Hmm... versions just work with pkg-get ;) give it a try On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Matt McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks for that -- I'll take a proper look later. > > Is there any way to do versionable packages on Solaris? I could've sworn > the blastwave stuff could do it, but apparently not. It'd be awfully handy > to be able to tell puppet to install a specific version of a package. > > Also, my apologies to the list for the stupid disclaimers on my previous > posts. I've resubbed from my personal address to eliminate that particular > avenue for looking like a prat. > > Matt > > Ohad Levy wrote: > > hmm, you just need the pkg-get and wget binaries (or packages) and than > > puppet will use the blastwave provider. > > for the repo, it will used whatever defined in pkg-get.conf, in my case, > we > > a few different packages (blastwave, home made etc) which we put in our > > "pkg-get repo", allowing puppet do use blastwave to download them > > I use the following script <http://pastie.org/302029> to generate the > repo. > > > > Cheers, > > Ohad > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:51 AM, McLeod, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > In my case, because we're not doing Blastwave packages, we're just > doing > > > a few things we've built locally. And because I hadn't thought of it. > > > :) > > > > > > Do you need to actually install pkg-get and the Blastwave base to make > > > this work, or does Puppet natively handle the repo? > > > > > > (Blastwave and friends tend to drag in dependencies that pollute our > dev > > > environments so we can't use them in most cases.) > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of Ohad Levy > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 1:09 PM > > > > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > > > > Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: how to update solaris packages without > > > keeping > > > > local copies > > > > > > > > Why not to create your own blastwave repo to use pkg-get with, or am > I > > > > missing anything here? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ohad > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:41 AM, McLeod, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sam Rowe wrote: > > > > > Another quick point about this.. pkgadd isn't smart enough to > > > > handle a > > > > > response file with packages installed this way. > > > > > > > > > > > > It will however use an admin file. > > > > > > > > Here's what I have for installing packages on Solaris systems: > > > > > > > > define pkgadd { > > > > $pkgrepo="http://pca.itgasiapac.com/pkgs"; > > > > package{"$name": > > > > source => "$pkgrepo/$name.pkg.$hardwareisa", > > > > ensure => installed, > > > > adminfile => "puppet", > > > > require => > File["/var/sadm/install/admin/puppet"] > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > > > My "base" define which gets pulled in for everything ensures > > > that the > > > > admin file is in the right place. This is a full-auto admin > > > file. > > > > Then > > > > I define packages I want installed thus: > > > > > > > > pkgadd{ITGlsof:} > > > > > > > > The hitch is that I'm not sure that puppet is able to handle > the > > > > Solaris > > > > package version info -- pkgadd itself doesn't really either. > So > > > this > > > > doesn't keep packages updated, merely installs them from the > > > > repository > > > > if they're not there. > > > > > > > > What you *can* do, though, is have a sort of "temporary" define > > > that > > > > gets pulled in for all Solaris hosts, and when you update a > > > package > > > > you > > > > can explicitly pkgrm it there. It should then get the updated > > > > version > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > A long way from perfect but if it's happening during a > > > maintenance > > > > window then it isn't *too* bad. > > > > > > > > It ought to be possible to write a custom fact that enumerates > > > all > > > > package versions, though I think you'd want to be careful and > > > either > > > > do > > > > some caching or ignore anything starting with SUNW*. 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