I understand the points you mentioned, but as long as software is still being distributed as source packages I think it should be supported at some level by Puppet. That being said, I'm off to learn some packaging techniques.
Thanks for all the help. Magic. On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 7:30:01 PM UTC+2, jcbollinger wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 3:32:55 AM UTC-6, magi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I'm looking for a way to install packages from source via puppet, I was >> able to locate maybe 5 posts on this subject which is very strange, as I >> would expect people to still use ./configure with their own customized >> options. >> > > > Why would you expect that? Responsible sysadmins use packages wherever > possible. The alternative is madness. > > Moreover, if you continue with the puppet-controlled build approach, you > will find that you have to go to a fair amount of effort to ensure that the > program is built and installed only at need. Then, eventually you may find > that it's even trickier to fit updates into the picture. And you may > discover that you need to explicitly manage dependencies -- hopefully > before something breaks unexpectedly. Relying on your package manager > makes all this a lot easier to deal with. > > > John > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/8TpS7e3N-aIJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
