Thanks Nigel, -Roy
Nigel Kersten wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Roy Nielsen <r...@lanl.gov > <mailto:r...@lanl.gov>> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm working on an upgrade manifest (for the Mac) and need to test it - > however it partially worked once, and now it skips the Package part, I'm > guessing because it figures the package has already been installed... > > Is there a receipt or something I can delete so it doesn't think the > package is installed? > > > I just posted this to the list the other day. > > You should treat Mac packages like you do other platforms. You don't > reinstall the same version, you install a newer version. > > We follow this model: > > $foo_pkg = "foo-2009010101.dmg" > > package { "$foo_pkg": > ensure => installed, > source => "$pkg_base/foo/$foo_pkg", > } > > Then all you do is bump the version number when you want to upgrade to a > newer version, like: > > > $foo_pkg = "foo-2009091001.dmg" > > package { "$foo_pkg": > ensure => installed, > source => "$pkg_base/foo/$foo_pkg", > } > > > > > > > Thanks, > -Roy > > > > > > -- > Nigel Kersten > nig...@google.com <mailto:nig...@google.com> > System Administrator > Google Inc. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
