Re: Chocolatey - package version

Nick -- thank you.  I was reading this page and did not see that option:

https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/3.20/reference-promise-types-packages.html

Best,

Bob

On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 9:54:27 AM UTC-7 [email protected] 
wrote:

> Hi Bob, 
>
> I get the following error: Mixed old and new package promise attributes 
> inside one package promise 
>
> As the error indicates you are trying to mix attributes that are mutually 
> exclusive. 
>
> There are both the package_method based implementation 
> <https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/master/reference-promise-types-packages-deprecated.html> 
> and package_module based implementation 
> <https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/master/reference-promise-types-packages.html> 
> of packages promises. 
>
> Mostly you are using the package_method implementation in your example. 
> But, version is a package_module attribute. 
>
> What if you try using package_version and package_select? 
>
> bundle agent __main__{
>
>
>
>   packages:
>     have_choco_exe::
>       "python3"
>         package_policy => "add"
>
> ,
>         package_method => choco,
>         package_select => "==",
>         package_version => "3.11.0";
>
>
> }body package_method choco{
>         package_changes => "individual";
>         package_list_command => "C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey\bin\choco.exe list --localonly";
>         package_list_version_regex => ".*\s+ (.*)";
>         package_list_name_regex => "^(.*)\s+.*";
>         package_installed_regex => ".*";
>         package_add_command => "C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey\bin\choco.exe install -y";}
>
> I don't see a way to tell choco.exe to use the "latest" version of a 
> package when I am installing other packages (notepad++, for example). Any 
> suggestions? 
>
> The package_method implementation doesn't have a "latest" version notion, 
> instead it has "update" and "addupdate" options for package_policy and 
> package_select supports things like <, >, ==, !=, >=, and <= You might 
> also need some binary that can help you understand the versioning scheme. 
> You can use pacakge_version_less_command and package_version_equal_command 
> for that. 
>
> – Nick Anderson | Doer of Things | (+1) 785-550-1767 <(785)%20550-1767> | 
> https://northern.tech 
>

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