Puppet users - Aug 2012 - Running apt-get update on package install

I''m on Ubuntu, and I wanted to always have ''apt-get
update'' run before
attempting to install packages, so I put this in my top level site.pp
file:

exec {
    ''refresh-repos'':
        command => ''/usr/bin/apt-get update'';
}

Package {
    require => Exec[''refresh-repos'']
}

However, that causes a nasty cyclic dependency error. I really HATE
those because the error message makes it impossible to interpret
what''s actually going on.

How can I do this without the awful cyclic error messages?

Doug.

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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Douglas Garstang
<doug.garstang@gmail.com> wrote:
> I''m on Ubuntu, and I wanted to always have ''apt-get
update'' run before
> attempting to install packages, so I put this in my top level site.pp
> file:
>
> exec {
>     ''refresh-repos'':
>         command => ''/usr/bin/apt-get update'';
> }
>
> Package {
>     require => Exec[''refresh-repos'']
> }
>
> However, that causes a nasty cyclic dependency error. I really HATE
> those because the error message makes it impossible to interpret
> what''s actually going on.
>
> How can I do this without the awful cyclic error messages?
What version of Puppet are you on? Can you paste or link to the error
message itself so we can actually tell what the dependency cycle is?

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On 10/08/2012, at 3:20, Nigel Kersten <nigel@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Douglas Garstang
> <doug.garstang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I''m on Ubuntu, and I wanted to always have ''apt-get
update'' run before
>> attempting to install packages, so I put this in my top level site.pp
>> file:
>> 
>> exec {
>>    ''refresh-repos'':
>>        command => ''/usr/bin/apt-get update'';
>> }
>> 
>> Package {
>>    require => Exec[''refresh-repos'']
>> }
>> 
>> However, that causes a nasty cyclic dependency error. I really HATE
>> those because the error message makes it impossible to interpret
>> what''s actually going on.
>> 
>> How can I do this without the awful cyclic error messages?
> 
> What version of Puppet are you on? Can you paste or link to the error
> message itself so we can actually tell what the dependency cycle is?
> 
I have used stages to handle this sort of thing. Setting up a repo stage to
refresh repos before the main stage.

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/metaparameter.html#stage

Cheers

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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Denmat <tu2bgone@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On 10/08/2012, at 3:20, Nigel Kersten <nigel@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Douglas Garstang
>> <doug.garstang@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I''m on Ubuntu, and I wanted to always have
''apt-get update'' run before
>>> attempting to install packages, so I put this in my top level
site.pp
>>> file:
>>>
>>> exec {
>>>    ''refresh-repos'':
>>>        command => ''/usr/bin/apt-get update'';
>>> }
>>>
>>> Package {
>>>    require => Exec[''refresh-repos'']
>>> }
>>>
>>> However, that causes a nasty cyclic dependency error. I really HATE
>>> those because the error message makes it impossible to interpret
>>> what''s actually going on.
>>>
>>> How can I do this without the awful cyclic error messages?
>>
>> What version of Puppet are you on? Can you paste or link to the error
>> message itself so we can actually tell what the dependency cycle is?
>>
> I have used stages to handle this sort of thing. Setting up a repo stage to
refresh repos before the main stage.
>
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/metaparameter.html#stage
That''s true, but stages aren''t required to make this work.

It''s impossible for us to tell why there is a dependency cycle here
without more info.

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