Hi Michael, Thanks for the quick reply. Hopefully this is what you're looking for. Sorry for the obfuscation - it's important where I work. In summary, below you can see I have SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 repository defined. I applied this through zypprepo successfully. Then I manually remove it and run the puppet client again, but it thinks it's still there and the .repo file is also confirmed gone? I'm stumped.
serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # zypper repos # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh --+-------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------+--------- +-------- 1 | XXX-SLES11 | XXX YaST repository | Yes | Yes 2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 | SUSE- Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 11-0 | Yes | Yes 3 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11_11-0 | SUSE- Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11 11-0 | Yes | Yes serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # ll /etc/zypp/repos.d/ total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Apr 18 19:07 XXX-SLES11.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Apr 18 19:07 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise- Server-11.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247 Apr 18 19:07 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software- Development-Kit-11_11-0.repo serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # zypper removerepo SUSE- Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 Removing repository 'SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 11-0' [done] Repository 'SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11 11-0' has been removed. serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # zypper repos # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh --+-------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------+--------- +-------- 1 | XXX-SLES11 | XXX YaST repository | Yes | Yes 2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11_11-0 | SUSE- Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11 11-0 | Yes | Yes serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # puppetd --server puppet.somedomain.com --test --debug debug: Failed to load library 'rubygems' for feature 'rubygems' debug: Failed to load library 'selinux' for feature 'selinux' debug: Failed to load library 'shadow' for feature 'libshadow' debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap' debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: feature ldap is missing debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file roledel does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderDirectoryservice: file /usr/bin/ dscl does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::File::ProviderMicrosoft_windows: feature microsoft_windows is missing debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml]: Autorequiring File[/ var/lib/puppet/state] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/ serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/ public_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/ var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/clientbucket]: Autorequiring File[/var/ lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/ lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/client_yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/facts]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem]: Autorequiring File[/ var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/classes.txt]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/graphs]: Autorequiring File[/var/ lib/puppet/state] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/ serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/ private_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/client_data]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: Finishing transaction 70158457981100 debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/facts]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/ var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/ serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/ private_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem]: Autorequiring File[/ var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/ lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/ puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/ serverX.somedomain.com.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/ public_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: Finishing transaction 70158458003480 debug: Using cached certificate for ca debug: Using cached certificate for serverX.somedomain.com debug: Finishing transaction 70158457575980 debug: Loaded state in 0.00 seconds info: Retrieving plugin debug: Loaded state in 0.00 seconds debug: Using cached certificate for ca debug: Using cached certificate for serverX.somedomain.com debug: Using cached certificate_revocation_list for ca debug: file_metadata supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml marshal pson raw yaml; using pson info: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Evaluated in 0.06 seconds debug: Finishing transaction 70158457426780 debug: Storing state debug: Stored state in 0.00 seconds debug: catalog supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml dot marshal pson raw yaml; using pson debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderRpm: Executing '/bin/rpm -- version' debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderAptrpm: Executing '/bin/rpm -ql rpm' debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderYum: Executing '/bin/rpm -- version' debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderUrpmi: Executing '/bin/rpm -ql rpm' info: Caching catalog for serverX.somedomain.com debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderUrpmi: file urpmi does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderNim: file /usr/sbin/nimclient does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderGem: file gem does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPortage: file /usr/bin/emerge does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderRug: file /usr/bin/rug does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderOpenbsd: file pkg_add does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkg: file /usr/bin/pkg does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderSunfreeware: file pkg-get does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderHpux: file /usr/sbin/swinstall does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderAptrpm: file apt-get does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderAix: file /usr/bin/lslpp does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderSun: file /usr/sbin/pkgadd does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderAptitude: file /usr/bin/aptitude does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPorts: file /usr/local/sbin/ portversion does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderFreebsd: file /usr/sbin/pkg_add does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderYum: file yum does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderFink: file /sw/bin/fink does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderUp2date: file /usr/sbin/up2date- nox does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderApt: file /usr/bin/apt-get does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPortupgrade: file /usr/local/ sbin/portversion does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderDpkg: file /usr/bin/dpkg does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderDebian: file /usr/sbin/update- rc.d does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderDaemontools: file /usr/bin/svc does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderRunit: file /usr/bin/sv does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderGentoo: file /sbin/rc-update does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderLaunchd: file /bin/launchctl does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Group::ProviderLdap: false value when expecting true debug: Puppet::Type::Group::ProviderDirectoryservice: file /usr/bin/ dscl does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::Group::ProviderPw: file /usr/sbin/pw does not exist debug: Creating default schedules debug: Loaded state in 0.00 seconds debug: Prefetching zypper resources for package debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderZypper: Executing '/bin/rpm -- version' debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderZypper: Executing '/bin/rpm -qa --nosignature --nodigest --qf '%{NAME} %|EPOCH?{%{EPOCH}}:{0}| % {VERSION} %{RELEASE} %{ARCH} '' debug: /Stage[first]/before: requires Stage[main] debug: /Stage[main]/Puppet/Service[puppet]/require: requires Package[puppet] debug: /Stage[main]/Puppet/Package[puppet]/require: requires Zypprepo[XXX-SLES11] debug: /Stage[main]/Puppet/User[puppet]: Autorequiring Group[puppet] info: Applying configuration version '1303149801' info: /Schedule[monthly]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11_11-0]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Schedule[never]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Schedule[weekly]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Schedule[daily]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Schedule[hourly]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[XXX-SLES11]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[kernel-source]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[squashfs]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[tcpdump]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[zlib]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[basenode]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[libgfortran43]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Puppet/Package[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds debug: Service[puppet](provider=redhat): Executing '/sbin/service puppet status' debug: Puppet::Type::Service::ProviderRedhat: Executing '/sbin/ chkconfig puppet' info: /Stage[main]/Puppet/Service[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.06 seconds info: /Whit[tm-sdes-mdd3]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[zlib-devel]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Puppet/Group[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Puppet/User[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[tm]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[libexpat-devel]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds debug: file_metadata supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml marshal pson raw yaml; using pson info: /Stage[main]/Puppet/File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]: Evaluated in 0.01 seconds info: /Whit[tm-md]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds debug: file_metadata supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml marshal pson raw yaml; using pson info: /Stage[main]/Cron/File[/etc/sysconfig/cron]: Evaluated in 0.01 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[libnuma1]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[libxml2]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[sysstat]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[ib-bonding]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[tcl-devel]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[netcat]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Whit[tm-md-dev]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Testfile/File[/tmp/testfile]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[lsof]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Stage[main]/Tm_packages/Package[nmap]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Filebucket[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds info: /Schedule[puppet]: Evaluated in 0.00 seconds debug: Finishing transaction 70158458151460 debug: Storing state debug: Stored state in 0.01 seconds notice: Finished catalog run in 0.22 seconds serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # zypper repos # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh --+-------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------+--------- +-------- 1 | XXX-SLES11 | XXX YaST repository | Yes | Yes 2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11_11-0 | SUSE- Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11 11-0 | Yes | Yes serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # ll /etc/zypp/repos.d/ total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Apr 18 19:07 XXX-SLES11.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247 Apr 18 19:07 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software- Development-Kit-11_11-0.repo serverX:/var/lib/puppet/lib/provider/package # -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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