[chef] Re: Managing package preferences within chef (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, etc.)

[Ranjib Dey < >]

do you mean an array of packages?

%w{ pkg1 pkg2 pkg3}.each do |pkg|

   action :remove

end

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Edward Morbius < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

We're looking for a lightweight way to specify package preferences
(inclusion and exclusion) on chef-managed hosts.

Ideally this would simply be a list of packages and desired
installation states.  Primary target is Ubuntu / Debian, so:

<packagename> <install|remove|purge>

... would be the general form.


I'm not seeing an obvious established way of doing this, but it seems
like the sort of thing that should exist.

What am I missing?

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Dr. Ed Morbius
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Krell Power Systems Unlimited