Fix path to 'preferences' and 'preferences.d'.

[puppet-modules/puppetlabs-apt.git] / README.md

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@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ Apt (Advanced Package Tool) is a package manager available on Debian, Ubuntu, an
 
 ### What apt affects
 
-* Your system's `preferences.list` file and `preferences.list.d` directory
+* Your system's `preferences` file and `preferences.d` directory
 * Your system's `sources.list` file and `sources.list.d` directory
 * System repositories
 * Authentication keys
 
-**Note:** This module offers `purge` parameters which will cause the module to destroy any configuration on the node's `sources.list(.d)` and `preferences.list(.d)` that you haven't declared through Puppet. The default for these parameters is 'false'.
+**Note:** This module offers `purge` parameters which, if set to 'true', **destroy** any configuration on the node's `sources.list(.d)` and `preferences(.d)` that you haven't declared through Puppet. The default for these parameters is 'false'.
 
 ### Beginning with apt
 
@@ -229,15 +229,17 @@ Main class, includes all other classes.
 
   * 'https': Specifies whether to enable https proxies. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
 
+  * 'ensure': Optional parameter. Valid options: 'file', 'present', and 'absent'. Default: 'undef'. Prefer 'file' over 'present'.
+
 * `purge`: Specifies whether to purge any existing settings that aren't managed by Puppet. Valid options: a hash made up from the following keys:
 
   * 'sources.list': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `sources.list`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
 
   * 'sources.list.d': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `sources.list.d`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
 
-  * 'preferences.list': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `preferences.list`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
+  * 'preferences': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `preferences`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
 
-  * 'preferences.list.d': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `preferences.list.d`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
+  * 'preferences.d': Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from `preferences.d`. Valid options: 'true' and 'false'. Default: 'false'.
 
 * `settings`: Creates new `apt::setting` resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the [`create_resources` function](https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/function.html#createresources). Default: {}.
 
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ This module is tested and officially supported on Debian 6 and 7 and Ubuntu 10.0
 
 ### Adding new sources or PPAs
 
-If you are adding a new source or PPA and trying to install packages from the new source or PPA on the same puppet run, in addition to depending on the `Apt::Source` or the `Apt::Ppa`, your `package` resource should depend on `Class['apt::update']`. You can also add [collectors](https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_collectors.html) to ensure all packages happen after `apt::update`, but this can lead to dependency cycles and has implications for [virtual resources](https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_collectors.html#behavior)
+If you are adding a new source or PPA and trying to install packages from the new source or PPA on the same Puppet run, your `package` resource should depend on `Class['apt::update']`, in addition to depending on the `Apt::Source` or the `Apt::Ppa`. You can also add [collectors](https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_collectors.html) to ensure that all packages happen after `apt::update`, but this can lead to dependency cycles and has implications for [virtual resources](https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_collectors.html#behavior).
 
 ~~~puppet
 Class['apt::update'] -> Package<| |>