Fixes #1999 - Allows the 'apt' provider to downgrade packages.

This is accomplished by adding the --force-yes option to the apt-get
command line when a package version is specified.

Signed-off-by: Paul Lathrop <plathrop@digg.com>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
index 7bbbcfe03..c43bb4dfc 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :apt, :parent => :dpkg, :source => :dpkg do
         when true, false, Symbol
             # pass
         else
-            # Add the package version
+            # Add the package version and --force-yes option
             str += "=%s" % should
+            cmd << "--force-yes"
         end
 
         cmd << :install << str
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/apt.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/apt.rb
index 25d74bf90..861029838 100755
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/apt.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/apt.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ Version table:
             @provider.install
         end
 
+        it "should use --force-yes if a package version is specified" do
+            @resource.expects(:[]).with(:ensure).returns "1.0"
+            @provider.expects(:aptget).with { |*command| command.include?("--force-yes") }
+
+            @provider.install
+        end
+
         it "should do a quiet install" do
             @provider.expects(:aptget).with { |*command| command.include?("-q") }