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@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ Ubuntu support is lagging behind but not absent either. class { 'apt': debian_url => "http://localhost:9999/debian/", use_next_release => true } + previously, you could manually set $lsbdistcodename which would enable forced + upgrades, but because this is a top-level facter variable, and newer puppet + versions do not let you assign variables to other namespaces, this is no + longer possible. However, there is a way to obtain this functionality, and + that is to pass the 'codename' parameter to the apt class, which will change + the sources.list and preferences files to be the codename you set, allowing + you to trigger upgrades: + + include apt::dist_upgrade + class { 'apt': codename => 'wheezy', notify => Exec['apt_dist-upgrade'] } + * the apticron class has been moved to a parameterized class. if you were including this class before, you will need to move to instantiating the class instead. For example, if you had the following in your manifests: @@ -106,13 +117,6 @@ site_apt/files/some.host.com/03clean_vserver) Variables ========= -$::lsbdistcodename ----------------- - -Contains the codename ("etch", "lenny", ...) of the client's -release. While these values come from lsb-release by default, this -value can be set manually too, e.g. to enable forced upgrades. - $custom_sources_list -------------------- @@ -219,6 +223,16 @@ apt/preferences file to be absent: class { 'apt': custom_preferences => false } +codename +-------- + +Contains the codename ("squeeze", "wheezy", ...) of the client's release. While +these values come from lsb-release by default, this parameter can be set +manually, e.g. to enable forced upgrades. For example: + + include apt::dist_upgrade + class { 'apt': codename => 'wheezy', notify => Exec['apt_dist-upgrade'] } + apt::apticron ------------- |