[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#1033243: Bug#1033243: puppet: apt install puppet and puppet modules clash with official upstream repo

[Thomas Goirand]

On 3/20/23 17:13, Renato Gallo wrote:
> Package: puppet
> Version: 7.23.0
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainers,
> 
> At work I must install foreman and puppet using the official upstream repos for
> a testing environment which are
> cat puppet7.list
> # Puppet 7 bullseye Repository
> deb http://apt.puppetlabs.com bullseye puppet7
> 
> cat foreman.list
> deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ bullseye nightly
> deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ plugins nightly
> 
> problem being that the puppet debian version is not 7.23.0 the upstream dep
> package has been named puppet7-release (not just puppet) and after having
> installed a module via apt I find myself in a broken condition where apt
> absolutely wants to install the old version of puppet (even when I try to
> uninstall it) which breaks the foreman nightly installation. Can you please I
> pray you upgrade the debian repo so that it follows the upstream one ?
> 
> else can you tell me how can I set up my preferences so that only the upstream
> repo is considered ?
> 
> I have tried setting priority 1001 but it doesn't seem to work for all the
> packages
> 
> Thanks in advance

Hi Renato,

Thanks for your bug report. However...

What you're reporting here, is an issue due to using upstream 
repository. In no way, this is a valid bug report for Debian (ie: the 
Debian repository and packages are working perfectly well).

Therefore, I'm closing your bug. If you need help on how to setup and 
use upstream repositories, I strongly suggest you that you ask for such 
help upstream, or in another location than the bug tracker.

If you think there's ways to improve the Debian packaging so that it 
plays in a nicer way with upstream repositories, this IMO is a case for 
a wishlist bug, absolutely not severity: grave.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)