Puppet users - Nov 2007 - Options for dpkg when using package type

Hi, 

I''m trying to use "package" with "provider"
"dpkg" to install packages in
Ubuntu that is not in a repository (or packages that I don''t want to
take from a repository). Typical examples of this are "AdobeReader"
(acroread) and "Opera". The problem with these packages is that they
don''t seem to have a 64 bit version so that to install them (not using
puppet) you need to add the option "--force-architecture" to
"dpkg", e.g.
"dpkg -i --force-architecture opera_9.24-20071015.6_i386.deb"

Is there any way to accomplish this within the package type in puppet?

Regards
Halvard Moe

On Nov 20, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Halvard Moe wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m trying to use "package" with "provider"
"dpkg" to install
> packages in
> Ubuntu that is not in a repository (or packages that I don''t want
to
> take from a repository). Typical examples of this are
"AdobeReader"
> (acroread) and "Opera". The problem with these packages is that
they
> don''t seem to have a 64 bit version so that to install them (not
using
> puppet) you need to add the option "--force-architecture" to  
> "dpkg", e.g.
> "dpkg -i --force-architecture opera_9.24-20071015.6_i386.deb"
>
> Is there any way to accomplish this within the package type in puppet?
We''ve discussed ways to accomplish this but have never actually  
implemented them, unfortunately.  Looks like you''ll have to use an  
exec. :/

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