its also pretty easy to programatically access the information, which could make parsing it easier:
>require 'puppet' >Puppet::Type.type(:package).instances On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Glenn Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Before I go about writing one myself, anyone out there written a > >> software inventory module/fact for gathering a list of all installed > >> rpms/debs on a system? Got a few ideas floating around in my head, but > >> wanted to see if/what other folks have done .. > > > > you can already do this with: > > > > puppet resource package > > > > this will generate a manifests that represents all of the packages > installed > > on a system. > > Let me re-phrase a bit, I'm trying to get a fact setup to collect this > information and I can report of my Puppet DB. Was just thinking of > doing an auto-increment so it would be something like "package0 => > package_name-version" "package1 => package_name-version" etc. Parsing > "puppet resource package" will make it easier for writing a single > module for rpm/deb .. > > -- > 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. > > -- "Join us for PuppetConf <http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig>, September 22nd and 23rd in Portland, OR." <http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig> -- 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.
