The packages are ok (straight CentOS 4), but the OS is our own dialect (modified from CentOS 4). So, I end up with some packages that depend on others only to create a directory or a config file that puppet will be doing anyways. I don't want to install the dependence because it installs other stuff that I don't want or need and might interfere with our custom OS.
I was hoping not to have to create a either a modified rpm or a dummy one. So far, it sound like creating a dummy package or modifying the puppet rpm provider are my best choices. Thanks, Steven > -----Original Message----- > From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:puppet-us...@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Todd Zullinger > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:18 PM > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: Package rpm parameters > > Steven Nemetz wrote: > > Is there a way to pass parameters to rpm with the package type? > > > > I have some rpms that need to be installed with --nodeps > > What sort of packages do you need to do this with? It sounds like > broken packages (which often come from proprietary vendors that don't > know how to package properly :). > > There are probably better ways to handle this sort of breakage. For > example, create dummy packages that "provide" the dependencies. > > Of course, I'm just guessing at what you really need to do, so I could > be way off. > > -- > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Erotic is when you use a feather, kinky is when you use the whole > chicken. > -- C. Haynes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
