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  2. PUP-1537

Dpkg package provider misbehaving for held package with specific version

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      Added mark property for package providers on
      Debian(dpkg/apt/fink/aptitude) and Solaris(pgk) as
      alternative of using "held" value for ensure.

      Using "held" value for ensuring works as before, but it shows
      deprecation warning and will be removed in a further release.

      Allowed values for mark are "hold/none", default to "none".
      Mark can be specified with or without ensure, if ensure is
      missing it will default to "present".

      Mark cannot be specified together with "purged", "absent" or "held"
      values for ensure.
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      Added mark property for package providers on Debian(dpkg/apt/fink/aptitude) and Solaris(pgk) as alternative of using "held" value for ensure. Using "held" value for ensuring works as before, but it shows deprecation warning and will be removed in a further release. Allowed values for mark are "hold/none", default to "none". Mark can be specified with or without ensure, if ensure is missing it will default to "present". Mark cannot be specified together with "purged", "absent" or "held" values for ensure.

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      Judging from this StackOverflow question [1], I am running into a long-standing problem with the dpkg package provder. I have packages pinned to specific versions in Puppet with

      ensure => 'version_string'

      and at the same time have put these packages on 'hold' with dpkg to prevent unintended manual upgrades. Now, on every Puppet run, I get this:

      Package[mypackage]/ensure: ensure changed 'held' to 'version_string'

      I assume this is because of the following code in provider/package/dpkg.rb, line 92 (in Puppet 3.3.2-1puppetlabs1):

      hash[:ensure] = :held if hash[:desired] == 'hold'

      which sets the current 'ensure' to 'held', where the desired 'ensure' is the package version. It seems to me that the 'ensure' parameter should not be (ab)used to implement the 'holdable' feature.

      [1] http://serverfault.com/questions/370266/puppet-using-ensure-with-package-version-and-held

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          is duplicated by

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. PUP-1541 Separate out hold state into a separate property

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-2368 using booleans result in unmanaged property

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Accepted

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-10059 Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Resolved
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          [Puppet Labs Redmine] Redmine (#23172) Dpkg package provider misbehaving for held package with specific version

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          Web Link PR #2770

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