Answering one of my own questions: > > Question: will puppet handle downgrades? ie use 'rpm -f' to force the > installation? > Or will it only work for upgrades? >
>From looking at puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb: Specifying 'latest' for the rpm provider will cause the puppet client to do an rpm -qf on the rpm specified in the source parameter. And downgrades are handled, I think... it looks like it does rpm -i UNLESS the package is listed as installed (and not absent), in which case it uses rpm -U. In both cases it adds '--oldpackage', which is a synonym for force. So it will handle adding, upgrading, and downgrading a package. Still appreciate any comments re how to best chain subscribe/notify, and also if I'm wildly wrong about using the RPM provider in preference to the YUM provider for our use case. Thanks Julian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
