Puppet users - Mar 2012 - Puppet returns an error if a package is already installed

I''m very new to Puppet, and new to this group, so I apologize if this
has
already been covered. I did a quick search but didn''t quickly find an 
answer.

I have a manifest that among other things installs a couple of packages. 
These are not part of a repository, so I use puppet to send the rpm file to 
the agent, then do the installation. This works just fine if the package is 
not already installed. However, if the package is already installed, it 
returns an error. This has to be a bug, right?

  package { ''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'':
        ensure   =>  installed,
        source   =>  "/usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm",
        require  =>  File[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm''],
  }

the error:

err: /Stage[main]/Ulbridge/Package[jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm]/ensure: change 
from absent to present failed: Execution of ''/bin/rpm -i --oldpackage 
/usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'' returned 1:       package 
jdk-1.6.0_16-fcs.x86_64 is already installed

If I then have another file/package/whatever that depends on that package 
(require => Package[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'']) it will
fail because the
package errored out. This isn''t by design, is it? How do I get around
it?

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/hptNNLkVVjkJ.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Mike <mrwboilers@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I''m very new to Puppet, and new to this group, so I apologize if
this has
> already been covered. I did a quick search but didn''t quickly find
an
> answer.
>
> I have a manifest that among other things installs a couple of packages.
> These are not part of a repository, so I use puppet to send the rpm file to
> the agent, then do the installation. This works just fine if the package is
> not already installed. However, if the package is already installed, it
> returns an error. This has to be a bug, right?
>
>   package { ''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'':
>         ensure   =>  installed,
>         source   =>  "/usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm",
>         require  =>  File[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm''],
>   }
From the output below the name of the package should just simply be
jdk instead of jdk-6u16..., use the command ''puppet resource
package''
and look at the output for a better idea.
> the error:
>
> err: /Stage[main]/Ulbridge/Package[jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm]/ensure: change
> from absent to present failed: Execution of ''/bin/rpm -i
--oldpackage
> /usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'' returned 1:       package
> jdk-1.6.0_16-fcs.x86_64 is already installed
>
> If I then have another file/package/whatever that depends on that package
> (require => Package[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'']) it
will fail because the
> package errored out. This isn''t by design, is it? How do I get
around it?
HTH,

Nan

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.

Thank you so much. That solved my problem.

On Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:05:05 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
>
> I''m very new to Puppet, and new to this group, so I apologize if
this has
> already been covered. I did a quick search but didn''t quickly find
an
> answer.
>
> I have a manifest that among other things installs a couple of packages. 
> These are not part of a repository, so I use puppet to send the rpm file to
> the agent, then do the installation. This works just fine if the package is
> not already installed. However, if the package is already installed, it 
> returns an error. This has to be a bug, right?
>
>   package { ''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'':
>         ensure   =>  installed,
>         source   =>  "/usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm",
>         require  =>  File[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm''],
>   }
>
> the error:
>
> err: /Stage[main]/Ulbridge/Package[jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm]/ensure: 
> change from absent to present failed: Execution of ''/bin/rpm -i 
> --oldpackage /usr/java/jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'' returned 1:      
package
> jdk-1.6.0_16-fcs.x86_64 is already installed
>
> If I then have another file/package/whatever that depends on that package 
> (require => Package[''jdk-6u16-linux-amd64.rpm'']) it
will fail because the
> package errored out. This isn''t by design, is it? How do I get
around it?
>
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/_xT4fP9rb-UJ.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.