Re: [ansible-project] Managing AUR packages with Ansible (Arch Linux)

I'm not doing much with Ansible right now, but when I was, I found that the pacman module could install local packages (ie the -U) flag, which greatly reduced the need for a custom AUR module. You can add a few commands to build the package if it doesn't exist and then use that module instead of

Re: [ansible-project] Managing AUR packages with Ansible (Arch Linux)

Hey there, any news on this? I'm looking into aura right now. It would be good if an Ansible module was created (In the meantime, I will try command: aura...) On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 02:18:02 UTC+1, tummyc...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions, M

Re: [ansible-project] Managing AUR packages with Ansible (Arch Linux)

Thanks for the suggestions, Michael. I've been thinking about the problem some more, and I think the most sound solution to bring all the logic together is to write an Ansible module and throw it in with any roles that require AUR package installation. I'm going to have a closer look at Ansible

Re: [ansible-project] Managing AUR packages with Ansible (Arch Linux)

For your first bullet point, consider running a command to see if "whatever" is installed/ready, using facts, or shell+register. Then use "group_by" to select the machines that don't have that criteria set that one way. You can then skip configuration on those systems where things are already don

[ansible-project] Managing AUR packages with Ansible (Arch Linux)

As the title says, I'm wondering if anyone has experience managing AUR packages with Ansible. I'm personally interested in nginx-passenger, but the question could really apply to any AUR package. Unlike official packages, AUR packages have to be built by the user, which introduces a slew of pro