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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/type/package.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb index 098fff48e..ab5b797c6 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/type/package.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/type/package.rb @@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ module Puppet class PackageInstalled < Puppet::State @name = :install - @doc = "What state the package should be in. *true*/*false*/*latest*" + @doc = "What state the package should be in. Specifying *true* will + only result in a change if the package is not installed at all; use + *latest* to keep the package (and, depending on the package system, its + prerequisites) up to date. Specifying *false* will uninstall the + package if it is installed. *true*/*false*/*latest*/``version``" # Override the parent method, because we've got all kinds of # funky definitions of 'in sync'. |