Jira (PUP-10297) Add SemVerRange support to apt package provider

Issue Type:	New Feature
Assignee:	Unassigned
Created:	2020/02/18 4:27 AM
Priority:	Normal
Reporter:	Gabriel Nagy

Implement SemVerRange type support for the apt provider.

Sample manifest with a range passed for a package:


package { 'puppet-agent':
# this will be parsed as: >= 6.0.0 < 6.1.0
ensure => SemVerRange('~> 6.0')
}

package { 'puppet-agent':
ensure => SemVerRange('>= 6.5')
}

package { 'puppet-agent':
ensure => SemVerRange('< 6.4')
}

package { 'puppet-agent':
# this is a valid range which we can support
ensure => SemVerRange('~> 6.0 \|\| ~> 6.11')
}

The apt provider does not support a version range passed in the install command, so we have to:

find out the available versions for a specific package (usually with apt-cache policy)
install the most recent package which respects the range.

We should also make sure we don't take additional actions if the range is already satisfied (i.e. puppet apply with a SemVerRange should be idempotent)

Sample code on how the ensure property can be treated inside the provider:


if @resource.should(:ensure).is_a?(SemanticPuppet::VersionRange)
# these should be sorted in descending order
available_versions = `apt-cache -a show #{@resource.name} \| grep Version \| awk '{print $2}'`.split
range = @resource.should(:ensure)

available.versions.any? { \|version\| range.include?(version.to_stable) }
end

Example apt-get install with a specific version:

apt-get install puppet-agent=6.3.0-1jessie

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