Problem:
On Debian 12, upgrading from foreman-installer 3.18.0 to 3.18.1 fails due to recently changed dependency: puppet (>= 8.0.0). Debian 12 has only puppet 7, so the installation fails.
Expected outcome:
Foreman-installer package gets installed.
Foreman and Proxy versions:
3.18.1
Foreman and Proxy plugin versions:
Distribution and version:
Debian 12 (bookworm)
Other relevant data:
Puppet has puppet 8. Did you follow the docs? Quick start guide for Foreman on Debian/Ubuntu
I’ve migrated to OpenVox some time ago and I’m trying to avoid installing anything Perforce related if at all possible.
In fact, as a workaround I installed Debian 13 version of puppet package, so the dependency problem got solved. Not the most elegant solution but suffices for now.
There is an openvox 8 repository for debian 12 at https://apt.voxpupuli.org/ which should solve the issue as a more elegant solution.
I am using the OpenVox repository already.
The foreman-installer package depends on puppet-agent or puppet, so either one needs to be present, in my case the transitional puppet package is the solution. The openvox-agent packages provides puppet-agent on which puppet package depends on. The perplexing part is why the foreman-installer’s dependency on puppet-agent (or puppet) doesn’t get satisfied with openvox-agent.
Ah, I see Add support for OpenVox agent by binford2k · Pull Request #11839 · theforeman/foreman-packaging · GitHub never got merged. I pinged the author there, if I get no answer there I will try to take over.
Thanks, looks like that would really solve the issue.
I updated Add support for OpenVox agent by binford2k · Pull Request #11839 · theforeman/foreman-packaging · GitHub and it is now waiting for re-review and hopefully merge.