On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 2:20 PM Mauricio Tavares <raubvo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 10:28 AM S C Rigler <rigle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Assuming you're using RPM, files that are marked "config" files in the
> > package will not be overwritten by package upgrades (that's how you
> > end up with ".rpmnew" files). But if you have missing files you can
> > file them by looking at the output of "rpm -V". Then think of some
> > creative way to trigger a reinstall of the package based on that.
>
> Let's make sure I understand what you are saying. If I have something
> like
>
> - name: Install package Foo
> package:
> name: "{{ foo_packages }}"
> update_cache: yes
> state: latest
>
> even though /etc/foo.conf is part of the package, deleting it will not
> trigger a reinstall because it will not be overwritten during an
> upgrade, right? If that is the case, I would need to do something like
>
> - name: Check if the Foo config is installed
> stat:
> path: "{{ Foo_config }}"
> register: foo_config
>
> and then trigger an reinstall if foo_config.stat.exists == False
>
NVM, package
(https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/package_module.html)
can't be forced. Yeah, I am trying to abstract as much as possible. I
guess I will try to uninstall and then reinstall package manually
> > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 9:02 AM Mauricio Tavares <raubvo...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > As you know some packages install their config files/dir during
> > > the normal package installation (the first examples that popped in my
> > > mind are postfix, bind, and apache). I understand that if the
> > > configuration file I am editing using ansible is different than the
> > > one I providing (as file or template), it will be overwritten back
> > > into the desired state next time ansible is run. But, let's say one of
> > > the other files in that config file is missing. Or I was bored and
> > > deleted the entire config dir. How would I detect it? I take if I do
> > > detect I would then want to reinstall said package and then run my
> > > customization, right?
> > >
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