cdist-type__update_index - Update the package index

Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez <jimenezrick--@--gmail.com> Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de> Stu Zhao <z12y12l12--@--gmail.com>

Copyright (C) 2014 Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ungleich GmbH 2021 7.0.0 Sep 11, 2024 CDIST-TYPE__PACKAGE_UPDATE_INDEX(7)

This cdist type allows you to update the package index on the target. It will automatically use the appropriate package manager.

# Update the package index on the target __package_update_index # Force use of a specific package manager __package_update_index --type apt # Only update every hour: __package_update_index --maxage 3600 --type apt # same as above (on apt-type systems): __package_update_index --maxage 3600

apt-cacheupdated(agewas:currage) apt-cache was updated (run of apt-getupdate). currage is the time in seconds since the previous run.

cdist-type__update_index - Update the package index

type The package manager to use. Default is determined based on the $os explorer variable. e.g. * apt for Debian * yum for Red Hat * pacman for Arch Linux maxage Available for package manager apt and pacman, max time in seconds since last update. Repo update is skipped if maxage is not reached yet.

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