# pin a release in apt, useful for unstable repositories
define apt::pin(
- $packages = '*',
- $priority = 0
+ $ensure = present,
+ $explanation = "${::caller_module_name}: ${name}",
+ $order = '',
+ $packages = '*',
+ $priority = 0,
+ $release = '',
+ $origin = '',
+ $originator = '',
+ $version = ''
) {
include apt::params
+ $preferences_d = $apt::params::preferences_d
+
+ if $order != '' and !is_integer($order) {
+ fail('Only integers are allowed in the apt::pin order param')
+ }
+
+ if $release != '' {
+ $pin = "release a=${release}"
+ } elsif $origin != '' {
+ $pin = "origin \"${origin}\""
+ } elsif $originator != '' {
+ $pin = "release o=${originator}"
+ } elsif $version != '' {
+ $pin = "version ${version}"
+ } else {
+ $pin = "release a=${name}"
+ }
+
+ $path = $order ? {
+ '' => "${preferences_d}/${name}.pref",
+ default => "${preferences_d}/${order}-${name}.pref",
+ }
file { "${name}.pref":
- path => "${apt::params::root}/preferences.d/${name}",
- ensure => file,
- owner => root,
- group => root,
- mode => 644,
- content => "# ${name}\nPackage: ${packages}\nPin: release a=${name}\nPin-Priority: ${priority}",
+ ensure => $ensure,
+ path => $path,
+ owner => root,
+ group => root,
+ mode => '0644',
+ content => template('apt/pin.pref.erb'),
}
}