Matthew Palmer wrote:
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:44:46AM +1000, Jayen Ashar wrote:
How can I set aptitude as my preferred package provider globally? I
can't find any documentation on it, and a google search for "global
preferred package provider" (and variants) doesn't give me anything
useful.
Default the provider for the Package type to be aptitude. There's docs on
that.
I really can't find them. I've search for "default provider" (and
variants) and still can't find it. All I can find are things saying
puppet chooses a default provider, based on the os. I can't actually
find the name nor location of a global setting. Could you please
provide a pointer? Thanks.
Is there any documentation on why apt-get is the default for
debian/ubuntu, when aptitude is installed?
Because nobody's put forward a patch to do it differently.
Your problem isn't aptitude vs apt-get, though -- apt-get is perfectly
capable of resolving and installing dependencies. My guess is that you
haven't setup your preferences correctly to tell Puppet to install dependent
packages from your backports repo:
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Basically, your system config is screwed, and it's not Puppet's fault. Nor
will switching to aptitude solve your problem (unless it ignores repo
preferences).
If my system config were screwed, or I didn't set backports in my
preferences, then I would have the opposite problem, and backports would
take precedence over stable, since backports contains higher versions.
The bug report didn't include my apt_preferences, which contains:
Package: *
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 200
Furthermore, I've tested apt-get and aptitude, and while
"/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold install
openoffice.org-core=1:3.0.1-11~bpo50+2" doesn't do what I want,
"/usr/bin/aptitude -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold install
openoffice.org-core=1:3.0.1-11~bpo50+2" does. (Although I realize
auto-resolving with aptitude would give me things like:
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
openoffice.org
openoffice.org-style-andromeda
whereas apt-get would not be so bold, I think this is generally the
preferred behavior, rather than being thrown into dependency hell.)
Thanks,
Jayen
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
index a99ee4c..2aa8ec9 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :apt, :parent => :dpkg, :source => :dpkg do
commands :aptcache => "/usr/bin/apt-cache"
commands :preseed => "/usr/bin/debconf-set-selections"
- defaultfor :operatingsystem => [:debian, :ubuntu]
-
ENV['DEBIAN_FRONTEND'] = "noninteractive"
# A derivative of DPKG; this is how most people actually manage
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/aptitude.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/aptitude.rb
index 699df0e..b5ad419 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/aptitude.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/aptitude.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :aptitude, :parent => :apt, :source => :dpkg
commands :aptitude => "/usr/bin/aptitude"
commands :aptcache => "/usr/bin/apt-cache"
+ defaultfor :operatingsystem => [:debian, :ubuntu]
+
ENV['DEBIAN_FRONTEND'] = "noninteractive"
def aptget(*args)
