Issue #5319 has been updated by Nick Moffitt.
Assignee deleted (Nigel Kersten)
Here is a rough draft of my attempts to do this with execs:
<pre>
define select_package() {
exec { "/usr/bin/dpkg-query -W --showformat '\${Status}' ${name} | grep
'^install ok installed$'":
alias => "${name}_installed",
onlyif => "/bin/echo '${name} install' | /usr/bin/dpkg
--set-selections",
require => Exec["select_${name}"],
subscribe => Exec["select_${name}"],
"/bin/echo '${name} install' | /usr/bin/dpkg --set-selections":
alias => "select_${name}",
unless => "/usr/bin/dpkg-query -W --showformat '\${Status}'
${name} | grep -e '^\(hold\|install\)'",
}
}
</pre>
Example usage:
<pre>
select_package{ 'sl': }
file { '/tmp/gubble':
requires: Exec[sl_installed],
...
}
</pre>
It's really ugly and horrible, but it should gracefully handle packages that
are on hold.
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Feature #5319: ensure => selected for packages requiring interactive
installation (dpkg/apt provider at least)
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5319
Author: Nick Moffitt
Status: Needs design decision
Priority: Normal
Assignee:
Category: package
Target version:
Affected Puppet version:
Keywords:
Branch:
At times there are packages with catastrophic failure modes when they are run
noninteractively, particularly when working with dpkg. As a result I propose
the following option in package providers, presented from a dpkg standpoint.
If a package resource is ensure => selected, it will have exactly the same
status behavior as ensure => installed, but the installation process will run
'echo "${packagename} install" | /usr/bin/dpkg --set-selections'. This will
cause the package to be installed the next time an administrator interactively
runs "apt-get dselect-upgrade".
This allows configuration changes for a particular package to be held back
until that package is installed interactively.
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