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@@ -15,6 +15,67 @@ prevent accidental upgrades.
Ubuntu support is lagging behind but not absent either.
+! Upgrade Notice !
+
+ * the apt class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you were including
+ this class before, after passing some variables, you will need to move to
+ instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example, if you
+ had the following in your manifests:
+
+ $apt_debian_url = "http://localhost:9999/debian/"
+ $apt_use_next_release = true
+ include apt
+
+ you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do
+ the following:
+
+ class { 'apt': debian_url => "http://localhost:9999/debian/", use_next_release => true }
+
+ * 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:
+
+ $apticron_email = "foo@example.com"
+ $apticron_notifynew = "1"
+ ... any $apticron_* variables
+ include apticron
+
+ you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the
+ following:
+
+ class { 'apt::apticron': email => "foo@example.com", notifynew => '1' }
+
+ * the apt::listchanges class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you
+ were including this class before, after passing some variables, you will need
+ to move to instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example,
+ if you had the following in your manifests:
+
+ $apt_listchanges_email = "foo@example.com"
+ ... any $apt_listchanges_* variables
+ include apt::listchanges
+
+ you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the
+ following:
+
+ class { 'apt::listchanges': email => "foo@example.com" }
+
+ * the apt::proxy_client class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you
+ were including this class before, after passing some variables, you will need
+ to move to instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example,
+ if you had the following in your manifests:
+
+ $apt_proxy = 'http://proxy.domain'
+ $apt_proxy_port = 666
+ include apt::proxy_client
+
+ you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the
+ following:
+
+ class { 'apt::proxy_client': proxy => 'http://proxy.domain', port => '666' }
+
+Requirements
+============
+
This module needs:
- the lsb module: git://labs.riseup.net/shared-lsb
@@ -65,26 +126,6 @@ pull in the templates/site_apt/sources.list file:
$custom_sources_list = template("site_apt/sources.list")
-$custom_preferences
--------------------
-
-Since Debian Lenny's version of APT doesn't support the use of the
-preferences.d directory for putting fragments of 'preferences', this
-module will manage a default generic apt/preferences file with more
-recent releases pinned to very low values so that any package
-installation will not accidentally pull in packages from those suites
-unless you explicitly specify the version number. This file will be
-complemented with all of the preferences_snippet calls (see below).
-
-If the default preferences template doesn't suit your needs, you can create a
-template located in your site_apt module, and set $custom_preferences with the
-content (eg. $custom_preferences = template('site_apt/preferences') )
-
-Setting this variable to false before including this class will force the
-apt/preferences file to be absent:
-
- $custom_preferences = false
-
$custom_key_dir
---------------
@@ -96,92 +137,110 @@ exist there, this module will 'apt-key add' each key.
The debian-archive-keyring package is installed and kept current up to the
latest revision (this includes the backports archive keyring).
-$apt_proxy / $apt_proxy_port
-----------------------------
-When you include the apt::proxy_client class in your nodes, you can set the
-$apt_proxy variable to the URL of the proxy that will be used.
-By default, the proxy will be queried on port 3142, but you can change the port
-number by setting the $apt_proxy_port variable.
+Classes
+=======
-Here's an example of setting the proxy to 'http://proxy.domain' at port 666:
+apt
+---
+
+The apt class sets up most of the documented functionality. To use functionality
+that is not enabled by default, you must set one of the following parameters.
+
+Example usage:
- $apt_proxy = 'http://proxy.domain'
- $apt_proxy_port = 666
- include apt::proxy_client
+ class { 'apt': use_next_release => true, debian_url => 'http://localhost:9999/debian/" }
-$apt_volatile_enabled
+volatile_enabled
-----------------
If this variable is set to true the Debian Volatile sources (until
Lenny) or CODENAME-updates (such as squeeze-updates, supported since
Squeeze) are added.
+
By default this is false for backward compatibility with older
versions of this module.
-$apt_include_src
-----------------
+include_src
+------------
If this variable is set to true a deb-src source is added for every
added binary archive source.
+
By default this is false for backward compatibility with older
versions of this module.
-$apt_use_next_release
----------------------
+use_next_release
+-----------------
If this variable is set to true the sources for the next Debian
release are added. The default pinning configuration pins it to very
low values.
