1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manifests/preferences_snippet.pp b/manifests/preferences_snippet.pp
index 21dfe86..a723206 100644
--- a/manifests/preferences_snippet.pp
+++ b/manifests/preferences_snippet.pp
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 define apt::preferences_snippet(
   $ensure = 'present',
+  $source = '',
   $release,
   $priority
 ){
   include apt::preferences
+
   file { "${apt::preferences::apt_preferences_dir}/${name}":
     ensure => $ensure,
-    content => "Package: ${name}
-Pin: release a=${release}
-Pin-Priority: ${priority}
-
-",
+    #TODO this template is somewhat limited
     notify => Exec["concat_${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
+      }
+  }
 }