+1
To manage an RPM not in yum, put it into yum.
> On Mar 2, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Garrett Honeycutt <g...@garretthoneycutt.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/2/17 9:58 AM, warron.french wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> can someone please advise me on a proper set of syntax (a file to look
>> at) for an example to follow to solve the following challenge:
>>
>> 1. I have 2 deliver 2 *.rpm files that are not in a YUM repository, so
>> I dropped them into the files directory of my module path.
>> 2. I need to be able to execute each of them either together, or
>> _A.rpm before B.rpm_
>> 3. __Then execute a shell script that requires the 2 RPMs to be in
>> place before that happens.
>>
>> I am starting to get into slightly more complicated modules, instead of
>> simply delivering basic ASCII text files using *content =>
>> template('modulename/some.erb')*.
>>
>> I just need an example that is know to provide proper execution, proper
>> syntax, and something I can learn from correctly. I am still building
>> the foundation of my understanding, so troubleshooting someone else's
>> code isn't going to be too good for my development yet.
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> --------------------------
>> Warron French
>>
>
> Hi Warron,
>
> What you want to accomplish is a bad idea and you should use a yum repo
> and definitely not check in binary data with your modules. You could at
> least store the rpm's somewhere and then download them from that
> canonical source. Take a look at Artifactory which can help with where
> to store things such as your random rpm's.
>
> Sometimes you have to automate what you have before you build something
> better. Suggest writing an exec resource that can handle what you are
> trying to do. The key here is to have two commands. One that checks to
> see if you are already in the desired state and another to get you to
> the desired state. Figure that out without Puppet and once you have
> those commands, you can write a manifest.
>
> Best regards,
> -g
>
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