On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:55 PM, bobics <bob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to pass command line options for a package installed via a > gem provider. In particular, I'm updating puppet, the equivalent > command would be: > > /usr/bin/gem1.8 install puppet -v=2.6.1 --no-rdoc --no-ri > > (The extra docs that gets installed with puppet take WAY too long and > are unnecessary on production). I'm running a very simple "self- > update" of Puppet per this thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/cb26b8973bc70925 > like so: > > class puppet ($version) { > package { "puppet": ensure => $version, provider => gem } > } > > How do I pass command line options? Do I need to create a custom > provider? My guess is I'll probably end up using an "exec" resource > with an onlyif condition.
RubyGems pays attention to ~/.gemrc so you can set /root/.gemrc to contain gem: --no-rdoc --no-ri before package resources do their thing and they'll do what you want. -- 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.
