[rudder-users] apt_detected_distro limitations

[Rob Pomeroy]

Ah, I had read that and wondered if that was the solution - but I confess I
didn't quite understand what the manual meant. This fixed it.

Many thanks!

Rob


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On 15 September 2017 at 10:23, Francois Armand <
francois.armand at normation.com> wrote:

> Hello Rob,
>
> You are encountering the following problem: https://www.rudder-project.
> org/redmine/issues/11336
>
> This problem should have been corrected if your Rudder server is in
> version 4.1.7 and the corresponding technique library was updated.
>
> Please note that you have to do the technique upgrade as documented here:
> https://www.rudder-project.org/doc-4.1/_technique_upgrade.html
>
> Hope it helps,
>
>
> On 15/09/2017 10:17, Rob Pomeroy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I thought I'd try and use Rudder to get the agents to upgrade themselves.
> Unfortunately the version of aptPackageManagerSettings.cf in Rudder 4.5.1
> and 4.7.1 seems not to know about 16.04/Xenial (which is most of my
> endpoints). So when I use the "Package sources and settings (APT)"
> directive with "Automatically detect the distribution" I get this:
>
> ### Managed by Rudder, edit with care ###
> deb http://www.rudder-project.org/apt-repos/4.1.7-2/
> ${apt_detected_distro} main
>
>
> Can anyone suggest a better way to roll out agent updates? Or is there a
> better way of keeping aptPackageManagerSettings.cf updated?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob
>
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