Puppet users - May 2013 - Issue with Puppet & Packages which are installed multiple times

Hi,
hopefully this hasn''t been discussed too often, haven''t found
anything in
the group:

I''m having some issues when a package gets installed twice ( x86 &
x64
version).
#system is a RHEL5/x64 system.
*#following manifest:*
[root@kermit ~]# cat install_expect.pp
package { ''expect'':
        ensure => present,
}
*#ok, let''s apply*
[root@kermit ~]# puppet apply install_expect.pp
Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: created
Notice: Finished catalog run in 14.25 seconds

*#let''s see what we''ve got*
[root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
expect-5.43.0-8.el5
expect-5.43.0-8.el5
*#so we have two versions installed ( in fact it''s the x64 and x86
version.
for whatever reason yum installs both ( it''s yum, a dry-run with yum 
results in the same situation)
#I would not have expected this for expect ( :) ) , but for libs that''s
normal on an x64 system.*
*
#ok, lets uninstall expect*
[root@kermit ~]# cat uninstall_expect.pp
package { ''expect'':
        ensure => absent,
}
[root@kermit ~]# puppet apply uninstall_expect.pp
Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: removed
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.27 seconds

[root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
expect-5.43.0-8.el5
*#here''s my problem - there''s still one left.*

*#2nd run:*
[root@kermit ~]# puppet apply uninstall_expect.pp
Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: removed
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.61 seconds
[root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
[root@kermit ~]#
*#now it''s completely absent*

Any Idea how I can avoid multiple runs to completely remove it ( so, 
basically what rpm -e --allmatches <rpm> would do )?

thanks a lot & best regards,
Björn






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On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:57 AM, bjoern pohl
<pohlbjoern@googlemail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
> hopefully this hasn''t been discussed too often, haven''t
found anything in
> the group:
>
> I''m having some issues when a package gets installed twice ( x86
& x64
> version).
> #system is a RHEL5/x64 system.
> *#following manifest:*
> [root@kermit ~]# cat install_expect.pp
> package { ''expect'':
>         ensure => present,
> }
> *#ok, let''s apply*
> [root@kermit ~]# puppet apply install_expect.pp
> Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: created
> Notice: Finished catalog run in 14.25 seconds
>
> *#let''s see what we''ve got*
> [root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
> expect-5.43.0-8.el5
> expect-5.43.0-8.el5
> *#so we have two versions installed ( in fact it''s the x64 and x86
> version. for whatever reason yum installs both ( it''s yum, a
dry-run with
> yum results in the same situation)
> #I would not have expected this for expect ( :) ) , but for libs
that''s
> normal on an x64 system.*
> *
> #ok, lets uninstall expect*
> [root@kermit ~]# cat uninstall_expect.pp
> package { ''expect'':
>         ensure => absent,
> }
> [root@kermit ~]# puppet apply uninstall_expect.pp
> Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: removed
> Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.27 seconds
>
> [root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
> expect-5.43.0-8.el5
> *#here''s my problem - there''s still one left.*
>
> *#2nd run:*
> [root@kermit ~]# puppet apply uninstall_expect.pp
> Notice: /Stage[main]//Package[expect]/ensure: removed
> Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.61 seconds
> [root@kermit ~]# rpm -qa|grep expect
> [root@kermit ~]#
> *#now it''s completely absent*
>
> Any Idea how I can avoid multiple runs to completely remove it ( so,
> basically what rpm -e --allmatches <rpm> would do )?
>
The behavior you are seeing is actually the one noted in the provider
code[1]. I''m not sure why it was implemented this way since removing
both
seems to be the correct action. I would open a ticket since this requires a
change to the rpm package provider.

Thanks,

Nan

1.
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/provider/package/rpm.rb#L120-L124

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Hi Nan, 
thanks a lot. Perhaps I''ll get around that issue by specifying the arch
while installing.
I just was a bit surprised why installing and uninstalling (with the same 
options: none :) ) leaves the system in a different state than before.

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The installation of both i386 and x86_64 packages is a YUM configuration 
issue in RHEL 5.   This is not the default behavior in RHEL 6.


http://serverfault.com/questions/77122/rhel5-forbid-installation-of-i386-packages-on-64-bit-systems



On Friday, May 31, 2013 3:06:49 AM UTC-5, bjoern pohl
wrote:
>
>  Hi Nan, 
> thanks a lot. Perhaps I''ll get around that issue by specifying the
arch
> while installing.
> I just was a bit surprised why installing and uninstalling (with the same 
> options: none :) ) leaves the system in a different state than before.
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