On 12/09/2010 05:13 AM, Patrick wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote: > >> Sadly, no. I very much missed the feature. We ended up using the apt >> preferences file to implement that behaviour >> >> If I was doing it over I would use a define that added the package >> resource and also used concat to automatically build up the >> preferences entry. >> >> Regards, Daniel. >> > > That's an interestring idea. > > I have one bit of advice about this. Make sure your source file > requires your preferences file. If you don't, it's possible one day to > get very unlucky and have only your source file pushed with nasty results.
Also note that starting with Squeeze, Debian ships a version of apt that supports an /etc/apt/preferences.d/. This makes pinning various packages using puppet feasible. Regards, Felix -- 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.
