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@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ This module needs: - lsb-release installed - the common module: git://labs.riseup.net/shared-common -By default, this module sets the configuration option DSelect::Clean to 'auto'. -It is the recommended value on normal hosts. On virtual servers, the -recommended value is 'pre-auto', since virtual servers are usually more -space-bound and have better recovery mechanisms via the host: +By default, on normal hosts, this module sets the configuration option +DSelect::Clean to 'auto'. On virtual servers, the value is set by default to +'pre-auto', because virtual servers are usually more space-bound and have better +recovery mechanisms via the host: From apt.conf(5), 0.7.2: "Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of always, prompt, auto, @@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ From apt.conf(5), 0.7.2: packages." To change the default setting for DSelect::Clean, you can create a file named -"03clean" in a site-apt module's files directory. You can also define this for -a specific host by creating a file in a subdirectory of the site-apt modules' -files directory that is named the same as the host. (example: -site-apt/files/some.host.com/03clean) +"03clean" or "03clean_vserver" in your site-apt module's files directory. You +can also define this for a specific host by creating a file in a subdirectory of +the site-apt modules' files directory that is named the same as the +host. (example: site-apt/files/some.host.com/03clean, or +site-apt/files/some.host.com/03clean_vserver) Variables ========= @@ -74,15 +75,9 @@ 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 file named 'preferences' in a site-apt module's files -directory. You can also create a host-specific file: - - site-apt - - files/ - - server.domain.com/ - - preferences - preferences +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 +location (eg. $custom_preferences = "puppet:///modules/site-apt/preferences") Setting this variable to false before including this class will force the apt/preferences file to be absent: @@ -97,6 +92,9 @@ apt keyring, you can set this variable to a path in your fileserver where individual key files can be placed. If this is set and keys 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 ---------------------------- @@ -161,9 +159,27 @@ apt --- The apt class sets up most of the documented functionality. To use -functionality that is not enabled by default, you must inlucde one of +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 = "" + apt::cron::download ------------------- @@ -182,6 +198,19 @@ apt::dselect This class, when included, installs dselect and switches it to expert mode to suppress superfluous help screens. +apt::listchanges + +This class, when included, installs apt-listchanges and configures it using the +following variables, the defaults are below: + + $listchanges_version = "present" + $listchanges_config = "apt/${operatingsystem}/listchanges_${lsbrelease}.erb" + $listchanges_frontend = "pager" + $listchanges_email = "root" + $listchanges_confirm = "0" + $listchanges_saveseen = "/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db" + $listchanges_which = "both" + apt::proxy_client ----------------- @@ -228,18 +257,18 @@ apt::preseeded_package ---------------------- This simplifies installation of packages for which you wish to preseed the -answers to debconf. For example, if you wish to provide a preseed file -for the locales package, you would place the locales.seed file in -'templates/$debian_version/locales.seeds' and then include the following -in your manifest: +answers to debconf. For example, if you wish to provide a preseed file for the +locales package, you would place the locales.seed file in +'site-apt/templates/$lsbdistcodename/locales.seeds' and then include the +following in your manifest: apt::preseeded_package { locales: } -You can also specify 'content' to define this file via a template. Here's an -example for preseeding installation of the 'mysql' package with a template: +You can also specify the content of the seed via the content parameter, +for example: - apt::preseeded_package { "mysql": - content => template("site-apt/mysql.seed.erb"), + apt::preseeded_package { "apticron": + content => "apticron apticron/notification string root@example.com", } apt::sources_list |