> Your diff does not solve the above problem since it installs packages > from the PKG_PATH of the local environment, ignoring the 'source' > attribute. In particular, it fails in installing 'wget' in the > example.
The intent is not to install from PKG_PATH but from pkg.conf. PKG_PATH will be empty assuming puppet runs at the normal boot sequence. I now think the variable should be emptied anyway. > I think, the PKG_PATH of the local environment should entirely be > ignored in the provider Yes. > and only the 'source' attribute be used. I considered the 'source' attribute in Puppet a needless complexity. Together with PKG_PATH and pkg.conf the whole mechanism is too fancy for what it is trying to achieve. I wanted centralized repository configuration. To that end, PKG_PATH must be ignored, the source attribute removed, and pkg.conf managed using the usual Puppet way.
