Answering one of my own questions:
>
> Question: will puppet handle downgrades? ie use 'rpm -f' to force the
> installation?
> Or will it only work for upgrades?
>
>From looking at puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb:
Specifying 'latest' for the rpm provider will cause the puppet client
to do an rpm
Thanks for the info re the service command- makes life easier ;-)
Also
http://serverfault.com/questions/40156/puppet-force-service-restart-after-configuration-file-was-modified
was useful-- how to use 'subscribe' with 'service' to ensure a service
is restarted when a change to a configuration file
Hi there-
sorry if this is an obvious question, but I'm trying to evaluate
puppet on paper before we commit to an experimental deployment.
Aside: We're using Centos 5.4, so this is RPM/yum specific.
How are updated RPMs in a manifest detected on the puppetmaster side?
What we are trying to achiev
