On Jan 12, 12:27 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:30 AM, Sven Sporer wrote:
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> > Hi, I have a simple use case, but can't get the dependency resolution
> > to work on first run. This is not critical, but I want to understand
> > what's going on. Here's the szenario:
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> > * puppet --version: 2.6.4
> > * on the bare system, I have vim 6.4 installed (no vim-base)
> > * I first want to upgrade to the latest version in repo, which is 7.1,
> > * and then install vim extensions for 7.1 (vim-enhanced, vim-data)
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> > My definition:
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> > class packages::vim {
> > $addons = ["vim-enhanced.x86_64", "vim-data.x86_64"]
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> > package { "vim.x86_64":
> > ensure => latest,
> > require => Class["yum::repos"],
> > before => Package[$addons],
> > }
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> > package { $addons:
> > ensure => present,
> > }
> > }
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> > The agent complains that vim-base-7.1 is not compatible with the
> > installed vim-6.4 (vim-base is needed for the addons). This would not
> > be a problem if the vim would be updated to 7.1 "before".
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> > (* I run puppet agent --test to see what happens on every run)
> > * So, this fails on first run.
> > * On second run, vim updates from 7.1 and installs $addons.
> > * Sometimes, a third run is needed to install the $addons.
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> This makes no sense to me that the last doesn't always work. Someone might
> come up with an answer, but logs with "--verbose --debug" would probably
> help. Even if you sanitize it with "grep vim" it would probably help a lot.
What do you mean by "the last"? Everything is installed as intended
after the third run. Sometimes, even after the second run. So I'm not
really sure what causes this inconsistency, but it has something to do
with yum dependency resolution and the dependencies as defined in the
manifest.
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