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