Hey Eric
Wow, it's exactly what I wanted to do. I did not know how to call the
provider and modify the command without writing a new provider.
Simple, clear and powerful. Thanks a lot for sharing !
Did you use "vendor" parameter because it is not possible to create
new parameters ? I have tired, but it does not work.
On Sep 9, 5:40 pm, Eric Shamow <eric.sha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well as a starter --
>
> This is a provider called rpm_plus.rb -- I found most of it floating
> around on the web and I seem to recall tweaking some small part of it,
> although I don't recall now what it was... in any event this works and
> is in use in our environment. Provider looks like:
>
> Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :rpm_plus, :parent => :rpm, :source =>
> :rpm do
>
> has_feature :versionable
>
> desc "Support via ``rpm``."
> commands :rpm_plus => "rpm"
> def rpm(*args)
> rpm_plus(*args + @resource[:vendor].split(" "))
> end
> end
>
> You'd throw this in a file called rpm_plus.rb and stash it in
> <module>/lib/puppet/provider/package/. What this basically does is
> wrap the existing RPM provider with another one that lets you pass
> arguments in a "vendor" attribute.
>
> You would then install your RPM package in your manifest the following way:
>
> package{ 'My_package':
> ensure => 'version_number',
> provider => rpm_plus,
> source = "<my_package_location>",
> vendor => "--prefix=/home/ads",
> }
>
> The key bits are the provider => rpm_plus attribute, which tells
> Puppet to override its default yum provider, and the vendor attribute,
> into which you pass your additional arguments.
>
> -Eric
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:27 AM, SiD <self...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for your quick answer.
> > I've already analysed the code, but it does not really help me. Do I
> > need to write a new provider in Ruby, or can I override the original
> > one ?
>
> > Thanks again !
>
> > On Sep 8, 10:45 am, mohit chawla <mohit.chawla.bin...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> You can probably start by looking at the code for the various
> >> types/providers under puppet's code directory. On Debian, for eg., the code
> >> for rpm package provider is under
> >> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb .
>
> >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:40 PM, SiD <self...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
>
> >> > I would like to go in depth with Puppet, but I haven't found any good
> >> > documentation about my issue (I've just ordered the official Puppet
> >> > book, hope it helps).
> >> > I need to install RPM packages with specified install-options, like --
> >> > prefix. But the package type does not support this kind of option.
> >> > Does anyone have an idea how to redefine a type ?
>
> >> > Thanks !
>
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