What does the command: puppet resource package
tell you about what packages are/are-not installed ? “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) ----- jcbollinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 8, 3:54 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why does puppet return an error when a package is already installed? > > > It doesn't. > > > > I use ensure => installed to make sure that a package is installed, and > > then have a file that is dependent on that package. When the manifest is > > applied and the package is already installed, it reports an error and then > > doesn't do anything with the file. Isn't this a bug? The package type is > > just supposed to ensure that the package is installed. If it sees that it > > is already installed, that should be a good thing, not an error. > > > Puppet checks whether the package is already installed before > attempting to install it. If no change is needed then Puppet doesn't > do anything. > > Based on the other thread in which you are asking about this, I > conclude that you are lying to Puppet about the name of the package. > The RPM file you designate in your Package resource contains a package > named differently than the package name you specified. It will work > correctly if you give Puppet the correct package name, as Nan > described. > > It's much better, though, to set up a local yum repository to serve > packages to your clients, even for only a handful of packages. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
