[Pkg-puppet-devel] module package updates

[Stig Sandbeck Mathisen]

Michael Weiser <michael at weiser.dinsnail.net> writes:

> When I first started packaging, I noticed that the puppet module
> packages use the alternatives mechanism to allow for concurrent
> installation of multiple modules of the same name and easy switching
> between them. So I assumed that the puppet packaging team acknowledges
> and supports the idea of having multiple packages provide the same
> functionality. Am I wrong?

The alternatives mechanism is there to ensure you can package, install
and switch between multiple puppet modules providing the same name.

One should be able to use symlinks to use packaged puppet modules in
directory environments, too, but there is no wrapper script for that.

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Stig Sandbeck Mathisen