On 24/01/11 13:31, Felix Frank wrote:
On 01/24/2011 02:07 PM, Jonathan Gazeley wrote:
Hi all,

Is there a way to use the Package type to find the version number of an
installed RPM?

I've consulted this page [1] and I can't see any documentation there
that says this might be possible.

I want to simply query my package manager and ask which version of a
package is installed. I do not necessarily wish to ensure it is
upgraded, etc.

I know it's possible to do this with an exec call to rpm or yum, but I
want to do it "properly" :)

[1] http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/types/package.html

Define "properly" :-) What is puppet supposed to do with this piece of
information? Log it somewhere?

I want to place the version number in a variable, where it will be used to do some post-install config that depends on the version number :)

By "properly" I meant to avoid exec calls unless as a last resort.

Cheers,
Jonathan


Regards,
Felix



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Jonathan Gazeley
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ResNet | Wireless & VPN Team
IT Services
University of Bristol
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