> How can I tell if oracle is install or any program when its install without 
> rpm?
> How can I tell when the untar command is finished?  
> What happens when it takes a while to transfer 1.8GB file?  
> Does the "user => oracle" give me the environment of the user like su - 
> oracle would?
> Is there a provider for patching oracle?  Is there a patch type?
> Is it bad to have lots of exec statements?

Hi, I have a similar use case. I like the idea of installing via RPM,
where the RPM is only a meta package which contains the install
routine, but not the install media. The steps in the manifest are:

1) check if Oracle is not installed (ex: unless => "rpm -q
oracle_database"; Facter fact)
2) if not installed, Mount[oracle_sources]
3) ensure Package[oracle_database] is installed
4a) in RPM: start runInstaller
4b) alternatively, you could place a script (containing the
runInstaller command) with the software sources, and the RPM only
calls "/sources/mount/oracle_install.cmd"

What do you think?

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