RFE: switch in Packages config to turn on/off auto update.

[Chris Stankaitis <[email protected]…>]

Right now under Packages plugin in 1.0 if I update a package in my repo that new version will push out the next time my clients check in. This may not be a good thing depending on the environment. Under pre 1.0 versions this was mitigated by having to regen the PkgMGR xml to update the versions before bcfg2 would "patch" the box. Under 1.0 however unless you want to set a BoundPackage? statement for every package there is no way to stop bcfg2 from upgrading your system in the event your yum repo is updated.

Could a config variable be added to Packages/config.xml possibly

<Update>Yes|no</Update>

which would allow me to tell bcfg2 to verify the package but not update them if there is a newer version? then when the maintenance window happens, or the patchs are testing in staging I can just flip the config to <Update>Yes</Update> and let the boxes patch.

I think this will let me keep the awesome new functionality of the Packages plugin while also giving me some control over when/how my boxes get patched.

[desai]

I think that the short term way to solve this is a combination of Decisions? and reporting. In the long term, we should support action decisions as well, so you could specify that upgrades are not allowed, but installations are, etc.

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Fixed in ​https://github.com/Bcfg2/bcfg2/commit/9d9dd8f7f83fa6aa43faf9f2bda15a24aa0eab5f