+
By default this is false for backward compatibility with older
versions of this module.
-$apt_debian_url, $apt_security_url, $apt_backports_url, $apt_volatile_url
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+debian_url, security_url, backports_url, volatile_url
+------------------------------------------------------
These variables allow to override the default APT mirrors respectively
used for the standard Debian archives, the Debian security archive,
the Debian official backports and the Debian Volatile archive.
-$apt_ubuntu_url
+apt_ubuntu_url
---------------
These variables allows to override the default APT mirror used for all
standard Ubuntu archives (including updates, security, backports).
-$apt_repos
+apt_repos
----------
If this variable is set the default repositories list ("main contrib non-free")
is overriden.
-Classes
-=======
+custom_preferences
+-------------------
-apt
----
+Since Debian Lenny's version of APT doesn't support the use of the
+preferences.d directory for putting fragments of 'preferences', this
+module will manage a default generic apt/preferences file with more
+recent releases pinned to very low values so that any package
+installation will not accidentally pull in packages from those suites
+unless you explicitly specify the version number. This file will be
+complemented with all of the preferences_snippet calls (see below).
+
+If the default preferences template doesn't suit your needs, you can create a
+template located in your site_apt module, and set custom_preferences with the
+content (eg. custom_preferences => template('site_apt/preferences') )
+
+Setting this variable to false before including this class will force the
+apt/preferences file to be absent:
+
+ class { 'apt': custom_preferences => false }
-The apt class sets up most of the documented functionality. To use
-functionality that is not enabled by default, you must include one of
-the following classes.
apt::apticron
-------------
-When you include this class, apticron will be installed, with the following
-defaults, which you are free to change before you include the class:
-
- $apticron_ensure_version = "present"
- $apticron_email = "root"
- $apticron_config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/apticron_${::lsbrelease}.erb"
- $apticron_diff_only = "1"
- $apticron_listchanges_profile = "apticron"
- $apticron_system = false
- $apticron_ipaddressnum = false
- $apticron_ipaddresses = false
- $apticron_notifyholds = "0"
- $apticron_notifynew = "0"
- $apticron_customsubject = ""
+When you instantiate this class, apticron will be installed, with the following
+defaults, which you are free to change:
+
+ $ensure_version = 'installed',
+ $config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/apticron_${::lsbdistcodename}.erb",
+ $email = 'root',
+ $diff_only = '1',
+ $listchanges_profile = 'apticron',
+ $system = false,
+ $ipaddressnum = false,
+ $ipaddresses = false,
+ $notifyholds = '0',
+ $notifynew = '0',
+ $customsubject = ''
+
+Example usage:
+
+ class { 'apt::apticron': email => "foo@example.com", notifynew => '1' }
apt::cron::download
-------------------
@@ -254,22 +313,33 @@ suppress superfluous help screens.
apt::listchanges
----------------
-This class, when included, installs apt-listchanges and configures it using the
-following variables, the defaults are below:
+This class, when instantiated, installs apt-listchanges and configures it using
+the following parameterized variables, which can be changed:
- $apt_listchanges_version = "present"
- $apt_listchanges_config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/listchanges_${::lsbrelease}.erb"
- $apt_listchanges_frontend = "pager"
- $apt_listchanges_email = "root"
- $apt_listchanges_confirm = "0"
- $apt_listchanges_saveseen = "/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db"
- $apt_listchanges_which = "both"
+ version = "present"
+ config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/listchanges_${::lsbrelease}.erb"
+ frontend = "pager"
+ email = "root"
+ confirm = "0"
+ saveseen = "/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db"
+ which = "both"
+ Example usage:
+ class { 'apt::listchanges': email => "foo@example.com" }
+
apt::proxy_client
-----------------
This class adds the right configuration to apt to make it fetch packages via a
-proxy. The variables $apt_proxy and $apt_proxy_port need to be set (see above).
+proxy. The class parameters apt_proxy and apt_proxy_port need to be set:
+
+You can set the 'proxy' class parameter variable to the URL of the proxy that
+will be used. By default, the proxy will be queried on port 3142, but you can
+change the port number by setting the 'port' class parameter.
+
+Example:
+
+ class { 'apt::proxy_client': proxy => 'http://proxy.domain', port => '666' }
apt::reboot_required_notify
---------------------------