After a bit more digging, I found the bug in upstream's bug tracker, at: https://cfengine.com/bugtracker/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=163 , where they mention it was fixed in r1089, meaning this patch: http://source.cfengine.com/websvn/comp.php?repname=Cfengine+core&compare[]=%2F@1088&compare[]=%2F@1089
In the meantime, I found the following workaround: set package_list_update_ifelapsed => "0" in the appropriate package_method (with the downside that it'll run an aptitude update at any agent run). -- Petre. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org