On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:50 AM, R.I.Pienaar <r...@devco.net> wrote: > hello, > > ----- "Matthew Hyclak" <hyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Wish I'll be wrong, but seems like I won't be able to downgrade >> packages via yum. >> >> Downgrade via yum is done by a plugin that comes with some caveats >> (like how do you "downgrade" a post script that creates a user in >> version 2, but not in version 1). This plugin is also not supported >> on some earlier versions of yum. >> >> It might be possible to modify the yum provider in puppet to check >> for the existence of the plugin, and if the requested version is less >> than the installed version, call yum with the downgrade option. My >> recommendation would be to open a feature request in the bug tracker >> and let someone more versed in ruby and the provider than I am >> comment. > > > automated, unattended and untested downgrading of packages is a recipe for > disaster, I think puppet is right in by default not doing downgrades since > while it might work for your package in this case, it certainly wont work for > many, I've seen downgrades leaving machines very broken indeed due to post > scripts not being written to support it as Matthew correctly points out. > > If we are to add support for downgrades I'd say it should come with an > additional force => true style property on the package resource as it really > is very dangerous. >
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