Jira (PUP-10059) Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Andre Nathan (JIRA)

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PUP-10059

Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Andre Nathan
Summary:	{brief summary of issue} Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

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Andre Nathan (JIRA)

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PUP-10059

Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Andre Nathan

*Puppet Version: 6.9.0-1bionic*
*Puppet Server Version: 6.2.0-1bionic*
*OS Name/Version: Ubuntu 18.04*

I have postfix and installed and held:

{code:java}
package { 'postfix':
ensure => 'held',
}{code}

{code:java}
# dpkg -l | grep postfix
hi postfix 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.2 amd64 High-performance mail transport agent{code}

Now I'm trying to install a few sub-packages, also as held:

{code:java}
$packages = [
'postfix-pcre',
'postfix-mysql',
]
package { $packages:
ensure => 'held',
}
{code}

When running puppet, the following messages are displayed:

Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[postfix-pcre]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[postfix-mysql]/ensure: created

*Desired Behavior:*

**Packages postfix-pcre and postfix-mysql should be installed and set to "held".

*Actual Behavior:*

Neither package is installed. The puppet resource command results in a package resource with ensure set to "purged":
{code:java}
# puppet resource package postfix-mysql ensure=held
Notice: /Package[postfix-mysql]/ensure: created
package { 'postfix-mysql':
ensure => 'purged',
provider => 'apt',
}{code}

This seems to only affect sub-packages like in this Postfix example; I have other packages set to ensure => held which have been installed properly.

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Josh Cooper (JIRA)

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Oct 3, 2019, 1:25:03 PM10/3/19

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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Josh Cooper
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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Mihai Buzgau
Sprint:	PR - Triage

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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Mihai Buzgau
Sprint:	PR - Triage , PR - Triage

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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Ciprian Badescu
Assignee:	Ciprian Badescu

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Oct 18, 2019, 7:07:02 AM10/18/19

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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Ciprian Badescu
Sprint:	PR - Triage, PR NW - Triage 2019-10-30

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Oct 24, 2019, 3:12:03 AM10/24/19

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Puppet won't install (some) packages with ensure => held

Change By:	Ciprian Badescu
Release Notes Summary:	fixes the specific check for installed packages used in case of dpkg "ensure => held", that was preventing installing subpackages