3 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
index ab16cd86d..9cf7902f5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ module Puppet
             # funky definitions of 'in sync'.
             def insync?
                 @should ||= []
+
+                @latest = nil unless defined? @latest
+                @lateststamp ||= (Time.now.to_i - 1000)
                 # Iterate across all of the should values, and see how they
                 # turn out.
                 @should.each { |should|
@@ -155,16 +158,24 @@ module Puppet
                             )
                         end
 
-                        begin
-                            latest = @parent.latest
-                        rescue => detail
-                            self.fail "Could not get latest version: %s" % detail
+                        # Don't run 'latest' more than about every 5 minutes
+                        if @latest and ((Time.now.to_i - @lateststamp) / 60) < 5
+                            #self.debug "Skipping latest check"
+                        else
+                            self.warning "latest: %s, stamp: %s" %
+                                [@latest.inspect, (Time.now.to_i - @lateststamp) / 60]
+                            begin
+                                @latest = @parent.latest
+                                @lateststamp = Time.now.to_i
+                            rescue => detail
+                                self.fail "Could not get latest version: %s" % detail
+                            end
                         end
                         case @is
-                        when latest:
+                        when @latest:
                             return true
                         when :present:
-                            if @parent[:version] == latest
+                            if @parent[:version] == @latest
                                 return true
                             end
                         else
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package/apt.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package/apt.rb
index c959503ae..f35abf8ec 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/package/apt.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/package/apt.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module Puppet
         # What's the latest package version available?
         def latest
             cmd = "apt-cache showpkg %s" % self[:name] 
+            self.info "Executing %s" % cmd.inspect
             output = %x{#{cmd} 2>&1}
 
             unless $? == 0
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package/yum.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package/yum.rb
index bc1ef9bbe..653c3eb01 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/package/yum.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/package/yum.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Puppet
 
         # What's the latest package version available?
         def latest
-            cmd = "yum list updates %s" % self[:name] 
+            cmd = "yum list %s" % self[:name] 
             self.info "Executing %s" % cmd.inspect
             output = %x{#{cmd} 2>&1}