manifests/pin.pp

   1 # pin.pp
   2 # pin a release in apt, useful for unstable repositories
   3
   4 define apt::pin(
   5         $packages = '*',
   6         $priority = 0
   7 ) {
   8
   9         include apt
  10
  11         file { "${name}.pref":
  12                 name => "${apt::root}/preferences.d/${name}",
  13                 ensure => file,
  14                 owner => root,
  15                 group => root,
  16                 mode => 644,
  17                 content => "# ${name}\nPackage: ${packages}\nPin: release a=${name}\nPin-Priority: ${priority}",
  18         }
  19
  20 }