Puppet users - May 2009 - access file form files directory in module

Hi

We have on our systems old school software which is only installable
via tar. I have the tar in <pathtomodules>module/file/software.tar

How can I now access this file to untar it via an exec command. With
the file type I think it is not possible, otherwise the tar gets
downloaded every time puppet runs (because I remove the tar after
installation)

Any Ideas how I can access the file in the exec command?

Thanks in advance

Rene
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Hi Rene,

On 28 May 2009, at 09:20, Rene wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> We have on our systems old school software which is only installable
> via tar. I have the tar in <pathtomodules>module/file/software.tar
>
> How can I now access this file to untar it via an exec command. With
> the file type I think it is not possible, otherwise the tar gets
> downloaded every time puppet runs (because I remove the tar after
> installation)
I''d recommend you to build custom {rpm,deb,...} packages out of your  
tarball and install these using the package native type.

This has the advantage of easy upgrades, post/pre-install and -remove  
scripts (provided your packaging system supports these) and will save  
you fileserving headaches.

You will have to setup a custom package repository though, but this  
can come in handy anyway.

Good luck,

Pieter

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OK, I''ll do that.

Thanks....

On 28 Mai, 10:01, Pieter Barrezeele <mac...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Rene,
>
> On 28 May 2009, at 09:20, Rene wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi
>
> > We have on our systems old school software which is only installable
> > via tar. I have the tar in
<pathtomodules>module/file/software.tar
>
> > How can I now access this file to untar it via an exec command. With
> > the file type I think it is not possible, otherwise the tar gets
> > downloaded every time puppet runs (because I remove the tar after
> > installation)
>
> I''d recommend you to build custom {rpm,deb,...} packages out of
your  
> tarball and install these using the package native type.
>
> This has the advantage of easy upgrades, post/pre-install and -remove  
> scripts (provided your packaging system supports these) and will save  
> you fileserving headaches.
>
> You will have to setup a custom package repository though, but this  
> can come in handy anyway.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Pieter
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