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+define apt::preferences_snippet(
+  $ensure = 'present',
+  $source = '',
+  $release,
+  $priority )
+{
+
+  if $custom_preferences == false {
+    fail("Trying to define a preferences_snippet with \$custom_preferences set to false.")
+  }
+
+  include apt::preferences
+
+  file { "${apt::preferences::apt_preferences_dir}/${name}":
+    ensure => $ensure,
+    #TODO this template is somewhat limited
+    notify => Exec["concat_${apt::preferences::apt_preferences_dir}"],
+    owner => root, group => 0, mode => 0600;
+  }
+
+  # This should really work in the same manner as sources_list and apt_conf
+  # snippets, but since the preferences.d directory cannot be used in Debian
+  # lenny, we can't generalize without going into ugly special-casing.
+  case $source {
+    '': {
+      File["${apt::preferences::apt_preferences_dir}/${name}"] {
+        content => template("apt/preferences_snippet.erb")
+      }
+    }
+    default: {
+      File["${apt::preferences::apt_preferences_dir}/${name}"] {
+        source => $source
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}