs are easy for software such as Puppet do deal with. > I'm totally clear about what the manifest attribute is supposed to be used > for, but it seems I don't need it. > > Thank you kindly for taking the time to provide such a clear answer. You're quite welcome. Cheers, John -- 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.
