how to handle this package issue?

[Larry Ludwig]

I have a common package name, that's in two different package managers
(one with yum the other with gem)

package { "remove-mysql":
name => "mysql",
provider => "yum",
ensure => absent,
}

---------------------------------------------------------

package { "gem-mysql":
name => "mysql",
ensure => "2.7",
provider => gem,
}
---------------------------------------------------------

I get this error.

Jul 3 08:43:34 puppetd[11872]: Could not retrieve catalog:
Puppet::Parser::AST::Resource failed with error ArgumentError: Cannot
alias Package[gem-mysql] to mysql; resource Package[mysql] already
exists at /etc/puppet/modules/ruby-mysql/manifests/init.pp:11 on node


What's the work around?

[Larry Ludwig]

I assume puppet puts all the different package types in the same
namespace. Which is bad, this will prevent issues like the one
listed.

-L
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[Evan Hisey]

Have you tried to force an alias with the alias metatype?

Evan

[Evan Hisey]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Evan Hisey <ehi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Larry Ludwig <larr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I assume puppet puts all the different package types in the same
>> namespace. Which is bad, this will prevent issues like the one
>> listed.
>>

You might also see what setting the title=> will do for the problem also.

[Larry Ludwig]

alias metatype? explain?

On Jul 3, 9:21 am, "Evan Hisey" <ehi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Larry Ludwig]

alias=> didn't work same result.

[Larry Ludwig]

Unless there is a work around, this appears to be a bug to me. Luke
and other puppet-masters any ideas?

[Luke Kanies]

On Jul 3, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:

> Unless there is a work around, this appears to be a bug to me. Luke
> and other puppet-masters any ideas?

This is a bug, and it's one I've been wanting to fix for a long time.

I've done most of the groundwork for fixing it in the master branch,
but it's pretty far behind other stuff in the priority list.

ATM, your only real option is to use exec to remove the package you
don't want.

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[Larry Ludwig]

On Jul 3, 6:00 pm, Luke Kanies <l...@madstop.com> wrote:
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:
>

>
> This is a bug, and it's one I've been wanting to fix for a long time.
>
> I've done most of the groundwork for fixing it in the master branch,  
> but it's pretty far behind other stuff in the priority list.

Ok should I create a bug report for this?

-L

[Luke Kanies]

On Jul 4, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:

>
>
>
> On Jul 3, 6:00 pm, Luke Kanies <l...@madstop.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 3, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> This is a bug, and it's one I've been wanting to fix for a long time.
>>
>> I've done most of the groundwork for fixing it in the master branch,
>> but it's pretty far behind other stuff in the priority list.
>
> Ok should I create a bug report for this?

Hmm, I'm kind of of two minds on it.

If you file it as a feature, it's just going to get put into the
bottom of the pile for a long time.

You can file it if you want, I guess; it'll happen eventually either
way, but this way at least it's recorded.

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