apt: helper definition to manage /etc/apt/preferences

Author: Marc Fournier

manifests/definitions/preferences.pp

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+define apt::preferences($ensure="present", $package, $pin, $priority) {
+
+  common::concatfilepart { $name:
+    ensure  => $ensure,
+    file    => "/etc/apt/preferences",
+    content => template("apt/preferences.erb"),
+    before  => Exec["apt-get_update"],
+  }
+
+}

templates/preferences.erb

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+# file managed by puppet
+Package: <%= package %>
+Pin: <%= pin %>
+Pin-Priority: <%= priority %>
+
+